Both Sides of the Table
JULY 22, 2010
Things like “ participating preferred stock &# in legalese unsurprisingly never actually call out, “hey, this is the participating preferred language.&# We got a3x participating liquidation preference with interest (not participating with a 3x cap, but 3x participating.
Lightspeed Venture Partners
OCTOBER 7, 2012
Week three’s breakdown covered topics like how hard momentum is to turn around, and how participating preferred stock works. The first company started as a BBQ catering business, and eventually focused in on their most popular product, a dip made of blended up chicken plus various sauces. BACK 9 DIPS.
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ConversionXL
APRIL 23, 2013
You really need to understand how your product or service fits in the lives of your customers. Product pages, about pages and so on. A negative first impression will be a drag and affect the whole perception about your products and services. Most ecommerce product pages are very different from this. Product photos.
thinkspace.com
SEPTEMBER 7, 2012
David Crow writes in his article “ Founders versus Early Employees “, “Remember the goal is to incent early employees to have an emotional ownership of the product and company they are building. After all, I essentially created the product. It’s important to figure out how much equity you give to your employees.
The Startup Toolkit
NOVEMBER 4, 2011
Next, we check that we’re safe from any particularly onerous terms like participation preferred. 90% investor product vision. The latter means products, analytics, optimisations, and developers. What’s the dilution? Can I make those numbers bigger and smaller, respectively? Looks good.
Lightspeed Venture Partners
OCTOBER 1, 2012
The entrepreneur claimed that her patent was weak and as a result competitors had copied her product and were collectively doing $30-40M in sales. The company has sold $330k of product over the last two years, all online, mostly to ballroom dancers, where the product has developed a niche following. Last year it did $3.9M
The Startup Toolkit
NOVEMBER 4, 2011
Next, we check that we’re safe from any particularly onerous terms like participation preferred. 90% investor product vision. The latter means products, analytics, optimisations, and developers. What’s the dilution? Can I make those numbers bigger and smaller, respectively? Looks good.
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