Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

As Finance Fridays continues, we are introducing the concept of the Cap Table. This week they set out to create their cap table and hire a CTO. Rather, it gets recorded in a document called the Capitalization Table (or “Cap Table”), which shows the ownership stake each person or entity has in the business.

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Cap Table CTO Hire Technical Cofounder Cofounder 133

Hunter Walker

MAY 17, 2024

“Admirer from outside of the cap table” is how I approached Kieran Snyder , Cofounder of Textio. HW: Textio is open to remote hires from a specific set of states which I found interesting. Like everyone else, we went distributed overnight in March 2020.

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Cofounder Founder Technical Review Seattle 102

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 18, 2024

On the other hand, they could be the opposite—much more focused on near-term cash distributions than long-term equity appreciation. I would e-mail Paul and Rony from Indeed regularly with feature ideas and get super frustrated that they implemented zero of them—especially in the face of stiff competition from Simply Hired.

.Net 88

.Net Cap Table Startup Technical Review 88

Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Why Pairing Junior Executives With External Mentors Can Accelerate Your Hiring and Their Professional Development Often at a startup it’s better to hire for talent, ambition, and commitment, than years in role or ‘did they have the job already somewhere else.’ My intuition? Don’t worry that she hasn’t had a senior title or whatever.

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Hiring Cap Table Equity Dividend 60

VC Adventure

AUGUST 15, 2018

It was a benefit to employees and a slight value transfer from equity holders to option holders (generally speaking in M&A transactions the value of the aggregate option exercise ends up allocated across the rest of the cap table).

Valuation 48

Valuation Common Stock Cap Table Software Review 48

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 22, 2010

You’ll need to hire and retain talen to grow your company. This states how the proceeds from a sale or dissolution of the company will be distributed. How VC’s Calculate Valuation : We walked through a standard deal where you raise $1 million at a $3 million pre-money valuation leading to a $4 million post money valuation.

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Valuation Liquidation Preference Pre-Money Valuation Term Sheet 405

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

645 Ventures released a cap table simulator to help level the playing field. ff Venture Capital hired two full-time engineers to build out Totem. Carta , Captable.io , Certent , EquityEffect , and ShareWorks by Morgan Stanley track private company cap tables. . Fincura specializes in serving lenders. 11) Exit .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78