A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 11, 2011

SEOmoz founder and figurehead Rand Fishkin wrote a typically transparent, thoughtful blog post about his struggle of whether to raise a Series B. The typical arguments against: (a) unfair to employees/co-founders, (b) now you’re not hungry so you care less, work less, (c) swinging for fences without attention to detail is imprudent.

.Net 230

.Net Cofounder Dilution Finance 230

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 4, 2014

Moreover, there’s no accounting for the time value of money, the customer time required to deploy the service, or the risk of time wasted if the deployment doesn’t go well. Lesson learned: Accounting for your benefits should be easy for both the purchasing manager and the finance evaluator to measure.

Software 140

Software Portfolio Sales Cofounder 140

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

But in the end we selected David Lin , a superstar who did 4 years at the technology investment banking firm Montgomery & Co and 4 years as Director of Strategy at the comparison shopping site PriceGrabber where he dealt with many operational issues. Almost all of the finalists were MBAs (Stanford x2, Wharton, Harvard x2, MIT, UCLA).

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NPV Chicago Balance Sheet Database 337

Seeing Both Sides

JANUARY 11, 2011

At a (pre-blizzard) conference I attended today run by Gridley & Co, this theme was reinforced, with rosy predictions of an M&A boom. In each case, a strong unsolicited offer came in that would have yielded "VC-like" returns and many millions for the founders and senior executives. Do the people around you (i.e.,

Post-Money Valuation 40

Post-Money Valuation Dilution Cofounder Valuation 40