This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 9, 2012

Since the DMCA, we’ve basically operated in an environment of “ask forgiveness rather than permission” when it comes to copyright and IP online. “Stopping Piracy” and “Protecting IP” sound like good ideas in theory. It’s an embarrassment, frankly, to our tech community.

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Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

In exchange for managing LP money, a VC firm will get up to 20% of the amount raised as a management fee (even if every startup they fund fails) and on top of that, will earn 20% of any profits. A VC firm’s fiduciary responsibility is to their LP. They have to fundraise just like startup founders.

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Up and Running

MAY 26, 2015

The options for registering your business name include: Registering your business structure, and simply operating under that name. To register your business name this way, you’ll need to register your business structure, such as a limited liability company (LLC) or a limited partnership (LP), a corporation, or a nonprofit.

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The Startup Lawyer

JANUARY 6, 2011

Assuming a Corporate VC is operating a traditional fund vehicle and not just investing off of the balance sheet (probably the first real difference), I would say the most recognizable difference is in the single vs. multiple LP structure. We’ve written a check as quickly as 72 hours (obviously not ideal but we have done it).

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 8, 2019

Most investors thought of their job as picking good companies and making sure governance was strong. This trend accelerated through the emergence of VC and operator blogging in the early 2000s. . The GP-LP structure used by most funds is a brake on innovation here too. Low handicaps weren’t good!

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Portfolio LP Venture Capital Partner 84

Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

Here he found out that every kid in Uruguay is given a free laptop by the government – (for me it’s a bit like western countries giving all kids a free public education some 200 years ago and that’s why they currently lead the developed world). The government is using the shift to technology economies as their chance to reinvent.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

As discussed above, these terms can cleverly fool the inexperienced operator, because they are able to “meet the ask” with respect to cover valuation, and the accepting founder does not realize the carnage that will come down the road. This is uncharted territory. If you over-fund the industry, aggregate returns fall.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

A few weeks ago, Coinbase , which facilitates buying, storing and purchasing cryptocurrency and also operates a cryptocurrency exchange, went public. What is the role of public and private organizations in governing our shared civic fabric? Coinbase was founded in 2012 and operates a cryptocurrency exchange.

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IPO Cofounder Technical Review Government 113

Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

With the help of advisors Ada Ryland and Wayne Lopez, we set up data-driven operation to get clarity on what and why we measured?—?and I see consumer markets harnessed to wag the dog of public sector employers (government, military) and then the private sector. you win on 50% + 1 or you don’t…). and the outcomes. “If

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In its first full year of operation, VCAP attracted 159 applicants. – Forte has developed an innovative structure to finance vocational reskilling at no cost to individuals or governments. I was previously a Partner at two different VC firms, neither of which had any contractual LP mandate to invest in diverse companies.

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