Rob Go

JUNE 17, 2014

In my last post about raising seed vs. jumping straight to A, I received a good comment from Chris Woods that my analysis neglected to include the impact of option pools that are created at each financing round. There have been others in the past that have detailed the math behind option pools and their impact on venture deals.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Youdnegotiate a round size and valuation with the lead, whod supplysome but not all of the money. Standardized paperwork will do away with the need tonegotiate anything except the valuation, and that will get easiertoo. Butthere may not have to be just one valuation. In the old days, the standard m.o. Indirectly, but they are.

Startup 93

Startup Valuation Non-Compete Deal Flow 93

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

The reports showcase raw data, analytics, visualizations, and benchmarking statistics on the company from dozens of sources, including team, intellectual property, technology, product, financial, banking, marketing, customer, risk, valuation, and investment information.”. ff Venture Capital hired two full-time engineers to build out Totem.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

venturehacks.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Offers from top-tier firms increase your valuation. In practice, you raise money or hire an employee because you need to, not because you want to. Say the equity equation tells you to pay a prospective hire above market. You should still pay the hire a market rate and save the company some equity. If no, she is a no hire.

Equity 40

Equity Cap Table Valuation RSS 40

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

Another concept we need to introduce now is valuation. I say "in theory" because in early stageinvesting, valuations are voodoo. As a company gets more established,its valuation gets closer to an actual market value. As a company gets more established,its valuation gets closer to an actual market value. Better how?

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

www.payne.org

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

5 Stock vs Options. The re-heating of the venture funded tech market has pushed a heat up of the hiring market, and Im getting more calls from friends asking for help understanding startup stock (equity) offers. The strike price typically goes up as the company raises additional funding (at higher valuations). 3 Dilution.

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