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Startup Executive Compensation Scorecard
In a couple of weeks, CompStudy will release the 2010 survey results with the latest on startup executive compensation. This is the 11th year for the survey and the biggest year ever in terms of...
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No one wants to tell you your baby is ugly
No one wants to tell you your baby is ugly. It’s awkward. Think of it from their perspective. If you show them a picture and then ask, “what do you think of my pride and joy?” Despite the honest...
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Pre-Money Valuation vs Number of Founders
Here’s a chart of the day worth sharing. I was working on some data analysis around the topic of angel round pre-money valuations (which I’ll post soon) and came up with the following interesting...
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More on Liquidation Preferences
A long time ago I had asked a VC about what pre-money valuation he was planning to put in a term sheet he had promised to send over. He jokingly said something like, “I’ll let you pick the pre-money...
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Where Do Tech VCs Invest?
I was just playing around with another CompStudy data set and came up with the interesting chart at the right which I wanted to share. The chart attempts to answer the question, “where do tech VCs...
View ArticleHappy Holidays
I really enjoyed 2010 and am thankful for all the amazing entrepreneurs and investors I’ve had a chance to meet, reconnect and work with. I’m optimistic as ever about next year. So happy holidays to...
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2011 CompStudy Survey Now Open
I’d like to invite you to participate in the 2011 CompStudy, the results of which have become the industry-leading Private Company Compensation and Entrepreneurship Report…the Kelley Blue Book of...
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How Does Your Company Stack Up?
Compensation at startups is different than almost any other kind of organization you might join and one of the biggest differences is around options or equity. There is a lot of information available...
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We Need an “NTSB” for Entrepreneurship
Every time an airplane crashes or even has an incident in the US, the NTSB does a thorough investigation of what lead to the crash. The investigations don’t just focus on the plane itself, but also...
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Switching Costs
I wonder if having a high switching cost is the evil twin of the freemium customer acquisition model. It’s alter ego. If you can’t get one, you have to have the other. If you have both, look...
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