Why VCs care about ownership percentage + Flowcarbon CEO Dana Gibber | E1581
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
4.2 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2022
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
First, Jason explains why many VCs focus on ownership percentage and maintaining ownership throughout an investment life cycle. (1:40) Then, Molly welcomes Flowcarbon CEO Dana Gibber to break down her blockchain-based carbon credits solution! (23:04)
(0:00) J+M tee up today's segments!
(1:40) VC Sunday School: Why many VCs obsess over ownership percentage
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(10:53) Jason uses a table to explain dilution over an investments life cycle and why ownership percentage matters
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(23:04) Molly welcomes Flowcarbon CEO and Co-Founder Dana Gibber; Dana explains how she got involved with Adam and Rebekah Neumann and Flowcarbon's core offering
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(38:29) Dana breaks down carbon offsets
(51:14) Dana explains the blockchain verification aspect of Flowcarbon
(58:38) How Flowcarbon plans to make money, why doing this on the blockchain is the best solution
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody, welcome back to Sunday. |
| 0:01.9 | You made it to Sunday, first up, VC Sunday school. |
| 0:04.5 | We're gonna talk about your ownership percentage |
| 0:07.3 | and why certain VCEs say in order to do this deal, |
| 0:10.2 | we need to assert ownership percentage or else we're out. |
| 0:13.7 | And then that's how it happens at amazing interview. |
| 0:15.9 | I do have an amazing interview. |
| 0:17.9 | I interviewed Dana Giver, the CEO of Flow Carbon, |
| 0:20.6 | the one that is associated with Adam and Rebecca Newman, |
| 0:23.3 | but they're doing some really cool stuff. |
| 0:26.1 | It's a great conversation. |
| 0:27.1 | It's gonna be a great episode. |
| 0:28.4 | Stick with us. |
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