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[Interview] Patrick Mackaronis, Director Of Business Development At Brabble

YoungUpstarts

Pat grew the business so successfully that by his senior year, he had moved the operations from his dorm room to an off-campus office, had a staff of 17 full- and part-time employees and over 100 business accounts. Patrick Mackaronis: Everyone has different terminology for certain things when it comes to investors.

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More Tech Startups are LLCs

Austin Startup

Many angel investors, and also strategic investors, are comfortable investing in LLCs, particularly under a convertible security structure that doesn’t immediately result in equity holdings. Equity compensation, particularly to employees, is much more complex under LLCs, and requires the oversight of true tax lawyers.

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A Socially-responsible, Triple-bottom line Taco Shop: SMB Tech Talk from Chaia

Hunter Walker

HW: At Homebrew we see lots of startups wanting to serve the small/growing business segment with software tools ranging from ecommerce, to point of sale to employees back-office and so on. HotSchedules – a restaurant management platform for scheduling employees, plus more. plated recipes, employee hours, fixed fees).

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Price isn’t everything

BeyondVC

The term sheet that the company signed was led by a strategic investor and contingent on finding another VC as a co-lead. While he had some strong interest, no other VC or purely financially driven investor was willing to step up at that price. Many of you may ask why is that a problem. VCs like sweat equity.

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Price isn’t everything

BeyondVC

The term sheet that the company signed was led by a strategic investor and contingent on finding another VC as a co-lead. While he had some strong interest, no other VC or purely financially driven investor was willing to step up at that price. Many of you may ask why is that a problem. VCs like sweat equity.

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Should I flip or should I build?

BeyondVC

Put yourself in these entrepreneurs’ shoes – you launch a great product or service today, usage is growing, revenue is nil or minimal, and cocktail party chatter and buzz are at its highest. As you do the right thing for your customers, you will do right for your investors, your employees, and ultimately yourself.

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Should I flip or should I build?

BeyondVC

Put yourself in these entrepreneurs’ shoes – you launch a great product or service today, usage is growing, revenue is nil or minimal, and cocktail party chatter and buzz are at its highest. As you do the right thing for your customers, you will do right for your investors, your employees, and ultimately yourself.