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There are two main types of liquidation preferences. First Participating vs. Non-Participating. Best for us (VCs) (worse for founders): Participating Preferred (i.e. VCs get our li…

PKmehta "I dispute the accuracy of your post." Ha. No specifics. I just dispute the accuracy! lol.

The Series A USV invested in was only $775,000 and was at $1/share according to privco and confirmed by docs I've seen. So how much did USV invest? Obviously Tumblr sold for over $…

The AirBnB model is tricky. I've had friends wire $7,000 for New Year's Eve house last weekend, then "owner" disappeared. Apparently did it to 10 other renters for same non-existen…

Anyone else on here been offered an "acq-hire" (ditch your startup, tech team heads off to the buyer in exchange for signing bonuses and equity?) Did you take it?

Tesla at least applied for and got loan with a WORKING CAR and CUSTOMER PREPAID ORDERS. Fisker had a 50-page BUSINESS PLAN. Tesla is NOT Fisker. Doesn't mean Tesla will succeed- cu…

As a VC just want to point out to tech entrepreneurs (and I was one before) that whether a VC funds you ("blesses you") or not does NOT mean your idea or you and your team are wort…

Won't repeat prior post but I personally recommend not relying on crunchbase and paying for either PrivCo or DowJones VentureSource. They verify everything and as a wise man said n…

As a VC in Silicon Valley I have tremendous respect for the Valley, but I must say (having formerly lived in LA) it sometimes feels like a 1 industry town. In L.A. every and his br…

In my experience, if you want reliable info (NOT Crunchbase nor companies who just crawl/spider them and resell it to you, you know who you are right below) use PrivCo, what I use …