Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

I took money with a 3x participating preferred liquidation preference with 8% compounded interest annually. Coupled with my participating preferred from 1999 and 2000 I had more than $55 million of liquidation preferences. I know because I’ve been there. Tweet This Post Facebook.

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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. I’ve been writing up reviews of this season’s Shark Tank pitches from a silicon valley VCs perspective. This time I’ll break down week four of this season. BACK 9 DIPS.

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The Startup Toolkit

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Vision for B2B, sales-driven technology. Next, we check that we’re safe from any particularly onerous terms like participation preferred. . $250k now, plus 2 tranches for another $1mm based on performance goals. 40% dilution for full round (roughly $2mm pre-money). Highly experienced, top-tier angels. Conveniently local.

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The Startup Toolkit

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Vision for B2B, sales-driven technology. Next, we check that we’re safe from any particularly onerous terms like participation preferred. . $250k now, plus 2 tranches for another $1mm based on performance goals. 40% dilution for full round (roughly $2mm pre-money). Highly experienced, top-tier angels. Conveniently local.

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ConversionXL

MAY 31, 2016

Today, we have technology that lets us play at the other end of the ladder. Furthermore, the same study found that an incredible 100% of participants preferred sites with sticky navigation bars, despite often not knowing why. It’s sort of a “missing the forest for the trees” scenario. Image Source.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2012

A 2010 study by Chadwick Martin Bailey and iModerate Research Technologies found that consumers are 67% more likely to buy from the brands they follow on Twitter, and 51% more likely to buy from a brand they follow on Facebook. Overwhelmingly, both halves of participants preferred the nice plump chicken, but their reasoning was different.

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