Comments on: Entrepreneurs Ask VCs for Cash Back

By: Why Are Startup Employees Aching to Cash Out? – GigaOM

Why Are Startup Employees Aching to Cash Out? – GigaOM — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:25:41 +0000

[...] employees aren’t the only ones eager for a payday; Stacey wrote last fall about other venture firms offering employees at their portfolio companies a chance to cash out. Perhaps the drought in IPO and M&A activity makes payday look even further out, or maybe [...]

By: Facebook’s $200M Cash Cushion May Be a Lifeline

Facebook’s $200M Cash Cushion May Be a Lifeline — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:04:22 +0000

[...] DST is committing to buy out the common stock held by current and former Facebook employees — a trend we noted last year. As Zuckerberg said on the call, the company isn’t anticipating an initial public offering, [...]

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Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:41:08 +0000

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By: Facebook’s Liquidity Troubles - GigaOM

Facebook’s Liquidity Troubles - GigaOM — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:00:14 +0000

[...] today. Facebook’s postponement is an understandable bow to market reality — and it prevents the company from setting an official valuation that the social networking site’s inve…. The market is pretty sure the company is worth less than the $15 billion Microsoft bought into, [...]

By: John "Shadowlayer"

John "Shadowlayer" — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:24:22 +0000

All I see is bunch of guys obsessed over the idea of being rich before they turn 30, then blaming the market for not letting them get away with it…

By: Yuvamani

Yuvamani — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:28:04 +0000

So does this mean that Vcs are becoming private equity investors ?

By: anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:57:12 +0000

you don't know what you're talking about. cash outs (i.e. secondary purchases of shares) are actually quite common in the VC world.