2010 Hiring Option Pool Valuation 
venturehacks.com
OCTOBER 21, 2010
SUPPORTED BY Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS The Option Pool Shuffle by Nivi on April 10th, 2007 “Follow the money card!&# – The Inside Man, Three-Card Shuffle Summary: Don’t let your investors determine the size of the option pool for you. Don’t lose this game.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 5, 2015
The truth is that I’ve been warning about convertible notes since 2010 it was first declared that “convertible notes have won.” In the old days VCs funded off of a “pre-money” valuation. How much is in the option pool? I can boil it down to how this tension plays out. Those are the big three.
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www.mattbartus.com
DECEMBER 9, 2012
How to pump up your VC valuation. Matt Bartus — February 9, 2010. Let’s say you receive a term sheet for a $1 million investment at a $3 million fully diluted pre-money valuation, and you’re kind of disappointed. Option Pool. Option Pool. A View from the Valley. — 23 Comments.
www.paulgraham.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
August 2010 Two years ago I wrote about what I called " a huge, unexploitedopportunity in startup funding :" the growing disconnect betweenVCs, whose current business model requires them to invest largeamounts, and a large class of startups that need less than theyused to. Butthere may not have to be just one valuation.
thinkspace.com
SEPTEMBER 7, 2012
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.
www.startupnorth.ca
OCTOBER 23, 2010
Being an early hire at a startup gives an individual the ability to make tremendous impact on an organization as it grows – and both the founders and those hires should know it.” This should force companies to think about building value with each early hire, and not just filling a position. It’s just unfeasible.
thestartuplawyer.com
FEBRUARY 24, 2010
Who must be a co founder and who can remain a hired principal? When I find, and hire on options, the three perfect CEs/directors must I consider them co founders and treat them accordingly? Who must be a co founder and who can remain a hired principal? He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder.
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