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Tech VCs Promise to Never Disagree with Founders

38 点作者 s4sharpie超过 10 年前

13 条评论

harryh超过 10 年前
The headline of this article doesn't really match the contents. Certainly partners from Felicis Ventures will disagree with founders from time to time, they just apparently won't vote against them in board votes. In many circumstances this promise won't have much practical impact.
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asanwal超过 10 年前
Entrepreneur-friendly is big focus for many investors these days. Witness Techstars equity back guarantee as just one example.<p>Felicis, based on its exits, is a top-tier micro VC (if you define it as &lt;$100M funds) so this may force the hand of others.<p>Of course, there are those that feel that &quot;voting along is a unrealistic commercial move that negates the investor&#x27;s added value to his&#x2F;her LPs&quot;. [1]<p>[1] From comments here - <a href="https://www.cbinsights.com/blog/founder-vs-venture-capitalist-compensation/" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cbinsights.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;founder-vs-venture-capitalis...</a>
frequentflyeru超过 10 年前
Sounds like the headline of an Onion article...
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liamshaw超过 10 年前
Personally, as a CEO, I would like to have an investor questioning my moves so that I am forced to consider my choices from different perspectives.<p>If I&#x27;m constantly being told I&#x27;m the golden boy then I&#x27;m doomed.
aaronbrethorst超过 10 年前
So...what happens when the next Gurbaksh Chahal[1] gets funded by Felicis Ventures?<p>[1] <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/gurbaksh-chahals-ugly-revenge" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.newyorker.com&#x2F;tech&#x2F;elements&#x2F;gurbaksh-chahals-ugly...</a>
TheMagicHorsey超过 10 年前
While I like that investors are now forced to give entrepreneurs a better deal, this sounds like a move too far.<p>This is like a blank check for entrepreneurs with no strings attached, and no consequence for failure. In fact, the share given to founders in the diversified fund means that financial returns may be had even for a failing business.<p>That doesn&#x27;t sound like an entrepreneurial risk&#x2F;reward type system anymore. That sounds like a guaranteed reward for a bunch of &quot;special&quot; people who are part of some special club.<p>In fact, it sounds like East Coast investment banking.
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bcx超过 10 年前
At first I thought this title was a poorly timed April Fools Joke.<p>I would imagine there are only a few decisions the founders make that ever come down to votes based on shares. Off the top of my head: Selling the company, firing the CEO, electing a new board, diluting existing shareholders, dividends.<p>The impact of this decision is probably heavily based on how often Felicis has a big enough stake to be a factor in shareholder voting.
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arbuge超过 10 年前
Certainly times have changed. If the bubble does burst anytime soon, people might look at this in hindsight as being another warning sign we missed.
001sky超过 10 年前
&quot;“We’ll be voting unconditionally with the CEO,” Senkut said in an interview. “It’s time for bold moves.”&#x2F;&#x2F;&#x2F;&quot;<p>spoken like a true believer
illumen超过 10 年前
Great move.<p>If you just want to invest, and take your hands off, this is great. It means you have less work managing, so you can make smaller &#x27;bets&#x27;... err, I mean investments.<p>Also means the team can get on with it, and have to spend less time managing investors. Yes, some start ups do spend a lot of time doing stuff just to present nicely to investors. From taking days off working on product preparing the office so it looks more professional, to preparing speeches, and developing further pitches.
pskittle超过 10 年前
Theoretically, if there is trust between the founders and the VC&#x27;s shouldn&#x27;t both of them have one seat?
iLoch超过 10 年前
Suddenly the President&#x2F;CEO title differences matter for co-founders.
chaostheory超过 10 年前
Ycombinator has forever changed the landscape for entrepreneurs for the better =D