Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. There are five key risks in any deal: Market, Product (a/k/a technology), Management, Business Model, and Capital.

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Venture Capital SBIC Technical Review Silicon Valley 70

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 26, 2017

IDCs are any costs associated with oil and gas production that cannot be resold (or recovered) later. Short-term capital gains (assets held for sale or exchange for exactly one year or less) are taxed at your ordinary income tax rate, and long-term capital gains are taxed at either 0, 15 or 20 percent.

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CPA Capital Gains Stock LLC 100

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

If you’re thinking about joining as the director of marketing, product management manager, senior architect, international business development lead, etc. Now … these are stock options and not restricted stock so you’ll likely be taxed at a long-term capital gains rate. Let’s face it. It was 1999.

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Stock Options Stock Liquidation Preference Option Pool 418

K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Eventually, that vacuum was filled with capital gained even earlier than the Seed round — i.e., “pre-seed.”. If it doesn’t have the product fully baked yet? A Seed round today — like the Series A round of yesteryear — requires some kind of traction or product. Seed rounds were getting bigger.

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Seed Stage Finance Later Stage Equity 82

Gust

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Turn the question on its head: How could it make sense to lend money to a brand new, seed-stage company with no revenue, no products, and no collateral? (You In that sense it’s more like a warrant or option with a zero exercise price.). How can this possibly make sense? You won’t see banks doing that.)

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Finance Convertible Security Equity Seed Stage 134

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 28, 2022

This article will assist you in gaining a fundamental understanding of equity valuation, kinds of equity, and other related topics. The market regards equity as an ownership “share” in a corporation’s income revenue stream. They need to ensure that the shares are distributed productively. Common stock.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

It has historically been the case that VCs would rather fund the promise of 100x in a company with almost no revenue than the reality of a company growing at 50% but doing $20+ million in sales. Interim liquidity plus long-term capital gains work really, really well.

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Venture Capital LP Valuation Later Stage 363