Silicon Valley Review S4, Ep6: Beta Testing Best Practices & Incubators v. Accelerators
In this episode, we review S4, Ep6: “Customer Service” and discuss beta testing best practices and the differences between incubators and accelerators.
Silicon Valley Review S4, Ep5: Rollouts, Cash Burn & NDAs
In this episode, Kevin and Aaron review S4, Ep5: “The Blood Boy” and discuss typical rollouts in Dallas v. Silicon Valley, the importance of low cash burn, how NDAs shouldn’t be the only consideration, and transferring patents.
Silicon Valley Review S4, Ep4: Assigning IP, Vesting Schedules & Spending Investor Money
In this episode, Kevin and Aaron review S4, Ep4: “Team Building Exercise” and discuss assigning intellectual property to the company, contribution agreements v. license agreements, getting sued, typical vesting schedules, and spending controls for investors’ money.
Silicon Valley Review S4, Ep3: Types of Investors, Seed Funding & Collaborative VCs
In this episode, we review S4, Ep3: “Intellectual Property” and discusses the types of investors you will encounter in each stage of raising capital, how realistic a VC’s $200,000 seed investment really is, and the collaborative nature of VCs in Dallas.
Silicon Valley Review S4, Ep2: Cocky CEOs, Ex Co-Founders & Terms of Service
In this episode, we review S4, Ep2: “Terms of Service” and discuss how CEOs should handle the spotlight, navigating relationships with ex co-founders, and terms of service and policy agreements.
Silicon Valley Review S4, Ep1: Recapitalization, Founder’s Syndrome & The Unruly Board Member
In this episode, we review S4, Ep1: “Success Failure” and discuss when you can change company ownership, the importance of product v. growth, board composition, and more.
Three Things with Kevin Vela & Aaron Terwey
In this first episode, Kevin and Aaron share their three things with you. They discuss necessary documentation, intellectual property, domain names, work for hire, vesting ownership, cofounder breakups, working with developers, references, and more.
Term Sheets 101: Convertible Debt v. Equity (Part 1)
If you’re a startup looking to raise capital, here is some of the basic language you need to know.
Term Sheets 101: Convertible Debt v. Equity (Part 2)
If you’re a startup looking to raise capital, here is some of the basic language you need to know.
Silicon Valley Review S3, Ep8: ROFR v. ROFO
The primary conflict in Episode 8 of this season of Silicon Valley stems from Laurie swooping in and buying out Erlich’s shares at a deep discount to market (i.e. the price that Russ was willing to pay).