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Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations - Startups.

Tim Keane

Bottom Up Market Sizing » January 12, 2010. Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations. Please see later version of this post on May 16, 2010 Entrepreneurs are often not experts in the area of term-sheet negotiations and all of the surrounding issues. The Valuation Question. Let’s start at the end.

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How to Divide Equity to Startup Founders, Advisors, and Employees

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Chris Dixon wrote a blog post about “ The one number you should know about your equity grant “ The one number you should know about your equity grant is the percent of the company you are being granted (in options, shares, whatever – it doesn’t matter – just the % matters). Percent of the outstanding option pool: meaningless.

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The New Funding Landscape

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October 2010 After barely changing at all for decades, the startup fundingbusiness is now in what could, at least by comparison, be calledturmoil. And those who do raiseVC rounds will be able to get higher valuations when they do. ButVCs never offered that option. 6 ] Some super-angels seem to care about valuations.