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Startup 124: Term Sheet – Valuation and Dilution(ansanelli.com)
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by jag 17y ago
This post is an email interview with Bill Gurley of Benchmark Capital. I sent Bill 10 questions on what he looks for in his investments, the people he backs, the state of the venture capital business and why Benchmark invested in Twitter.
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Startup 128: An Interview with Bill Gurley of Benchmark(ansanelli.com)
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by jag 17y ago
This post explains how in a venture backed startup, preferred shareholders get special voting rights and protective provisions over some pretty important decisions.
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Startup 127: Term Sheet – Voting Rights and Protective Provisions(ansanelli.com)
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by jag 17y ago
thanks. will do. also you can check out the two previous posts on valuation and liquidation preferences at http://www.ansanelli.com/blog/?p=880 and http://www.ansanelli.com/blog/?p=1003
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by jag 17y ago
This is third in a series of posts about term sheets. I am trying to "demystify" some of the terms and give some examples of how they work. let me know if this is helpful and useful.
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Startup 126: Term Sheet - Anti-Dilution(ansanelli.com)
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by jag 17y ago
This is the second in a series of posts about VC term sheets. After valuation, Liquidation Preferences can be very dilutive. Liquidation Preferences sound like a preference for who has the right to drink from the water cooler first. And
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Startup 125: Term Sheet - Liquidation Preferences(ansanelli.com)
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Startup 123: Another Reason Startups Kick Corporate Butt(ansanelli.com)
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Startup 122: “Speech - The Final Frontier”(ansanelli.com)
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Startup 121: Lessons for the Recession from Rice Krispies(ansanelli.com)
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ECON #120: What Taxes and Splitting the Restaurant Bill Have in Common(ansanelli.com)
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Startup #119: Why Startup Innovation Kicks Corporate Booty(ansanelli.com)
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Control Freaks Are Us: How to maintain control once you raise VC money(ansanelli.com)
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"Can You Count?" - A test of your execution skills(ansanelli.com)
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by jag 18y ago
uh, if the chances for succeeding were above 50% (of course depends on your definition for success), then banks would fund startups... it's way lower. being an investor in a few venture firms, i have seen the results, and the vast majorit
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by jag 18y ago
that's how i started by saying "most startups fail..."! ;-) and yes there are startups that return a nice amount to a small group. my first company, Trio Development, was sold to Apple. we were 4 guys, no venture funding, and 23 years ol
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by jag 18y ago
Folks - i would rather be roughly right than absolutely wrong and the point was that almost all startups fail to ever deliver any meaningful return to anyone other than investors. The "math" was simply to make a point to get people to thin
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Startup Life 103: Love(ansanelli.com)
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Startup Life 102: Leadership(ansanelli.com)
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