YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 16, 2016

A happy, healthy organizational culture full of great employees exudes confidence and steadiness as you strive forward. You’ll be inundated with sales pitches, lame template emails, unsolicited voicemails and more. But take it from what a good friend and advisor once said to me: “Ego is dilutive to net worth.”.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 31, 2016

Hire smart, ambitious, get-it-done employees and lead them with emotionally intelligent innovation leadership skills. The single biggest reason that the average company struggles or even fails is due to their lack of focus and dilution of their greatest resource, which are people. Therefore, don’t overlook or under estimate small wins.

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Up and Running

MARCH 19, 2015

Clear and concise writing should come easily in the business world, where an endless number of official emails are being sent by the day and wherein important messages are conveyed. After many emails, plans, and business letters, I made some practical improvements which I’m about to share with you. Email Excellence.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Connect with John Jantsch on LinkedIn Duct Tape Transcript Email Download New Tab John Jantsch (00:08): Hello and welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast. But what the dilution, if you bring it down to it that even creator entertainers and educators have in common is it's this human element. This is John Jantsch.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 18, 2018

For employees, a late or missed payroll is the ultimate test of corporate loyalty, divorced even from an employee’s ability to make do without a paycheck. The chasm between management and employees. The truth is that many employees merely make a simple pact: timely pay for time in service.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

The key to this strategy is getting 5 people who form the social proof to help you get a bigger angel round done at a higher valuation by tons of industry insiders and thus offering the social proof you need attract great employees and ultimately venture capital investors. They’ve raised $200k and are looking for $500k in total.&#.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Email address: Home. Employee Benefits. Back in 1997, Randy Parker was staring at a blank whiteboard, wondering where hed find the money to hire the employees and consultants he needed to build his new product. "We a 50-employee provider of e-marketing solutions to small and midsize businesses, based in Needham, Mass. "We

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Your brand promise talks to your employees, investors, partners, and customers. Use your marketing strategy to ensure campaigns never dilute your brand perception. Channels serve as a more direct means of communication and include email, advertising, search engines, chatbots, phone, and more.” [via via Digital Brand Blueprint ].

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keen.io

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

From there, I began googling things like “first employee startup equity” and “startup offer negotiation.” These were the best resources I found: Equity for Early Employees in Early Stage Startups. Startup Equity for Early Employees. The next Monday, I received the following email from Kyle. Paul Graham’s Equity Equation.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

I used to give copies of Four Steps out to my employees, in the hopes that it would instantly indoctrinate them into the methodology of Customer Development. Brant and Patrick undertook a difficult challenge: to provide a generally accessible introduction to Customer Development, without diluting its impact or dumbing-down its principles.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 8, 2018

Pay early stage board members of companies that are not lifestyle businesses one percent of the fully diluted equity in the form of an option that vests over four years of service. Email readers, continue here…] For lifestyle companies or later stage companies, board members should be paid on a per-meeting basis in cash.

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www.mattbartus.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

We will grant him/her X% fully diluted shares up front, and every time he/she makes an introduction, he/she will vest in 100 shares.” People tend to underestimate how much record keeping is involved with managing employees and consultants, and this just adds an unacceptable extra burden. link] Casey Allen. Matt: Fantastic posts.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 7, 2013

Over several decades of building businesses, working with employees and in some cases partners, I’ve learned a few things about what people want when they do something well. Every day you wait dilutes the impact. . Human Resources & Leadership Bonuses employee rewards incentives motivation' Do not wait.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 17, 2015

The company, Danatec, sold paper-based course materials for corporate trainers to use in safety training of employees. But with fast growth, that promise can be diluted. Your business success is influenced by many different types of people: prospects, customers, employees, funders, suppliers, distributors and even the public at large.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 13, 2022

Email readers, continue here…] But what about the pause to celebrate? Others are diluted by subsequent investors to the point where there was nothing for them to celebrate at all in a sale. Call an early key employee and take that person to dinner as a thank you for those hard times. Then the money…. Write a book.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Dilution, overvaluation, free money, TNSTAAFL, and how to deal with VCs like a pro. First time founders are typically the most likely to object to dilution when fundraising. They do this to avoid dilution, which on the surface seems like a good idea, but can prove deadly to your start up when you get to the A round.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 21, 2019

Email readers, continue here…] Most VC’s look for a 10x opportunity – that is – a ten times increase in the valuation from investment to liquidity event. Remember your employee option allocation. Your future rounds should be at higher valuations if you meet your plan, making dilution of your equity less onerous at that time.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 4, 2024

The number of employees grows. And then company grows… Once the company hits high growth or larger size, it is logical to follow the standard practice in the creation of two standing committees composed of outside board members (not employees or executives) – the compensation committee and the audit committee.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 7, 2022

And it, it maintains a high enough level of fidelity that you get insight, but you get, you're able to do that because you've reduced what I call client dilution, the amount of clients that a single person has to work on in a given day, which makes that a feasible model. Sign up to receive email updates. Like this show? powered by.

