Altgate

DECEMBER 17, 2009

pre-revenue and maybe even pre-product), I recommend a discretionary plan, particularly when you're dealing with annual plans. And finally, once the business has achieved greater scale and size (50+ people, $10MM+ revenue, etc.) then you can start to think about a balanced scorecard approach to your pay plan.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 25, 2012

The company now boasts millions of dollars in revenue, and more than 30 petabytes of managed storage in its data centers. Incorporated in April 2007, over the course of two years - from June 2007 to September 2009 - the founders invested $185,000 of capital in the company, in the form of loans. But those were equity purchases.

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dondodge.typepad.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Community is more powerful than money or technology » August 11, 2007 How much equity for investors and employees? How much equity should I give up? How much equity should I grant to early employees? No loss of equity, at least until they convert at Series A. How much equity should be given to employees?

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Instead of hearing from your long lost third-cousin, you will be inundated with an avalanche of ‘congratulatory’ emails, calls and letters from people who want to relieve you of the burden of your hard-earned equity round. Many such ‘congratulations’ will come from consultants. Performance-based deals are healthy for all parties.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 22, 2009

While it may make sense to offer very slight adjustments for favorable payment terms and one time revenue, net additions to MRR should dominate the sales rep’s thoughts. 1 of MRR generates $12 of annual revenue, so $1 commission equals 1/12=8.3% of Year One Revenue Sounds high, but is that considered a reasonable package?

Software Review 91

Software Review Clawback Sales Salary 91

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Individual accredited investors in typical angel deals put personal capital at risk for an equity share of growth-oriented, start-up companies. In 2011, the valuation of pre-revenue, start-up companies is typically in the range of $1.5–$2.5 As can be seen the average (mean) pre-money valuation for recent pre-revenue deals is $2.1

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Altgate

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Below is another interesting chart on founder equity for tech companies. Basically it says that “all founders are not created equal.&# If you’re the CEO and a founder, then you median equity holding is 21%, whereas if you’re CTO that number drops to 9%. I’ve always found this chart amazing to me.

Startup 28

Startup Venture Capital Equity California 28

Altgate

DECEMBER 22, 2008

You know how when you’re benchmarking public equities the data sets always leave out performance from the 1929 crash and most of the following decade? Bookmark the permalink. ← How Madoff Made Off Washington Out Of Control → Comments are closed.

Europe 28

Europe Washington Venture Capital Equity 28

Altgate

DECEMBER 11, 2008

He is apparently the sole equity owner of this 250 attorney firm and reportedly spent $40 million on artwork hanging on the law office walls. Founder of New York law firm Dreier LLC bilked hedge fund investors out of nearly $400 million by selling bogus securities while impersonating other people. Come again? Rod Blagojevich. Paul Johnston.

SEC 28

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Altgate

MARCH 8, 2009

Growth stage investors are usually the Series B or C investors who come in when the product is in the market but there is little or no revenue and the team is probably in the 20-something range with the goal to ramp it up to 40-50 employees with the new money, build out a sales team, etc. trillion as late as last month.

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Later Stage Early Stage Venture Capital Portfolio 34

Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

In 2007, he was named the Anne Armstrong Leadership Fellow, a position given annually to the most promising young foreign policy professional. The opportunity cost of the money I have not made on crypto is insane because I first was talking about crypto in 2011 as I’ve been in financial services for a long time. Dan has a B.A.

Silicon Valley 88

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I would focus on one product and set a goal to generate $1M in yearly revenue from it. Outsourcing is something a big company, with a known customer / problem (that has revenue & traction) does to save cost. I have a proposal written up including full cost and revenue projections. Once you’ve done that – then. 5% I believe.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

Yeah, that was 2011, that Churchill event. And it was 2007. And I think one of the things that we’ve learned is, when I came to Silicon Valley in 2007, we were starting Airbnb in 2008, it was a marketplace. But now our hosts are really angry, and they have a huge revenue shortfall. Brian Chesky: Thank you, Reid.

Silicon Valley 69

Silicon Valley Hosting Rhode Island Design 69

Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

Yeah, that was 2011, that Churchill event. And it was 2007. And I think one of the things that we’ve learned is, when I came to Silicon Valley in 2007, we were starting Airbnb in 2008, it was a marketplace. But now our hosts are really angry, and they have a huge revenue shortfall. Brian Chesky: Thank you, Reid.

Silicon Valley 36

Silicon Valley Hosting Rhode Island Design 36

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

When I first got into the industry it was 2007. Companies with less than $2 million in revenue were asking for $50-60 million valuations and getting them. 2010 was the year of the “super angel&# and 2011 has to date been the year of unbelievably highly priced B,C & D rounds of venture capital. August 2011.

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Altgate

MARCH 4, 2009

The questions focus on cash and equity compensation for executives (about 20 titles covered) and board members and then it looks at a bunch of attributes of the executives and the company. For example, founder vs non-founder status (big difference in comp), geographic location, headcount, funding, revenue, etc. Bookmark the permalink.

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Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

One Million by One Million is a global initiative that aims to nurture a million entrepreneurs reach a million dollars each in annual revenue and beyond by 2020, thereby creating a trillion dollars in global GDP and ten million jobs. I was looking for what you teach back in January 2007 and couldn’t find it anywhere.

Programming 116

Programming Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 116

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The Bank of Israel has also forecast 4% growth in 2010, though 2011 growth is seen slightly lower at 3.8% PMC-Sierra is buying Wintegra for a net purchase price of $213 million and will pay up to an additional $60 million based on growth and performance milestones in 2011. In 2009 it boasted revenue of $4.49 following a 5.8%

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Bandwidth Framework Forecast 79