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Keep It Under Your Hat: Valuation Caps and the $650 Million Sale of MySpace for $125 Million

Gust

Entrepreneurs and investors who have spent any time dealing with convertible debt seed financing transactions are likely to have encountered the subject of valuation caps. The cap is irrelevant if the next equity financing is at a valuation below the cap amount.) Read on for a fuller explanation.

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Mentors 3/18: Be Authentic – Practice What You Preach

Feld Thoughts

When I started blogging in 2004, it was all about transparency. And if you want to really understand transparency, look at Rand Fishkin’s epic post on Moz’s $18 Million Venture Financing in 2012. They immediately vest responsibility in you as a mentor. Authenticity has once again become a trendy word.

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Getting Founders Some Early Liquidity Can Benefit VCs

Hunter Walker

When Google went public in August of 2004 one of the first things I did with my employee grants was sell enough to pay off my student loans. The vast majority of my future savings was (a) not vested yet and (b) tied to hope for future stock grants I’d earn. Did I work any less hard the next day because of my liquidity event?

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Reinventing the Office: How to Lose Fat and Increase Productivity at Work

David Teten

The feature, titled “ Fitness Financed: Motion, Margin, Risk & Reward ,” offers an inside look into our office.). According to a 2003-2004 U.S. ” - MIR Weighted Vest (~$130 on up) for providing an additional option for exercising, both at home and at the office.

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25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time

www.chubbybrain.com

Go vest yourself. So, the best way of dealing with this issue is to take a long, long vesting period for all major sweat equity founders. However, vesting schedules reduce the difficult negotiation to simply and mechanically exercising the companies pre-agreed right to repurchase stock at the price it was issued.

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AngelList Launches Docs To Help Startups Sign And Close Seed Rounds Online With Low Legal Fees

techcrunch.com

From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. Startups are guided through the closing by inputting information such as investors, the amount invested, how much is being raised in total, vesting schedules and more.