Steve Blank
APRIL 10, 2019
The mechanics of a stock option was a simple idea – you received an option (an offer) to buy a part of the company via common stock options (called ISOs or NSOs ) at a low price (the “strike price”.) Not everyone got the same amount of stock. The founders got most of the common stock.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 24, 2017
20th Century Tech Liquidity = Initial Public Offering. In the 20th century tech companies and their investors made money through an Initial Public Offering (IPO). Twenty-five years ago, to go public you had to sell stuff – not just acquire users or have freemium products. Hire a CEO to Go Public.
Growthink Blog
MAY 10, 2012
If it's not your plan to get venture capital down the road, then you'll probably stop in Stage 2-receiving enough funding to boost your marketing, sales, and infrastructure to grow organically from there to the point where you are satisfied or ready to sell. Hopefully this lays out the different types of funding you can get and when.
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