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    <title>The Minutes of Bill Gurley on liquidation preference</title>
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    <description>Everything Bill Gurley has said on liquidation preference: 4 verbatim quotes between August 2023 and March 2026, each with a timestamp and a link to the…</description>
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      <title>Gurley explains liquidation preference allows VCs to treat investments like debt, getting paid first in sales.</title>
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      <description>“So venture capitalists typically take preferred stock, and it has a term called liquidation preference, which means in a sale, they get the option to basically treat it like debt.” — Chris Williamson</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 15:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Gurley explains liquidation preference mechanics where aggregate capital raised can claim majority of M&amp;A proc</title>
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      <description>“And in M and A outcomes, the investor can choose to take the LIC preference and not convert to common so they can get their money back.” — Invest Like the Best</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2025 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Gurley explains the slow IPO market results from companies struggling to reconcile liquidation preferences aft</title>
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      <description>“And that&#x27;s one of the reasons why the IPO market&#x27;s been slow to get going because people have to get come to terms with all these things.” — CNBC Television</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2023 16:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Gurley notes hyper-competition removed liquidation preference protection on IPOs, enabling founders to convert</title>
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      <description>“There was a term removed from most term sheets that gave investors the right to protect their LICPREF on an IPO, that&#x27;s gone in most of these cases.” — All-In Podcast</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2023 06:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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