YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 14, 2011

“Increasingly, attention is shifting from established Western markets to our part of the world, and we believe Asia will increasingly drive venture capital and private equity activities in the future,” says Eugene Wong, chairman of the Singapore Venture Capital Association (SVCA). Ongoing Challenges.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

When you accept outside money, particularly a private equity (PE) investment, however, that changes. In this article, I’ll provide some personal stories of how investors have navigated the balance between raising private equity capital and not losing control of their startup.

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Private Equity Pre-Money Valuation Equity Startup 94

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

The professor plotted data and showed us statistically that most people buy stocks when they are booming (e.g. This came in part due to the huge influx of money into VC but also because hedge funds and private equity shops with no VC experience wanted part of the action. overvalued) and sell when the fall precipitously.

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Burn Rate Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Private Equity 263

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2016

Equity investments are not loans, so there is no loan payback period or interest payments. Equity is stock, but private company stock has no market value until the company goes public or is sold or merged with another company. IPO – public company initial public stock offering.

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Equity Exit Strategy Private Equity Startup 120

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. 1) Manage the firm .

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 6, 2013

If the brand is very strong and they want to lend that credibility to another company there may be consideration of a very small purchase of stock which would allow for the statement of being Partially owned by the higher quality or more visible brand. Certain deals may have an advantage in relation to who owns what entity.

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Technical Review Securities and Exchange Commission Non-disclosure Agreement Due Diligence 164

Scott Edward Walker

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

LLC’s are geared for private equity funds, hedge funds and real estate guys, not startups, for a number of reasons: (i) extremely complicated tax partnership rules; (ii) creates capitalization/capital raising problems – e.g., essentially does not allow for stock options plans and convertible notes, etc.; (iii)

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Software Review Delaware Accredited Investor Due Diligence 111

Scott Edward Walker

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

Introduction SEW/corporate lawyer Walker Corporate Law – boutique corporate law firm based in SF doing this for 18+ years different perspective as a lawyer (lots of phone calls from founders with problems) purpose of workshop: to discuss some of the significant problems/mistakes I’ve seen Mistake #1: Forming the Wrong Entity you want to form a Delaware (..)

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Software Review Delaware Accredited Investor Due Diligence 111

Steve Blank

MARCH 16, 2016

Risk capital takes equity (stock ownership) in your company instead of debt (loans) in exchange for cash. Founders can now access the largest pool of risk capital that ever existed –in the form of Private Equity (Angel Investors, family offices , Venture Capitalists (VC’s) and Hedge Funds.). The Bad News.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Equity investment is the most popular and most talked-about avenue for startup funding. These investments are made instead of shares or equity in your startup. The shares given out can either be common stocks or preferred stocks. ? Debt investment. For mature businesses, there are Private Equity or PE firms. ?

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Eric Friedman

DECEMBER 27, 2021

4/ Streaming equity – venture funds + employee stock becomes more liquid. With the advent of programs like CartaX and what I call streaming venture funds , the liquidity in private markets is going to get the foundation to grow significantly in 2021. 7/ SaaS roll-ups and micro-private equity become huge.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 26, 2022

They offered desperate founders more cash but insisted on new terms, rewriting all the old stock agreements that previous investors and employees had. Some even insisted that all prior preferred stock had to be converted to common stock. Other times it was simply a take-it-or-leave-it, here are the new terms.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 9, 2019

by Adam Coffey, author of “ The Private Equity Playbook ” . You speak to trusted friends and personal advisors about how you should go about doing this (perhaps your lawyer or accountant), and before you know it, you stumble upon an important player in the private equity game: the investment banker.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Typically, their service is to help you invest in stocks, bonds, or mutual funds, much like independent financial advisors. Most retail and commercial banks offer investment services to their customers, but these services have nothing to do with investing in your business.

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Silicon Valley Private Equity Initial Public Offering Term Sheet 362

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 3, 2018

Because the 10 largest shareholders in a typical Fortune 500 company own almost half the stock, it’s not difficult for an activist investor with a good presentation and a compelling story to convince others that his way of thinking is correct. One thing’s for sure: No company is immune to activist investors.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 17, 2020

To answer the first question, take stock of your current gross burn rate i.e. how much cash are you spending each month. This isn’t a bear stock market. What does your new business model look like? Is this a three-month, one-year or a three-year problem? What will my investors do? Burn Rate and Runway.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Will Work for Equity. Why Arizona Bay started taking stock from its customers instead of cash. Dave Graham Business Venture Capital Private Equity GlobalLogic Inc. Theres a huge opportunity cost in not taking equity," he says. Apply. ); Topics >. Leadership and Managing >. Strategy and Planning >.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

If this type of payout interests you, read on to learn more about the top stocks that pay monthly dividends. Main Street Capital is a publicly traded private equity firm that offers equity and debt financing to lower middle-market companies with a revenue between $10 million and $150 million. Main Street Capital.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

With an Early LPO, initial investment is a fraction of what it used to be for Angels and VCs to secure our services on behalf of their clients, in exchange for shares of the company, and the ability to invest further once their ticker symbol is live.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

