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Signed Term Sheet

ithacaVC

Also, during the process, we had to clean up the company’s cap table and make sure that we all agreed on who owned what on a pro forma pre-money basis. Without having a complete pre-money cap table, it is impossible to calculate a share price. And they were typically good answers.

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VC Optimism Returning But More Pain Ahead In Their Portfolios

Hunter Walker

The reality is lots of companies – many of them quite promising – have already undergone, or will be facing, next financings which “clean up” old cap tables. And fascinating new advances (and needs) in AI, climate, biology, etc are driving tech-IP driven startups.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

Both Sides of the Table

Shame about not getting it in legal writing that you owned the original IP. For a very small fee they can get your Delaware C corp registration, make sure that you have IP protection and ensure you didn’t make an early bumbling mistakes that you’ll pay for dearly in the next 7-10 years of hard work.

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How Many Angels is the Right Amount for a Startup to Have?

Both Sides of the Table

If you have 50 investors on your cap table – I’m sorry but you really don’t know what the f**k they’re telling people about your company or whom they’re tell it to. He argues that transparency is right morally (they took a risk) and to get better quality advice. I agree up to a point.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Some firms provide tools to model investment, e.g., Capital’s Cost of Equity estimator ; Lighter Capital’s Cost of Capital Calculator ; Indie VC’s Cap Table Comparison Model ; 645 Ventures’ cap table simulator ; and Bootstrapp.co’s Comprehensive Cost of Capital Calculator. Flexible VC offers you this.

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The Acquihire Market for Early Stage Startups is Ice Cold. One Better Strategy? Announce You’re For Sale.

Hunter Walker

Cash is at a premium so it’s not going to cap tables (preferred or common walk away from the deals with no dinero). The majority of typical acquirers (large and small) don’t have incremental headcount budget. Those who do, often believe they can hire from the open market without the hassle of an acquisition.

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Making Decisions in Context

Austin Startup

Your Cap Table is something that deserves constant care and attention. Messy cap tables can come back to haunt you when you do a financing or sell the company. If you’ve got patent or other IP needs, you may want to engage specialists in those areas. Keep the valuations consistent with company progress.