The Startup Magazine

MAY 13, 2022

Equity distribution among co-founders may be a complex procedure while starting any business. How you split founder startup equity can be even harder for a tech startup due to different roles and contributions from the founders. Founders often earn the greatest initial ownership, which is predictable.

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Equity Founder Vesting Cofounder 140

Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Jane and Dick, our fearless cofounders of SayAhh, have set up an accounting system and created their first set of financial statements. The founders each have common shares that will vest over four years. They come up with two options: Hire Praveena as an employee and offer her stock options. Time to update the cap table.

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Cap Table CTO Hire Technical Cofounder Cofounder 133

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

He’d wasted a year of his life and had a pile of stock options that weren’t very interesting. Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. But founders need to know how to ask for their advice and when to ignore it. Tesla is not.

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Fractional CTO Startup Venture Capital Cofounder 248

Scott Edward Walker

DECEMBER 14, 2015

One of the biggest mistakes I see startups make is failing to set-up vesting schedules for the founders. A vesting schedule is a mechanism by which the ownership of the stock issued to the founders is earned over time (typically four years, as discussed below), rather than immediately. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R01YcgJ3Yw

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Vesting Founder Stock Cofounder 40

Scott Edward Walker

APRIL 9, 2012

Venture capital funds, seed funds, super angels, angel groups, incubators, and “friends and family” are all playing the seed financing game and investing early in startups in an attempt to land the next Facebook. ii) why are convertible notes issued instead of shares of common or preferred stock? What is a Convertible Note?

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Preferred Stock Finance Common Stock Liquidation Preference 87

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 12, 2012

This post is a translation of the article: « Pigeons » : le cri d'alarme d'un fonds américain published on LaTribune (12/10/2012) and is a response to the proposed tax law proposed by the government of Francois Hollande, suggesting to tax all capital gain at the same level than salaries or 60%.

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France Europe Capital Gains Dilution 71

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 28, 2022

Common stock. The holding of common stock in a company indicates ownership in the corporation. Dividends paid and capital gains realized on a per-share basis provide ordinary shareholders with a way to participate in the profits stream of the company. Preferred shares. Equity Benefits in a Company.

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Valuation Equity Warrant Common Stock 108