VC Adventure

AUGUST 15, 2018

As is true today, there was a requirement that options be priced at or above the “fair market value” of the underlying stock (otherwise there would be tax consequences to the optionee and sometimes to the company as well).

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 16, 2020

Expectations of higher capital gains are anticipated as property values progress over time. Though they offer lower returns, bonds are considered safer than stocks. Owning stocks has long been considered the best, yet a risky way to build one’s wealth. Shareholders also get dividends through some stocks.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Index funds track one of the stock indexes, such as the NYSE or the S&P 500. As you become savvier, you may also want to add different mutual funds like international or mid-cap stocks. Buying an individual stock carries quite a bit more risk than an index fund. Understand the Risks. Learn About Investing. Be Patient.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 30, 2020

The UK property market continues to grow year after year, making it a wise investment asset that is highly unlikely to depreciate over the coming years, or even decades. As with any type of investment, there are pros and cons to choosing to invest in the property market. Then there is the undeniable allure of investing in properties.

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

indices approaching all-times highs this past week felt a bit off for those that remember a time when folks that made their living recommending stocks were held in an almost mystical regard. Now THAT was a bull market. The muted reaction to the major U.S. Since then, not so much. And it gets worse. But all is not lost. Who Are They?

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JULY 9, 2021

The real estate market has always been a lucrative option for private investors. But, as the pandemic is receding, investors are returning to the real estate market. Key Takeaways: Investors are returning to the real estate market. Regulators may help cool down the housing market, but not very soon. Let’s see.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 26, 2017

Thanks to the considerable tax write-offs available for intangible drilling costs (IDCs) and tangible drilling costs (TDCs), oil and gas investing can drastically lower your tax bill — even when compared to investing in the more traditional stock or real estate markets. Stock and Real Estate — What Most CPAs Have Heard of.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

"Authentic" is dead - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 3, 2010 It's time to retire the following phrases. He’d wasted a year of his life and had a pile of stock options that weren’t very interesting. If you can just be friendly enough and get your users to party with you, the rest is really easy.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 24, 2016

Many entrepreneurs look to enter secondary markets, but, with so many different avenues available to you, narrowing down your options can be difficult. Here are three of the most common trading markets that your business could benefit from: Forex Trading. CFD Trading. Spread Betting.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

That would be almost any bank that provides checking accounts, savings accounts, and money market accounts to businesses, and also makes loans to businesses. Typically, their service is to help you invest in stocks, bonds, or mutual funds, much like independent financial advisors. Commercial banking is also known as business banking.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

If you’re thinking about joining as the director of marketing, product management manager, senior architect, international business development lead, etc. OK, you would own 0.25% of the stock. Now … these are stock options and not restricted stock so you’ll likely be taxed at a long-term capital gains rate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2011

That would be almost any bank that provides checking accounts, savings accounts, and money market accounts to businesses, and also makes loans to businesses. Typically, their service is to help you invest in stocks, bonds, or mutual funds, much like independent financial advisors. Commercial banking is also known as business banking.

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Growthink Blog

JUNE 18, 2014

This has mirrored a solid rise in the Public Stock Market, which despite its extremely Poor Long-Term Performance , is up 5.5% And as good as the news has been in the Housing and Stock markets, it pales in comparison to this Golden Age of technology and venture investing that we are currently experiencing.

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K9 Ventures

MARCH 23, 2011

That’s an invaluable exercise, which is probably even *more* important in the early stages of the company, while you’re still trying to figure out the technology, the product, the market, the pricing, the team. In the case of equity holders, they would have been in long-term capital gains and pay 15% on the gains.

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K9 Ventures

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

If there is one piece of advice I would give to the founders of BST, it is to consider selling a part of their personal stock in the company at that stage. 3) Setting a precedent for the price of the Common Stock : This is the biggest issue with founder liquidity.

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K9 Ventures

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

If there is one piece of advice I would give to the founders of BST, it is to consider selling a part of their personal stock in the company at that stage. 3) Setting a precedent for the price of the Common Stock : This is the biggest issue with founder liquidity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2010

That would be almost any bank that provides checking accounts, savings accounts, and money market accounts to businesses, and also makes loans to businesses. Typically, their service is to help you invest in stocks, bonds, or mutual funds, much like independent financial advisors. Commercial banking is also known as business banking.

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Scott Edward Walker

APRIL 9, 2012

ii) why are convertible notes issued instead of shares of common or preferred stock? In the context of a seed financing, the debt typically automatically converts into shares of preferred stock upon the closing of a Series A round of financing. Why Can’t a Startup Issue Shares of Common Stock to Investors?

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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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www.payne.org

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

2 Stock Classes: Common and Preferred. 5 Stock vs Options. 6 Founders / Restricted Stock. The re-heating of the venture funded tech market has pushed a heat up of the hiring market, and Im getting more calls from friends asking for help understanding startup stock (equity) offers. From Payne.org Wiki.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

The Valley has obsessed with a quick up-and-to-right momentum story because we were thought to live in “winner take most” markets. But markets have changed and I think investors, founders and experienced executives who want to join later-stage startups can all benefit from playing the long game. It literally drove FOMO.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Taxes on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies can be a complicated subject, yet one that is necessary to learn if you want to trade in the market. Which means that in regards to tax they aren’t any different from other investments, such as stocks or bonds. In the United States, the IRS treats cryptocurrencies as property.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 28, 2022

This article will assist you in gaining a fundamental understanding of equity valuation, kinds of equity, and other related topics. The market regards equity as an ownership “share” in a corporation’s income revenue stream. Equities are market-linked investments that do not guarantee a fixed rate of return.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

With this funding came significant expansion of competition and end-user markets for semiconductors, ultimately leading to its namesake, “Silicon Valley.” Corporate incentives: Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 developed a broad-based equity incentive compensation program known as stock options. Local/state governments.

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paulgraham.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

To grow rapidly, you need to make something you can sell to a big market. The catch is that this is a (fairly) efficient market. A startup has to make something it can deliver to a large market, and ideas of that type are so valuable that all the obvious ones are already taken. Should you focus more on marketing?

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 18, 2019

For those with higher means, it might make more sense to invest in money market funds or stocks; for others, gold bullion might be the best investment. Where other commodities’ value fluctuates significantly from week to week in accordance with the global market, gold tends to be a lot steadier.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 25, 2011

Eventually the Internet came along and the Trading Post no longer commanded the secondhand market like it once did (though it did successfully transition online). At first I stocked the website with my own cards, and eventually added retail “sealed&# (unopened packs of cards) by buying product at wholesale from a company in Sydney.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

if they invested $100,000 they generated up to $11,000,000 if they held on to the peek of our stock price. capital being capital?—?we proven CPG experts, who understood shelf placement, branding, market research, etc. With my fifth startup, Bazaarvoice, our initial investors generated a 70–110x return! Imagine that?—?if

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

My original thinking from Oct ’09 was, while I didn’t (and still don’t) have a crystal ball I worried that: consumers were over-stretched with debt (and make up 77% of the economy), unemployment would continue to rise, which in turn would drive the stock market south and cut the rate of M&A activity and VC investment even further.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The casual investor could go for something like the total stock market, capital bonds, or international stock options. Because there are some funds that are taxed at capital gains rates , which can be upwards of 20%. These can help to stop the casual investor chasing specific returns.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 2, 2016

They get to have “long-term capital gains” taxes which are much lower than short-term capital gains taxes paid by people who have stock options or income taxes paid to workers. To me it favors people like me with capital over those that are purely labor. Founders start companies.

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