This fight over ownership and control pits
entrepreneur against investor the minute talk of a company's valuation begins.
Not exact matches
The lead
investor may negotiate better terms, defend
against unfair dilution by negotiating with venture capitalists during follow - on financing, mentor the company and represent small
investors on the board,» says Nick Tommarello, the co-founder and CEO of crowdfunding platform WeFunder, in a letter to the Committee of Financial Services shared with
Entrepreneur.
Entrepreneurs should realize that they're competing for their
investors» attention and money, vying
against both new opportunities and investments already in the VC's portfolio.
Huffington isn't blaming the startup culture for this, though, referring to the debate that has raged over the past few years about venture capitalists and angel
investors being biased
against women
entrepreneurs.
At a later stage when the company has proven out its product, its market, its revenue model and is simply executing
against a very well defined plan, the strategic
investor can feel confident that what they see is what the
entrepreneur is going to do.
There's a lot of data showing a cultural unconscious bias
against women
entrepreneurs, from both male and female
investors.
Any founder or
entrepreneur that blocks a reasonable acquisition
against the wishes of her
investors, and then fails to deliver a comparable return down the road, won't raise another dime in this town.
So, if you are an
investor or you are an
entrepreneur looking for additional funding, your life insurance loan will not count
against you on your credit report.
I think whether you're a great contrarian value
investor like him or you're a great
entrepreneur, you have to have this tremendous ability to think for yourself and kind of the emotional strength to go
against the crowd, and kind of the confidence to go
against the crowd.
Please do not continue to accept stakeholders» perspectives without balancing their claims, which are based on projections of huge financial gains for the renewable energy
entrepreneurs and
investors or on idealistic environmentalists,
against solid scientific research (governmental, academic and independent consultants in Ontario, Canada and internationally).
So, if you are an
investor or you are an
entrepreneur looking for additional funding, your life insurance loan will not count
against you on your credit report.
We wrote Cryptoassets to cut
against the grain of thinking that claimed bitcoin and its digital siblings were a niche movement, and instead to emphasize to
investors that this represents the greatest opportunity for
investors and
entrepreneurs since the Web.
Without investing in Hedge Funds, individuals can use Bitcoin as a hedge
against the FIAT currency in emerging markets — interesting article from Vinny Lingham, Angel
Investor and
Entrepreneur