Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2020

Cohen and John Kador, in their classic book “ What Every Angel Investor Wants You to Know ,” includes these great points of practical advice on this subject: Manage expectations before the fact. For entrepreneurs, friends and family money usually represents the smallest increment of funding, yet requires the most time to manage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2013

I like the work just published by Bob Rice in “ The Alternative Answer ,” which does a great job of summarizing the investment universe, starting with the “conventional” stocks, bonds, and real estate, but moving on through more esoteric alternatives, including hedge funds, private equity, real assets, managed futures, and finally venture funding.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

He also says it is important to be able to participate in follow on rounds so as not to get “crammed down”. They did not take salaries during the first two years and invested more money in the firm than they received from management fees. Executive session – a meeting without management to discuss performance and how to help.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2013

million and only manage to get $750,000. Many VCs would prefer to avoid having to cram down other VCs by investing at a lower price or even if it’s not a cram down they prefer not to invest in a down round that forces the VC to take a “write down” on their valuation sheets they should their LPs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2018

Cohen and John Kador, in their classic book “ What Every Angel Investor Wants You to Know ,” includes these great points of practical advice on this subject: Manage expectations before the fact. For entrepreneurs, friends and family money usually represents the smallest increment of funding, yet requires the most time to manage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Cohen and John Kador, in their recent book “ What Every Angel Investor Wants You to Know ,” includes these best points of practical advice I’ve seen recently on this subject: Manage expectations before the fact. Everyone wants to keep up and even have a say in your activities, and that can be a lot of conversations to manage.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

In times when venture capital is hard to get, investors extract high costs for failure (down-rounds, cram downs , new management teams, shut down the company.) Lean Startups aren’t Cheap Startups « Steve Blank (tags: startup product-management strategy) [.]

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