VV Show #24 – Bo Peabody of Village Ventures
Venture Voice – interviews with entrepreneurs
English - January 17, 2006 16:58 - 45 minutes - 20.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsCareers Business Technology entrepreneur venture capital technology entrepreneurship startup business Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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“Stock lockup” is a term remembered with horror by many entrepreneurs who weren’t allowed to sell their dot com shares before the bubble burst. Bo Peabody founded Tripod, which was sold to Lycos for $58 million in stock. The terms of the sale forced him to hold onto his stock for two years — while its value happened to increase ten-fold.
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