Hunter Walker

MAY 13, 2023

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.

Early Stage 117

Early Stage Cap Table Acquisition Sales 117

Hunter Walker

AUGUST 8, 2023

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. As The Information proclaims, “ Unicorn Fire Sales Ahead.” Whatever gets reported is just the tip of the iceberg.

Portfolio 98

Portfolio Cap Table LP Valuation 98

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

Shame about not getting it in legal writing that you owned the original IP. Consider it a sales & marketing expense for them. For company registration, angel deals, Series A & B funding, Employee Stock Option Plans (ESOP), IP filings and even litigation it doesn’t need to be that way.

Southern California 318

Southern California Silicon Valley IP Stock Options 318

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

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.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Of all your hires, if you have commissioned sales people, those will give you the most problems if they’re not all given an equal chance to make their quotas and achieve their personal earnings goals. Your Cap Table is something that deserves constant care and attention. You’ll just never create the sales momentum you need.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Software Review Cap Table Securities and Exchange Commission 48

Hippoland

APRIL 10, 2016

Ada is my professor, and we are using her lab, and the company is based on her research, though the IP is assigned to the company. You will have tremendous difficulty raising money with this kind of cap table, and investors will make you restructure your cap table. Let’s call them Ada and Bob.

Cofounder 48

Cofounder Cap Table Equity Vesting 48

blog.simeonov.com

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

It outlines key points of agreement between founders around IP ownership, equity ownership, vesting, etc. For example, without a clear vehicle (a company) to contribute intellectual property into, a founder who walks away may mean that the future company won’t own its own IP. An email would do. The FastIgnite one is two pages.

Founder 44

Founder Vesting Agile Startup 44