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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Yes, via conversion rights at a valuation cap. Yes, via conversion rights at a valuation cap. As a result, unfounded hockey-stick graphs and unicorn promises give way to financial fluency, realistic expectations, frank conversations about what a business can credibly achieve, and transparency. . Flexible VC: Compensation-based.

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Going Public Circa 2020; Door #3: The SPAC

abovethecrowd.com

In every conversation about IPOs vs Direct Listings these are the only two things that matter, and they are precisely the two things that IPO advocates are embarrassed to discuss. Talk to any management team from any IPO in the past three years, and you will find they had this exact conversation. And there are only two.

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Investors Beware: Today’s $100M+ Late-stage Private Rounds Are Very Different from an IPO

abovethecrowd.com

Historically, different financial institutions specialized in different stages, because the assessment of risk and opportunity was considered unique at each stage — for example, a seed investor was unlikely to do late-stage financing, and vice versa. Conversely, these late stage private rounds have no such pageantry or process.

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Why We Must Have Zero Tolerance for Sexual Misconduct in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

You can love them and want rehabilitation and perhaps one day redemption but when a person has exploited a position of power they don’t deserve our sympathy above that of the victims and they don’t deserve a free pass back into power. Victims must always deserve more respect than a flawed human being in search of redemption.

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How and Why You Should Validate Your App Idea Before You Build

Up and Running

The end user of the application was those who recycled, however, the recycling and reward redemption process required partnerships with recycling facilities, local businesses, and government agencies. It worked by enticing app users to recycle, which earned them points they could redeem for rewards from local businesses.

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What Are the Rights of Minority Stockholders?

Scott Edward Walker

Introduction For the past few months, I’ve been discussing the rights of VC investors in connection with preferred stock financings, including the following: liquidation preferences anti-dilution provisions dividends Board control protective provisions drag-along provisions pay-to-play and pull-up provisions conversion rights redemption rights All (..)

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On Going Public: SPACs, Direct Listings, Public Offerings, and Access to Private Markets

Ben's Blog

The SEC’s Director of the Division of Corporate Finance recently provided some guidance raising questions about the extent of PSLRA coverage. However, clear guidance from Congress or the SEC about this would go a long way to ensuring that traditional IPOs are not disadvantaged relative to SPACs in a competitive marketplace.

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