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Felser: A VC secretly pitched founders against each other at Spinner
“We had a horrible situation, Dave and I did, when we started Spinner. We had a VC who was whispering, I think I wrote about this, whispering in Dave's ear bad things about me, and whispering in my ear that things were okay.”
Josh Felser Apr 17, 2017 ▶ 8:01 20VC: Can Founders Really Trust Their VC & How To Navigate The Acquisition Process Successfully with Josh Felser, Co-Founder @ Freestyle.vc
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Felser: Spinner sold to AOL for $320M after initial $500M anchor
“So with the spinner, we were asked what our number was, and we, and I remember, I was sitting in the boardroom with AOL, and I said, five hundred million. Now, first, what was that based on? Nothing. It was just, I said it with conviction. I remember, I looked…”
Josh Felser Apr 17, 2017 ▶ 16:48 20VC: Can Founders Really Trust Their VC & How To Navigate The Acquisition Process Successfully with Josh Felser, Co-Founder @ Freestyle.vc
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Felser details $65M Crackle acquisition breakdown between cap table and management
“The breakdown of crackle was 60,000,005 million. So five million was just set aside for management and sixty million was for the cap table with a spinner. It was all cap table.”
Josh Felser Apr 17, 2017 ▶ 19:26 20VC: Can Founders Really Trust Their VC & How To Navigate The Acquisition Process Successfully with Josh Felser, Co-Founder @ Freestyle.vc
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