Carried Interest Cost Startup Technology 
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 5, 2010
A caller dialed in to ask us questions about his startup. He was from South America but living in Switzerland and had launched a startup while holding down a day job at a consulting firm (McKinsey if memory serves). Your financial risks of starting most technology companies these days are so low. I had nothing to lose!
Hippoland
JULY 24, 2018
I enjoy learning about new technologies and ideas – and you get to see a lot of them in this business especially in early stage investing. more on this later) Much like running a product-startup, you’re your own boss, so you sometimes end up working really hard and at all hours depending on where you are in your fund life cycle.
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Hippoland
JULY 24, 2018
I enjoy learning about new technologies and ideas – and you get to see a lot of them in this business especially in early stage investing. more on this later) Much like running a product-startup, you’re your own boss, so you sometimes end up working really hard and at all hours depending on where you are in your fund life cycle.
Hunter Walker
MARCH 30, 2023
Software Margins It costs money to staff support team (duh) and if you’re not showing a high margin structure you risk being penalized from an enterprise value multiple. The conversation evolved to one about how our industry (venture, startups, tech in general) could better message about the positive role we play in the economy.
View from Seed
OCTOBER 29, 2014
Most folks reading this will know that many startups were built in part with the help of venture capital. However, many folks probably don’t think about exactly where those VC dollars that help fund startups actually come from. So I wanted to dive a little deeper into what I call the startup capital supply chain.
Agile VC
OCTOBER 29, 2014
Most folks reading this will know that many startups were built in part with the help of venture capital. However, many folks probably don’t think about exactly where those VC dollars that help fund startups actually come from. So I wanted to dive a little deeper into what I call the startup capital supply chain.
This is going to be BIG.
JANUARY 10, 2021
Similarly, I just got a pitch for a startup providing telehealth access that specialized in allergies—which I was pretty excited about until they told me that pharmaceutical companies were fronting the cost of their marketing. I was both horrified and yet not surprised at all. That was before Prop 22 passed.
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