Posts Tagged ‘Michael Arrington’
Words of Wisdom From Fred Wilson
by Scott Edward Walker on May 3rd, 2013To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we post a short video of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics.
VC Term Sheets – Drag-Along Provisions
by Scott Edward Walker on May 5th, 2011Introduction
This post originally appeared as part of the “Ask the Attorney” column I am writing for VentureBeat. Below is a longer, more comprehensive version, which is part of my ongoing series on venture capital term sheets. Here are the issues I have addressed to date:
- common mistakes dealing with VC’s
- valuation
- liquidation preferences
- stock options
- exploding term sheets and no-shop provisions
- anti-dilution provisions
- dividends
- Board control
- protective provisions
In today’s post, I examine “drag-along” or “bring-along” provisions, which can be very tricky.
Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed: Marc Andreessen, Ron Conway and David Hornik
by Scott Edward Walker on May 24th, 2010To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our new weekly series entitled “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we will post a short video interview of one or more successful entrepreneurs, investors or business leaders on a variety of relevant topics to help entrepreneurs succeed.
This week, we present heavyweight VCs Marc Andreessen, Ron Conway and David Hornik courtesy of TechCrunch and its founder Michael Arrington (who conducted the interview). They discuss valuation issues, hot investments, and issues relating to venture capital generally. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks, Scott