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dondodge.typepad.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Community is more powerful than money or technology » August 11, 2007 How much equity for investors and employees? How much equity should I grant to early employees? The second and third rounds of funding take additional shares of equity and dilute existing investors and founders. Should I take Angel or VC money?

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Berkonomics

MAY 26, 2010

Email readers continue here.] In a previous insight, we explored the common percentage of a company’s fully diluted stock that is often granted in the form of options for new employees. (See One of the items on Cohen’s list of twenty five was stock options.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Every two months, the company would have a big end-of-milestone meeting, with our Board of Directors, Business Advisory Board, and all employees present. Every time you listen to customers, you fear diluting your vision. Every time you listen to customers, you fear diluting your vision. That’s natural.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

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. Other major term-sheet provisions, in addition to these economic considerations, also focus on reducing investor risk.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

They make those searches in places where their peers are: a Slack community, a Reddit channel, a Facebook group, a direct message, an email, or a Zoom. via a WhatsApp group chat or an email to a colleague) and are amplified by word-of-mouth. You don’t want to overwhelm followers or come across as inauthentic and dilute your brand.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 4, 2019

These include election or re-election of board members if required by the bylaws of the corporation, approval of any increases to stock option plans (which would dilute the worth of shares outstanding,) and approve any additions to the capital stock authorized to be issued.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

The reason is that employees are investors too—oftheir time—and they want just as much to be able to cash out. Ifyour competitors offer employees stock options that might make themrich, while you make it clear you plan to stay private, yourcompetitors will get the best people. They just want to invest in this startup.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 17, 2011

I picked this up from the Business Insider Chart of the Day email list from last week. This chart shows how founders’ ownership gets diluted as a successful startup collects investment through various rounds. Another 30 percent is set aside for other employees. I like the detail here.

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OnlyOnce

MARCH 24, 2011

A post that Fred had up a few weeks ago about an M&A Case study involving What Counts , a company in the email space that I’ve known and had a lot of respect for for years, got me thinking about two different topics. Size of Pie, a.k.a. What Type of Entrepreneur Are You? Mmmm…pie. The first is thinking about types of entrepreneurs.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

And then how would you prompt other entrepreneurial leaders to think more broadly about stakeholders than even just investors, employees, customers, which tends to be the typical trifecta? We identified five, and the trifecta of employees, shareholders and customers, everyone has those, we also added two more. BC: Exactly, Reid.

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venturehacks.com

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Reading on, the term sheet states, “The $8 million pre-money valuation includes an option pool equal to 20% of the post-financing fully diluted capitalization.&# As your lawyer explains that the so-called pre-money valuation always includes a large unallocated option pool for new employees, your stomach sinks.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 7, 2011

For employees, a late or missed payroll is the ultimate test of corporate loyalty, divorced even from an employee’s ability to make do without a paycheck. And it is that disconnected employee, usually one or more of the better performers, that starts looking for a job when times look bad for a company.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 14, 2012

Email readers, continue here.] These include election or re-election of board members if required by the bylaws of the corporation, approval of any increases to stock option plans (which would dilute the worth of shares outstanding), and approve any additions to the capital stock authorized to be issued.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 25, 2012

How many times have you received an email survey after a pleasant hotel stay that didn’t include a link and a couple of lines encouraging you to share your experience on Hotels.com or TripAdvisor.com? When you offer someone who posts a positive review 500 points, a discount, or a freebie, you’ll dilute the authenticity of their message.

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venturehacks.com

MARCH 21, 2008

If you have more questions, email us at ask@venturehacks.com. Or they bring you a handful of great employees. If your company hasn’t raised a Series A, increase the advisor’s equity by roughly 30%-50% to account for dilution from seed investors, Series A investors, option pools, swimming pools, and the like.

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Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

I was not an early employee of Google, nor did I exit a company for 6 zillion dollars. They ignored my emails, so I found out the CEO was leaving town to attend some fashion conference in Brazil. 5) Cold emails (should be noted that we’ve never invested in a cold intro… not to say it will never happen, but it hasn’t happened yet.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Email readers, continue here…] First there comes a sense of relief, knowing that you no longer need to worry over daily cash or threats to your net worth. Others are diluted by subsequent investors to the point where there was nothing for them to celebrate at all in a sale. Many fail multiple times. Write a book; I did.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Pay early stage board members of companies that are not lifestyle businesses one percent of the fully diluted equity in the form of an option that vests over four years of service. Email readers continue here.] Inside board members, CEO and any other paid employees are not paid for board service in either stock options or cash.

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