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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

Often times when companies raise “bridgefinancing (this is money from internal investors. StackOverflow – We both have a love fest for Joel Spolsky who also co-founded Fog Creek Software. Swipely – Blippy competitor founded by TellMe founder, Angus Davis, in Fall 2009. We spoke briefly about why.

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The Option Pool Shuffle

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Do you mean the shares go to the founders? That does work if the company gets sold before another round of financing. But if you do another round of financing first, those unallocated shares will go into a new option pool. What if the founder already included an option pool in the existing shares outstanding?