With an Early LPO, initial investment is a fraction of what it used to be for Angels and VCs to secure our services on behalf of their clients, in exchange for shares of the company, and the ability to invest further once their ticker symbol is live.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2015

If you didn’t notice that the stock markets in the US dropped nearly 4% today (after falling last Thursday and Friday) then you were probably completely off-the-grid and on vacation. Simply put – I buy the long-term case for having a portion of one’s savings in stocks. It was a nerve racking morning. Neither do I.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 29, 2014

There’s a wide range of intermediaries for venture capital and private equity investment, each with its own structure and business model. What Are These Intermediaries? The main ones include: Fund of Funds (FoFs). Why Write About This Now? It was the confluence of three unconnected things.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2015

Employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) can be an attractive way for an owner to sell a company and for employees to gain an ownership stake. ESOPs are qualified retirement plans that buy, hold and sell company stock for the benefit of employees. more than 50% of the stock is sold to the ESOP). by Timothy L.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

Fast forward a decade, today the Private Equity and Venture Capital business is booming in China with over 1000 firms actively investing. The other big change was the creation of ChiNext, China’s equivalent of NASDAQ stock exchange for start-ups, in 2009. Investing in China Today.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

In his white paper How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood , PEVCTECH.com founder David Teten explored how private equity and venture capital investors are trying to automate more of their job. It’s hard to find anyone who says “I just have the magic” in stock picking.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

10:30 Question from the chat: How do you define the difference between traditional VC and private equity? 56:45 Looking at the stock price of Cornerstone. 5:30 John: Brands with a proven track record are attracting capital. 7:00 80% of the VC funds last year went to a small handful of funds. What’s your take on that?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2011

Typically, their service is to help you invest in stocks, bonds, or mutual funds, much like independent financial advisors. Most retail and commercial banks offer investment services to their customers, but these services have nothing to do with investing in your business.

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Silicon Valley Private Equity Initial Public Offering Startup 211

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 23, 2012

.” Here’s the summary of his track record (excerpted from the Fast Company article): Forefront — IPO’ed in 1995 by CBT — CBT stock fell 85% in 1998 and prompted class-action lawsuits. invested, IPO’ed in 2000 for $32/share — stock price now $2. Which explains why their stock price is at $2.43

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IPO Flash Bootstrapping Private Equity 240

David Teten

AUGUST 1, 2019

Negotiating Employment with a Private Equity Firm – 7 Surprises to Expect. Negotiate Your Equity And Salary With Stock Option Counsel Tips. Here’s How Startup Founders Should Offer Employee Equity. Private company stock option grants: a founder’s guide to who gets what, when. Starting Work.

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Private Equity Equity Due Diligence Portfolio 60

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The most common way for a public hospital to become part of a larger health system (whether community nonprofit, faith based, or for-profit) is by using a lease structure, rather than an outright sale of stock or assets. Later stage Private Equity buyers rely more on existing hospital management and employees than in other industries.

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Private Equity New York City Chicago Investment Bankers 164

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Typically, their service is to help you invest in stocks, bonds, or mutual funds, much like independent financial advisors. Most retail and commercial banks offer investment services to their customers, but these services have nothing to do with investing in your business.

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IPO Silicon Valley Private Equity Initial Public Offering 205

Agile VC

OCTOBER 29, 2014

There’s a wide range of intermediaries for venture capital and private equity investment, each with its own structure and business model. What Are These Intermediaries? The main ones include: Fund of Funds (FoFs). What prompted me to think about this now? It was the confluence of three unconnected things.

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Venture Capital LP Private Equity Institutional Investors 279

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Why do you think there are so few women in private equity, and what can be done to change that? Early in my climb I was hyper-focused on title and pay, realizing later that good health was like a stock option that pays off later. I always ask: how does this company make money? Even nonprofit businesses have financial goals.

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Switzerland Private Equity Stock Options Equity 264

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

I hope that you can join us Monday night, April 4, midtown NYC, at a panel on “Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO” The program is sponsored by the HBS Club of New York and the HBS Angels of NY.

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Private Equity Merger IPO Equity 68

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2023

Typically, their service is to help you invest in stocks, bonds, or mutual funds, much like independent financial advisors. Most retail and commercial banks offer investment services to their customers, but these services have nothing to do with investing in your business.

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Early Stage Silicon Valley Private Equity Initial Public Offering 182

www.thedailymuse.com

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

This can vary depending on complexity: how many founders , what “bells and whistles” will be included, whether you are doing an LLC or a corporation, and how you handle certain items, such as stock option plans, and so on. When should you use a lawyer, and when is it okay to use sites like LegalZoom?

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Growthink Blog

MARCH 14, 2010

The general misery that the public markets have subjected us all to over the past 12 years - with the Dow Jones, the S & P, and the NASDAQ all trading lower today than they were in 1999, begs the question - how does stock market performance affect startup investing returns? You can't day-trade startups as you can public stocks.

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