Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

As Finance Fridays continues, we are introducing the concept of the Cap Table. Later, if they sell, the low tax basis and capital gains tax rates result in a lower tax liability than if they didn’t file the 83(b) election. Equity is split 55% and 45%, but where is that officially recorded? Time to update the cap table.

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Cap Table CTO Hire Technical Cofounder Cofounder 133

www.quora.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Type to Add and Search Questions; Search Topics and People Startups Startup Compensation Entrepreneurship Compensation Stock Options Major Internet Companies Silicon Valley Why is there such a large founder to early employee equity drop-off? This ties into this Paul Graham article: [link] /equity. This answer.

Equity 40

Equity Employee Founder Cofounder 40

www.mattbartus.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Equity for Consultants – Keep it Simple! posted Feb 3 in Equity , People issues. People tend to underestimate how much record keeping is involved with managing employees and consultants, and this just adds an unacceptable extra burden. Cooley Report Reviews Second Quarter Venture Capital Financing Trends.

Equity 40

Equity Vesting Silicon Valley Intellectual Property 40

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

A cap table is also known as the capitalization table. This is a table that outlines the company’s capitalization. The use of a cap table for a company comes into play when it has to track the total amount of shares, the value of shares, and the equity ownership of all the shareholders.

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Cap Table Pre-Money Valuation Stock Options Option Pool 112

David Teten

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

I’ve often found it helpful to have on hand a simple model showing the impact of each financing stages on all team members, suitable for sharing with everyone in the company. Such a model is particularly helpful for those founders looking for a co-founder or key employee. I couldn’t find one online, so I built it.

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Employee IRR Startup Mexico 155

www.payne.org

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Startup Equity For Employees. 7 Salary vs Equity. 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. 2 Stock Classes: Common and Preferred. 3 Dilution.

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Equity Employee Vesting Preferred Stock 56

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

Why the Unicorn Financing Market Just Became Dangerous…For All Involved. All Unicorn participants — founders, company employees, venture investors and their limited partners (LPs) — are seeing their fortunes put at risk from the very nature of the Unicorn phenomenon itself. By January of 2016, that number had ballooned to 229.

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IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40