Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

They often make great team members such as head of products, CTO, head of sales, CFO, etc. The problem was that he was still working out the lock-up period in his big company. VCs don’t have the same net worth litmus test and great entrepreneurs have a ton of sources for seed money to get financed very early.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Common exit strategies include being acquired by another company, the sale of equity, or a management or employee buyout. If it’s not too much hassle and if your decision to liquidate is not related to finances, think instead about selling the business to the public. See Also What Startups Need to Know About Exit Strategies.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

The latest statistics from VentureSource show 554 financings in Q4, down from 620 in Q3 and 718 in Q4 2007. On that front, I take pride in the second headline with news that Fliqz , where I am CFO, just closed on $6 million in Series C financing. At Fliqz, we met or exceeded the sales plan every month during the due diligence process.

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