Investing
Valuation and Option Pool
Twitter It!by AVC
One of the more contentious things in the negotiation between an entrepreneur and a VC over a financing, particularly an early stage financing, is the inclusion of an option pool in the pre-money valuation. As my friend Mark Pincus likes to say, “it’s just another way to lower the [...]
America on Sale
Twitter It!By: Charles Sizemore
In case you needed more proof that inflation is not much of a concern at the moment: “[1] Great Time for U.S. Consumers: America Is on Sale.”
“There has never been a better time to be a consumer,” writes Rachel Beck. “What’s happening now has been building for years. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. introduced [...]
Plumbing for Joy? Be Your Own Boss
Twitter It!By: SUE SHELLENBARGER/The Wall Street Journal
By economic yardsticks, Roger the Plumber should be feeling pretty low. Roger Peugeot, owner of the 14-employee Overland Park, Kan., plumbing company that bears his name, is part of a sector hit hard by shrunken credit and slumping sales. He has been forced to reduce staff and is battling [...]
Local Entrepreneur Hailed as 88th Fastest Growing IT Company in US
Twitter It!By: Unknown author
Medford, N.J. — Local computer expert Anthony Mongeluzo’s company grew 414.8 percent in the last three years even after the start of one of the worst recessions on record, making it the 88th fastest growing IT company in the United States, Inc. magazine announced.
Pro Computer Service (www.procomputerservice.com), which provides both onsite [...]
Ideas are more important than money
Twitter It!By: Ron Dalby
Every country, every state and every region of the world offers some sort of rags-to-riches story, but only Alaska can claim the indomitable Walter Hickel.
He stepped off the boat in Alaska in 1940 with 37 cents in his pocket and is now one of the most influential and wealthiest people in [...]