by Fred M. Haney | Sep 30, 2021 | Fred Haney
Ever more frequently, I see startup companies using SAFE (“Simple Agreement for Future Equity”) investment structures or convertible notes to avoid negotiating a seed-stage valuation for their company. There are at least two problems with this approach: The...
by Fred M. Haney | Sep 6, 2021 | Book Review
I knew when I first heard about Scott Kupor’s “Secrets of Sand Hill Road“ I would want to write a review of it. For one thing, very few top-tier venture capitalists have written books about venture capital, which has remained a fairly well kept, if not intentional,...
by Fred M. Haney | Aug 3, 2021 | Business Models
“The temple of art is built in words.”—Josiah Gilbert Holland Lately, I’ve been seeing a lot of startup pitch decks that are loaded with beautiful graphics that confuse me. I’m not sure who decided that pretty graphics improve your pitch, but sometimes they...
by Fred M. Haney | Jul 29, 2021 | Entrepreneurship, The Fundable Startup
“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.”— Walt Disney If you have read “The Fundable Startup: How Disruptive Companies Attract Capital,” you know that I have struggled to understand the difference between “entrepreneurship” and being a...
by Fred M. Haney | Jul 11, 2021 | Fred Haney
Many company founders want to be the CEO of their firm, but is that the best approach? Most successful CEOs work for 15-20 years to acquire much-needed expertise. A study of 2.7 million startup companies tells us that the average age of the successful startup CEO is...
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