Remove Acquisition Remove Conversion Remove Finance Remove Liquidation Preference
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Founders – Use Your Down Round To Clean Up Your Cap Table

Feld Thoughts

Much of it is very short term focused and, like a giant tractor beam, draws the conversation into a very short time horizon (as in days or weeks). I watched, participated, and suffered through every type of creative financing as companies were struggling to raise capital in this time frame. Or you might need to raise it.

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Should Entrepreneurs Attend Business School?

Up and Running

Additionally, I had already studied Economics and Finance during undergrad, making the academic part of an MBA seem a little redundant. C Corp versus LLC, non-competes, liquidation preferences, preferred versus common stock, and so on). Is business school really necessary?

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Why Co-Founders Are a Startup's Biggest Liability | The Startup Lawyer

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do not think being friends or relatives reduces the need for these difficult and/or awkward conversations. About the Author Ryan Roberts is a startup lawyer and represents technology companies through all phases of the startup process, including incorporation, seed & venture financings, and exit transactions.

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Interview with Sramana Mitra on 1M/1M Program

Life Beyond Code

Through this journey, we have raised the visibility of fundamental issues like the causes of exorbitantly high infant entrepreneur mortality, and alerted the entrepreneur community with a simple observation: Entrepreneurship = (Customer + Revenue + Profits); Financing is Optional. The rest of the services are for paying members only.