What does "dilution" mean to a startup founder?

By Rick Colosimo / February 23, 2009 / Comments Off on What does "dilution" mean to a startup founder?

Over on LinkedIn, this question caught my eye: How much do founders get diluted through exit? This isn’t a new question.I regularly answered it for founders, employees, and even angel investors during my time at Brobeck in Silicon Valley. There are lots of people concerned about “dilution” without really knowing what it is. Dilution means…

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Forbes writers don't read Forbes

By Rick Colosimo / October 3, 2008 / Comments Off on Forbes writers don't read Forbes

Apparently, the only financial people not reading Forbes are those who write in Forbes. This article, from October 2, refer several times to the drop in interbank lending (but extends this to include “lending to other banks and to customers of banks”). On the other hand, this article, from October 1, makes it clear that…

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