#72: Biz Finances with Investor Tom Taulli & Amy Wenslow - Part 1 of 3

This 3 part episode series is from our live Q & A Product Business Show. Click here to get the call-in information to ask your questions >>> https://www.productstoprofits.com/business-show/   The process of going from idea to startup business to big enough for an IPO (initial public offering) is filled with adventures.   Tom Taulli and I met when we were evaluating pitches for the Port of Los Angeles. On this episode we will be talking about the wild world of startup finances.   Do you know............. What little recognized secret did Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) have to work really hard to master?   Tom writes about it. And more importantly, he knows some of HOW Mark Zuckerberg did it.   Matter of fact, Tom's explanations of things like "participation clauses” is spectacular.  This alone can save you tons of heartache.   And his points about presenting to investors are so true!  (Okay. It’s things to never do as well as some things that make it go much better.)       A little more about Tom Taulli....   

Tom Taulli is based in Silicon Valley in the heart of IPO land. On a regular basis he talks with many top tech CEO's and Founders to discover the next hot or not startups.

 A longtime follower of the IPO scene, Taulli started WebIPO, one of the first sites in the space in the mid-1990s. It was a place where investors obtained research as well as access to deals for the dot-com boom. From there he started several other companies such as Hypermart.net which was later sold to Infospace in 1999.

 

Currently, Taulli is an advisor to tech companies and writes extensively on tech, finance, and IPOs. His work has appeared on Forbes.com, TechWeb, and BusinessWeek. He is also frequently quoted in publications like the Wall Street Journal and is regularly interviewed on CNBC and BloombergTV.

 

You can follow him on Twitter at @ttaulli

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