View from Seed

DECEMBER 4, 2014

This needn’t be some terribly complex formula that tries to do a cost accounting of everyone’s contribution to the decimal point. For example, when we started LinkedIn at the end of 2002, each member of the founding team essentially had a couple chunks of founders’ common stock. Experience/Seniority/Role.

Equity 315

Equity Founder Sweat Equity Cofounder 315

Agile VC

DECEMBER 4, 2014

This needn’t be some terribly complex formula that tries to do a cost accounting of everyone’s contribution to the decimal point. For example, when we started LinkedIn at the end of 2002, each member of the founding team essentially had a couple chunks of founders’ common stock.

Cofounder 255

Cofounder Equity Founder Sweat Equity 255

Agile VC

DECEMBER 4, 2014

This needn’t be some terribly complex formula that tries to do a cost accounting of everyone’s contribution to the decimal point. For example, when we started LinkedIn at the end of 2002, each member of the founding team essentially had a couple chunks of founders’ common stock.

Cofounder 173

Cofounder Equity Founder Sweat Equity 173

Up and Running

AUGUST 12, 2014

Boris is currently based in Vancouver, Canada and has been since 2002, after his own company, JustBooks, was acquired by AbeBooks. Paul Graham, another notable investor and co-founder of seed capital firm, Y Combinator, looks for the equivalent of “passion” before deciding whether or not to invest in a founder.

Venture Capital 90

Venture Capital Founder Angel Investor North America 90