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I Like What I Hear About the $40M Seed Stage Fund, "Founder Collective"
I love the points Chris Dixon hit in his post today announcing his new seed stage fund, Founder Collective.First of all, the dollars announced are mean (Read More)
William Carleton on Nov, 15 at 10:55 AM | 5 Likes Ilike2
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Should Web Entrepreneurs Hang on to their Companies?
Chris Matthews said something on his Hardball TV show last night that I found disarming. The set up is what makes the payoff satisfying, so I’ll (Read More)
William Carleton on Oct, 21 at 6:50 PM | 8 Likes Ilike2
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Twitter's Aggregate Preferred Stock Liquidation Preference Now at $163,817,605.63
Twitter announced last week that it had closed a "significant round of funding." News reports, including this one from the NYTimes, anticipat (Read More)
William Carleton on Oct, 05 at 11:46 AM | 1 Like Ilike2
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The "No Exit" Management Equity Incentive Plan
A central theme of this blog has been the way many Web 2.0 entrepreneurs and early stage investors are questioning the venture investment paradigm requ (Read More)
William Carleton on Oct, 05 at 11:37 AM | 3 Likes Ilike2
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Bootstrappers & VCs Meet on the TechFlash Commons
John Cook has wondered aloud on TechFlash why Seattle VCs don't blog. But John's blog, at least, appears to be an effective forum for VCs to address me (Read More)
William Carleton on Oct, 05 at 11:32 AM | 1 Like Ilike2
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Tide Turning, Exits Not the Focus?
Along with @sleepless, @timu_matt and @johnclyman, I attended the Naked Truth event at the Olympic Sculpture Park last night, sponsored by Redfin, (Read More)
William Carleton on Oct, 05 at 11:31 AM | 1 Like Ilike2
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What Happened to the 1x Liquidation Preference?
In a presentation at the MIT Enterprises Forum Venture Lab at One Union Square in Seattle last month, titled “Financing a Start-up in a Downturn, (Read More)
William Carleton on Oct, 05 at 11:22 AM | 1 Like Ilike2
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Thoughts From a Founder on What Motivates Founders (& What This May Mean in a “No Exit” Paradigm)
What follows is an excerpt from mail I received last night from the co-founder of a Web 2.0+ company (client), commenting on my prior "What, No Ex (Read More)
William Carleton on Oct, 05 at 11:21 AM | 1 Like Ilike2
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What, No Exit?!?
Some of you who follow my tweets have already heard me comment on a lunch I had a couple of months back, with two long-standing friends who are the sav (Read More)
William Carleton on Oct, 05 at 11:15 AM | 1 Like Ilike2