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Should Founders Be Allowed to Take Money off the Table?

Both Sides of the Table

He’s been at it since 2005. 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. I founded it in 2005 at the age of 37. I raised $500k in seed money to start the company.

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