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How to calculate the equity split between co-founders in a startup

The Next Web

George Deeb is the Managing Partner at Chicago-based Red Rocket Ventures , a startup consulting and financial advisory firm based in Chicago. There are a lot of variables to go into calculating a fair equity split a startup team. How do you manage your equity split in your company? Who is funding the business?

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NextView’s Greatest Hits

View from Seed

” Below are our favorite pieces from the past few years, divided in to a few key categories: fundraising, company building, product development, industry trends, and the life of a VC. 7 Common Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make in VC Pitches and How to Fix Them “Different partners in a VC firm are different. ” (Lee Hower).

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. But when the finally convert the debt to equity the round gets filed with the SEC and thus journalists often pick up on it. They also avoid Reg D.

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How Much Seed Capital Should You Actually Raise?

View from Seed

Yet the next round of capital is going to be based on what was accomplished, certainly not by how much time elapsed. My partner Rob has a great piece on understanding and optimizing towards value inflection points at a seed-stage startup here.) The post How Much Seed Capital Should You Actually Raise?

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Janvest Wants to Fill the Seed Investment Gap in Israel (Interview)

VC Cafe

A s venture funds struggle to raise money in Israel, seed capital, one of the earliest and riskiest stages of investment, is becoming harder and harder to secure. To learn more, VC Cafe interviewed Brian Rosenzweig, one of the managing partners in the new fund and the former marketing director at 21Ventures.

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Why Startups Die

The Next Web

I have heard many founders — even in the first few months of product development — expect to raise seed rounds, pay themselves salaries, etc. Therefore, technical startup founders have to develop a craft in rapid application prototyping. Note: I’m not talking about equity.

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The Rise of Chinese Venture Capital – (Part 3 of 5)

Steve Blank

The first post described how China built a science and technology infrastructure to support advanced weapons systems development. This post is about the rise of Chinese venture capital and how it helped build the countries entrepreneurial ecosystem. This helped the startups qualify for funding from banks and venture capital firms.