Finance Marketing Ratchet 
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 5, 2012
Was Paul Graham right in his “high resolution” financing post? Because convertible debt deals often have both a ‘full ratchet’ and often have ‘multiple liquidation preferences’ “ Yup. This has worked very well in the 2009-2012 time frame because the tech market has boomed in this period.
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 7, 2009
As the product matured, they were able to ratchet up the quality to prevent regression on features that had been truly embraced by their customers. As Eric said, “at IMVU, ‘release’ is a marketing term&#. Third, they evolved ways to selectively expose functionality to sets of users.
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Tim Keane
JANUARY 12, 2010
Bottom Up Market Sizing » January 12, 2010. Good investors use the valuation discussions to gauge the business savvy of the management team and to understand their ability to appreciate and deal with economic market forces that set values. Startups and angels: Along the way to success. times at 5 years and 11.39
Gust
OCTOBER 18, 2014
What this investor is seeking is called “permanent, full-ratchet, anti-dilution protection”, and that is neither (a) in line with the market, nor (b) practical. That’s why anti-dilution provisions are typically only applicable to the next financing. So, no , you simply can’t give him what he wants.
www.seriesseed.com
DECEMBER 9, 2012
Series Seed Financing Documents Blog. That’s because there are not that many issues to negotiate in a simple equity financing. Have you had anyone from Canada use these documents for financing a Canadian (Quebec) entity? SeriesSeed.com. Blog Archives. « Step 2 (as opposed to version 1.1) | Main. 09/02/2010.
David Teten
JANUARY 13, 2015
And the “Uber of Greece” is in Greece – not exactly the next big market. Yes, you like hip-hop, “urban” clothing and “ ratchet television”, but all that sinks you deeper into stereotypes. HURDLE #3: FAILURE TO APPRECIATE THE MARKET OPPORTUNITY. All founders selling to new markets have this challenge. Think bigger!
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 11, 2022
How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets? And then in the late 90’s money crept in, swept in to town by public markets, instant wealth and an absurd sky-rocketing of valuations based on no reasonable metrics. It’s just a market. What happened?
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