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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Up and Running

Delaware law gives preferred stock investors of a corporation certain voting rights and control over the corporation. After about a six-month development cycle, we launched a beta version in July 2010 and three months later, started earning revenue that grew each month. Delaware permits a single-member board of directors.

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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

Professor VC

According to their research, overall returns on group-affiliated angel investments average to a 2.6X One of the panelists mentioned that they have gotten very valuation sensitive (nothing wrong with that) and like to purchase preferred stock rather than invest in convertible notes. ► 2010. (7). ► February. (1).

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

affiliate and referral marketing on the web. Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement. Custora â?? customer retention, churn reduction, lifetime value. free/cheap web customer relationship mgmt software. Highrise â?? small business CRM. Zferral â?? marketing automation software. MarketBright â?? marketing automation suite. Primesense.