Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

In these scenarios angels made great returns precisely because they didn’t need to dip their hands into their pockets a second or third time, their companies didn’t go bankrupt and they didn’t get buried in the cap tables by large VCs who put in “pay to play” provisions in tough times. So where are we now? It’s hard to say.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 2, 2010

I’m sure you’ll start seeing some rounds that essentially should be B rounds according to what the current cap table looks like, except that there’s a Series A level of progress, and about a million bucks in product overspend that didn’t really lead to a business. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

In both of these scenarios angels made great returns precisely because they didn’t need to dip their hands into their pockets a second or third time, their companies didn’t go bankrupt and they didn’t get buried in the cap tables by large VCs who put in “pay to play” provisions in tough times. So where are we now? It’s hard to say.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

If you don’t follow the image reference above or the tag line, “ You don’t need double talk; you need Bob Loblaw “ (try saying it out loud) , and if you care! You need to know how “tag along&# rights could potentially screw you. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 30, 2010

Dad has a Titleist cap on—same hat he fishes in. The study table is packed. My high school friend is sitting at the study table. Tags: It's My Life. So far, three phonecalls, one in person meeting, and not as many e-mails as I would have liked to get back to. I’m playing with some apps on my Touch.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2010

I’ve arrived at a significant number of companies that were looking for additional growth capital after a “friends and family” round, and had to “clean up” the cap table more than a few times over the years. Tags: Growth! Taking this kind of money has a number of pitfalls you should be aware of. So stay tuned… .

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

Before they’re presenting I want to know “what unique experiences you bring to the table that are going to give your business a faster time to market, a better designed product, more knowledge of your customers problems – a higher likelihood of success.&# It’s what many VC’s call, “An unfair advantage.&#.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 30, 2023

We make our investments on 3rd party SPV platforms like Sydecar , allowing us to roll up many investors into a single investment (our biggest deal had 55 investors), providing one line item on the cap table for the founder and a single entity for TBD to manage.

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OnStartups

JULY 7, 2021

So HubSpot today is like a 25 or 30, I don't know whatever the market cap is. What's your view on that side of the table? The analogy I used is it's a little bit like being at a gaming table in Las Vegas, right? It's like you're at the table and the only real feedback you get is sometimes the chips go down, sometimes they go up.

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