Competition Equity Pricing Tips 
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 27, 2013
You may know how much to pay in cash or equity for your new VP Engineering. Ask them for a meeting to review your pricing strategy with you. In Rob’s spare time he always seems to be going to a boxing class or some other competitive, physical activity. Always seek input. But asking your board will keep them engaged.
InfoChachkie
JULY 11, 2011
By combining our equity investment with a tranche of venture debt, the company has avoided a larger equity round, which would have significantly diluted the Founders’ ownership share. Venture Debt Tips And Tricks. As with most negotiations, competition is the only way you will obtain an optimal result. Enter venture debt.
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Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 22, 2010
It always amazes me how an entrepreneur can define his market opportunity so broadly, and then assess his competition so narrowly in the next breath. Competition and sustainable advantage. List and describe your competition, direct and indirect, including customer alternatives. Asserting you have no competition is not credible.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 22, 2010
Here are some tips which will signal traction to investors, as well as your team: Document your business plan. It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. It’s also the keystone to convincing investors that you have a “sustainable competitive advantage.” Get a real customer and real revenue.
InfoChachkie
DECEMBER 5, 2011
Article first published as Eleven Startup Tips From Mark Cuban on Technorati. In 1998, the newly christened Broadcast.com went public and set the record (since broken) for the largest single-day price appreciation, rising nearly 250%. Mark’s Startup Tips. "Sweat equity is the most valuable equity there is.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
Here are some tips which will signal traction and fundability to investors, as well as to your team: Document your business plan. It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. It’s also the keystone to convincing investors that you have a “sustainable competitive advantage.”
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 21, 2010
You never got around to agreeing exact equity splits but you had many conversations about it. Forget to get around to setting up that Employee Stock Option Plan and want to be able to give the early guys their options at a low strike price? But make it competitive. Shame about that pesky FAS 157 ruling.
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