Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

At an accelerator … Me: Raising convertible notes as a seed round is one of the biggest disservices our industry has done to entrepreneurs since 2001-2003 when there were “full ratchets” and “multiple liquidation preferences” – the most hostile terms anybody found in term sheets 10 years ago.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. In building the program for this year’s Lean Startup Conference , we’ve tried to strike a balance. To give you a sense of these practitioners, we asked some our new speakers to talk about how they use Lean Startup methods. Below are three of their takes on MVPs.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2018

It takes a special talent to own and/or operate a successful startup. In light of the many risks associated with business ownership, helming a profitable startup is a solid indicator of intelligence, financial savvy and business acumen. As any seasoned entrepreneur will tell you, a well-oiled startup doesn’t just materialize overnight.

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David Teten

JANUARY 13, 2015

I think the same goes for startup entrepreneurialism. Don recommends: Don’t just do startups “for us”. Yes, you like hip-hop, “urban” clothing and “ ratchet television”, but all that sinks you deeper into stereotypes. Avoid being labeled as startup from a “special group” program. Feign familiarity if you must.

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Up and Running

JUNE 2, 2015

And one thing I find for sure is that more startup type organizations – especially where you’re trying to bring something to market that’s new and different – need to have a lot of creativity. When team members experience heartfelt emotion, their creative ability ratchets up a notch. And a lot of innovation.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2015

This is called a “full ratchet,” which is also historically a term that VCs would be crucified for trying to get away with but I’ll avoid talking about that in this post.]. If you raise at a lower price they will own more than 9%.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 30, 2018

As an entrepreneur who has goals of growing a startup into a flourishing business, networking plays a catalytic role in accomplishing key objectives. You always feel as if you’re going to forget something, which puts you on high alert and ratchets up your stress level. “If In many cases, this means business travel. Keep a Bag Packed.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 31, 2017

Startup taxes, believe it or not, are the same way. But it’s when startups begin to scale that challenging tax issues begin to arise. This process gets repeated when identifying “income tax” regulations in the various states where a startup operates. Line Up Your Startup’s Taxes. Growth Leads to Complexity. Plan ahead.

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 25, 2011

On Friday Silicon Valley Bank released a survey of 375 executives at startup technology companies in the 4 core venture capital investment sectors – Software/Internet, Hardware, Life Science, and Cleantech. In fact, the main competitive advantage that these startup executives see for doing business overseas is cost. Are Bullish.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

In February of last year, Fortune magazine writers Erin Griffith and Dan Primack declared 2015 “ The Age of the Unicorns ” noting — “Fortune counts more than 80 startups that have been valued at $1 billion or more by venture capitalists.” Next came Rolfe Winkler’s deep dive “ Highly Valued Startup Zenefits Runs Into Turbulence. ”

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The Equity Kicker

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

The interesting question for me is what this means for startup valuations more generally. They had a ‘ratchet’ which repriced their investment in the event of a down round to give them a 20% return. So the share price has been trending down for some time before popping after the IPO.

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The Startup Toolkit

JANUARY 10, 2017

The most common (and emotional) screwing you’ll get in a startup is via your cofounders. Investors can delay until you’re desperate and then ratchet the terms. A solution at the end. First, some examples: A buddy of mine had done the hard work of finding two excellent tech cofounders. It’s not just cofounders.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

APRIL 23, 2012

And Mr. Parthasarathi’s story is not an isolated one: In recent years, New York’s colleges and universities have ratcheted up their commitment to supporting budding entrepreneurs. Jon Mason, managing director at startup Trace Visual Effects, said the M.B.A.s It definitely does give you credibility with investors,” he said.

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Scott Edward Walker

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

I’m using Twitter as a form of micro-blogging to share interesting articles, blog posts and video clips relating to startups, entrepreneurship and legal issues. ” A few solid responses: [link] “The only folks that win on this are the later stage investors who get the benefit of the ratchet…“ – @weschan [link].

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ithacaVC

MAY 4, 2011

“Horse trading” is a bad phrase in the startup/VC community. ” Or possibly, “Ok, I would ask for the same thing if I were you, but let’s lose that full ratchet anti-dilution protection… ” Anyway, I am sure you get the point. Get ready to deal with it… unfortunately.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Mark Suster wrote a great post yesterday titled The Resetting of the Startup Industry. I’ve seen every imaginable type of liquidation preference structure, pay-to-play dynamic, preferred return, ratchet, share/option bonus, option repricing, and carveout. Go read it now – I’ll wait.

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Haystack

APRIL 10, 2018

Startups and the business of financing them have, with the help of Twitter, HBO Silicon Valley, and Shark Tank have become part of the global business lexicon. 4/ LPs noted that the term “pre-seed” is really a U.S. phenomena and the contagion has yet to spread to other geographies, though they expect it to eventually.

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ithacaVC

MAY 10, 2011

That is a hefty sum (and over the life of a fund, can amount to a large amount of management fee; most funds have a life of 10 years and the management fee often ratchets down after 5 years). So, for VC1, that would be $2mm a year.

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Professor VC

JUNE 6, 2016

However, in my 25 years in the Silicon Valley startup ecosystem, I've experienced the VC corollary to the golden rule much more often: "He has the gold makes the rules!" I can just picture Mr. Rogers saying "Children, can you say participating preferred stock with an uncapped 3x liquidation preference and a full ratchet?"

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Rob Go

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

WSJ: Fidelity Sees Big Gains from Hot Startups – Oct. Fortune: Fidelity Marks Down Even More Popular Tech Startups – Nov. The ratchet protection put in place by the last round of investors in Square is just the tip of the iceberg, and is relatively benign relative to other structures that I suspect are out there.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Such a team can also often do the work for you, which helps to ratchet-up your effectiveness. Not only that but every startup always needs a few years to start turning profit. So as an entrepreneur, you must stay persistent and focused on your objective, especially during the initial startup phase. creating a startup.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 27, 2020

Along the way, from investors to suppliers to manufacturers, ANA Therapeutics had the unique experience of being a startup to which "no one said no, and everyone said yes." 15:46) All three on why a startup is doing this work instead of a big company, including issues of speed and decision-making. (17:43) I have a Ph.D

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