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Should Founders Be Allowed to Take Money off the Table?

Both Sides of the Table

In my first company I had to raise money in April 2001 or die. I took money with a 3x participating preferred liquidation preference with 8% compounded interest annually. Coupled with my participating preferred from 1999 and 2000 I had more than $55 million of liquidation preferences. Many term sheets ensued.

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