Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 3, 2013
Let me start by saying that Clayton is one of the most influential people on my thoughts about markets that led to both the concept behind my first startup and my main theses in investing. He believes that one of the financial metrics taught at business schools and reinforced by Wall Street has accelerated offshoring of industries.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area. Personal funds imply the most commitment, and offshore funding is most suspect. To get the terms you want, it’s better to start with your own term sheet.
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Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 11, 2020
Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area. Personal funds imply the most commitment, and offshore funding is most suspect. To get the terms you want, it’s better to start with your own term sheet.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 13, 2013
Usually the location of the engineers matters great so having offshore engineering makes acquihires unlikely. If you don’t know venture economics – there is an overview here.). Acquihires and Venture Capital. I’m a VC. But that’s not how you make money in the venture capital business.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 10, 2014
Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area. Personal funds imply the most commitment, and offshore funding is most suspect. To get the terms you want, it’s better to start with your own term sheet.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 27, 2016
Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area. Personal funds imply the most commitment, and offshore funding is most suspect. To get the terms you want, it’s better to start with your own term sheet.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 2, 2016
VCs also get large tax breaks. We invest large sums of our after-tax money into our funds and this gets a long-term capital gain tax rate when we make a profit. To me it favors people like me with capital over those that are purely labor. So these people invest some of their income in stocks. Everybody knows this.
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