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Financing Options: Bridge Loans
Fred Wilson – Aug 15, 2011
Today's post in the financing options series on MBA Mondays is about Bridge Loans. Bridge loans are so called because they are a "bridge" to something else. They are short term loans intended to fund a company to an anticipated [...] Read more
Financings Options: Venture Debt
Fred Wilson – Jul 25, 2011
It's Monday, time for MBA Mondays and the next post in the Startup Financing Options series. Today we will talk about Venture Debt. If there were two words less likely to be found together, it would be venture and debt. [...] Read more
Financing Options: Preferred Stock
Fred Wilson – Jul 18, 2011
Today on MBA Mondays Startup Financing Options series, we are going to talk about the financing option that I specialize in - preferred stock. Almost all venture capital firms and many angel and seed investors will require the company they [...] Read more
Financing Options: Preferred Stock
Fred Wilson – Jul 18, 2011
Today on MBA Mondays Startup Financing Options series, we are going to talk about the financing option that I specialize in - preferred stock. Almost all venture capital firms and many angel and seed investors will require the company they [...] Read more
Financing Options: Convertible Debt
Fred Wilson – Jul 11, 2011
MBA Mondays are back after a one week hiatus. Today we are going to talk about convertible debt. Convertible debt can also be called convertible loans or convertible notes. For the purposes of this post, these three terms will be [...] Read more
Canvas
Fred Wilson – Jun 14, 2011
I posted this on the USV blog yesterday but thought I should share it with the AVC community as well. ---- We are big fans of communities at Union Square Ventures. The partners in our firm have been investing in [...] Read more
Canvas
Fred Wilson – Jun 13, 2011
We are big fans of communities at Union Square Ventures. The partners in our firm have been investing in Internet communities for almost 15 years and we are constantly reminded of the power of the community. Whenever we are presented [...] Read more
Sizing Option Pools In Connection With Financings
Fred Wilson – May 18, 2011
We've talked about this issue before here at AVC. Investors like to require that an unissued option pool is in the pre-money valuation calculation when they put money into early stage companies. If you don't entirely understand what I am [...] Read more
Competition – The Pros and Cons
Fred Wilson – May 9, 2011
Today on MBA Mondays we are going to talk about competition. For most businesses, competition is a given. When I walk to work, I am often struck how many local businesses have competitors literally right across the street. Clearly competition [...] Read more