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VC investors: Don’t be greedy even if you can.

Berkonomics

Email readers, continue here…] Take a situation where the VC investors finally see the chance of a return after ten years, with participating preferred and fifty percent of the ownership after several rounds. And that reputation will last for a long time in the entrepreneurial community.

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Want to Raise Venture Capital More Easily? Clean Up Your Own Shite First

Both Sides of the Table

Once you cross the threshold where their percentage ownership would be worth more than the value of their preference they “convert&# their preferred stock into common stock and take their proceeds pari passu (along side and on the same terms as you) with the common stock holder. Reputation. So what happens? Brain damage.

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Angels and VCs: Don’t be greedy even if you can.

Berkonomics

Take a situation where the VC investors finally see the chance of a return after ten years, with participating preferred and fifty percent of the ownership after several rounds. And that reputation will last for a long time in the entrepreneurial community.

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9 Things to Know About Influencing Purchasing Decisions

ConversionXL

Product quality and seller reputation matter , goes without saying. Even though social media and internet rule, customers make purchase decisions using a combination of old media, new media, and old-fashioned conversations with friends and family. Product quality and seller reputation matter, goes without saying. read more

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Purchase Decisions: 9 Things to Know About Influencing Customers

ConversionXL

Product quality and seller reputation matter , of course. More reviews can help insulate your reputation from the inevitable impossible-to-please customer. Even though social media and the Internet rule, customers make purchase decisions using a combination of old media, new media, and conversations with friends and family. (To

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