Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 7, 2012

Week three’s breakdown covered topics like how hard momentum is to turn around, and how participating preferred stock works. As he said, “Great innovations solve problems or reduce costs. I’ve been writing up reviews of this season’s Shark Tank pitches from a silicon valley VCs perspective.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review Technical Cofounder Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 110

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

To differentiate it from typical “Series A&# preferred stock, which comes with certain expectations with regard to rights. There is no real rule to what a particular series of preferred stock is called. The Series Seed Stock Purchase Agreement has fairly limited reps and warranties. Legal fees.

Finance 70

Finance Software Review Term Sheet Liquidation Preference 70

The Startup Lawyer

JULY 13, 2011

While using these document sets can help reduce transaction costs and the time to close, a startup can run into trouble by trusting deal documents without verification. For example, the well-known Series Seed has a 1x non-participating liquidation preference , while the version I reviewed had a 1x participating preference.

Preferred Stock 68

Preferred Stock Liquidation Preference Participating Preferred Stock 68

Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 1, 2012

in sales but made only $20k in profit, despite not having any advertising costs. The product retails for $39.95, wholesales for $19.95, and costs just $5 to make. In most investments, the investor gets straight preferred stock. The company was founded 12 years ago and had done $24M in sales to date.

Pre-Money Valuation 158

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Participating Preferred Preferred Stock 158

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?

Preferred Stock 87

Preferred Stock Finance Common Stock Liquidation Preference 87

ConversionXL

APRIL 23, 2013

Conserve attention at all costs. Once people know that your website has something they’re interested in, the visual design of the site draws them in and through strong visual hierarchy they focus on what matters – it’s important to conserve the attention we got at all costs. Cheesy stock photos.

Web 134

Web Design Denmark Green 134

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. Startup Equity For Employees.

Equity 56

Equity Employee Vesting Preferred Stock 56