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How to Fund Your Startup Without Losing Control

Up and Running

They allow you to hire more people, purchase new technology, and establish new business connections, among many other benefits. Proposed private equity deal: Eventually, this business will require private equity to provide sufficient funding to develop some of the more robust aspects of the technology that will attract Fortune 500 clients.

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Now that Google’s acquisition of ITA is closed, following lenghty FTC review, it would appear Kayak is poised to proceed with their IPO in the coming months. =. 5) High Productivity: Kayak had 148 employees at the end of 2010. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

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Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

www.inc.com

Technology | Thursdays. Employee Benefits. TECHNOLOGY. Technology. Jumpstart wasnt much at the time, just four employees working from home offices. Like a venture capitalist reviewing business plans, he now weighs the potential of every company Arizona Bay works with. Join our community. Forgot login ?

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How I negotiated my startup compensation

keen.io

I recently left my job as a technical consulting manager and joined my best friends and my fiancé, Kyle, at Keen.io (I wrote about that here ). From there, I began googling things like “first employee startup equity” and “startup offer negotiation.” Startup Equity for Early Employees. Follow @michellewetzler. August 21, 2012.

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Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations - Startups.

Tim Keane

Especially in situations where the founders have a large position and are key employees, it is not uncommon for investors to request that they agree to have some portion of their holdings vest on a schedule.

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Everything you ever wanted to know about advisors: Part 2.

venturehacks.com

If an advisor can uncork a million dollars of your company’s latent value with 15 minutes of conversation or a single introduction, you should pay him appropriately. 0.25% of a company’s post-Series A stock. Or they bring you a handful of great employees. Advisory shares are normal common stock.