Q: On average, what percentage of a company does the “typical” entrepreneur own by the time of a “successful” exit? Obviously, huge YMMW, but what’s a reasonable expectation, say, assuming two founders, middle-of-the-road terms from investors, two or three rounds of funding, and an acquisition? Or is the range so broad as to be meaningless? […]
As part of your offer, there will likely be an equity component (if there isn’t, your first question after receiving the offer should be “so – what equity are you offering me as part of this package?”) The equity component will either be a grant of stock options or restricted stock – both with some […]
We get a lot of questions about open source software. Today at our Boulder OpenCoffee Club meeting, we had a presentation by Doug Young regarding his thoughts on open source issues that developers face. It was a great discussion. (Unfortunately) every developer needs to keep their open source “house” in order and to that affect, […]
Along the lines of our last compensation post, cash is at an extreme premium in pre-VC funded companies. In that vein, you might be presented with a situation where you “defer some of your salary” until after the first institutional financing. This means that you are theoretically earning this portion of your salary and once […]
You’ve started your own business and you hope to one day get funded by a reputable VC (yes – there are a few of them.) You’ve got a great idea, your business plan is almost drafted, and you’ve self funded the company along with another co-founder out of savings and credit cards. You think you’ll […]
Today’s Great VC blog post is from Dave Hornik at August Capital. Dave writes one of the longest running VC blogs (it might be the first, but I don’t keep track of these things) called VentureBlog. His current post – The Widget Economy – isn’t about VC and entrepreneurship issues, but it does a good […]
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