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06.13.2019

Lessons from an SMB focused software exit

We caught up with Sasha Poljak, the Executive Chairman of Ximble, about Ximble’s successful exit to Paycor.  Ximble is a staff scheduling and time tracking platform used by SMB’s to organize their workforce.  Learnings from Sasha’s story are below. Ximble……

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06.13.2019

Lessons from an SMB focused software exit

We caught up with Sasha Poljak, the Executive Chairman of Ximble, about Ximble’s successful exit to Paycor.  Ximble is a staff scheduling and time tracking platform used by SMB’s to organize their workforce.  Learnings from Sasha’s story are below. Ximble……

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06.12.2019

Founder paydays at exit

When a startup founder shepherds his company to a successful exit (IPO), what are the paydays like? We dove into the major tech IPO’s of 2018 and 2019 to find out.  Note that paydays aren’t necessarily what the founders took……

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06.11.2019

Founder ownership at exit

Snapchat cofounders Evan Spiegel and Robert Murphy owned a combined 44% of Snapchat before it went public.  Mark Zuckerberg owned 31% of Facebook, Sergey Brin and Larry Page owned 31% of Google, the founders of Eventbrite owned 35%, and Reed……

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06.10.2019

What big funds look for in a CEO

Recently, we got a hold of an investor letter from one of New York’s finest late stage venture funds.  The letter shared insights into what the fund looks for in a management team, which resonated with us.  Below we share……

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