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Introducing the Cap Table and Hiring the CTO

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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. Equity is split 55% and 45%, but where is that officially recorded? Praveena wants to invest $20,000 and get 20% equity.

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The Racial Equity Ecosystem Pledge

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I’ve agreed to: Do a monthly podcast called Equity.District with Rodney on racial equity in entrepreneurial ecosystems and other issues around racial equity in entrepreneurship. Help organize and co-host a Racial Equity conference inclusive of Rodney’s network, my network, and anyone else who wants to participate.

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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Solutions (DEIS) Practicum

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On November 5th, from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT, I’m co-hosting a DEIS Practicum with Rodney Sampson and the OHUB Foundation. Instead, we are being intentional about how to support an increasing number of Black board members, founders, CEOs, teams, suppliers, and anti-racist products. It is not a performative event. No hashtags here.

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The Kinect Accelerator

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If accepted, each company will receive an equity investment of $20,000 in exchange for six percent of the company in common stock, which will be held by TechStars. While Microsoft is putting significant effort into the accelerator program, Microsoft will not retain intellectual property or equity in any of the participating companies.

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Finance Fridays: Getting Started – Allocating Equity and Founder’s Investment

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Finance Friday’s gets off the ground with today’s post by introducing you to an imaginary startup, the entrepreneurs that we’ll being following throughout the series, and their first challenges: splitting up the foundersequity and addressing the case where one of the founders provides the initial seed capital for the business.

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Book: King of Capital

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While 2011 is only eight years ago, it’s a lifetime in the world of finance, private equity, venture capital, and business. The first is from David Rubenstein (Carlyle Group co-founder – one of Blackstone’s competitors) in 2006. It was indeed private equity’s moment.

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Denver Startup Week 2020

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I’m involved in a bunch of stuff this year, which I’ll list below, but I want to highlight a few specific events, including the Keynote Kickoff with Robert Smith of Vista Equity Partners who grew up in Denver. There is a large effort around Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Listen to a short overview with Dianne Myles.

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