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Completing your first capital raise: ten lessons for startups

NZ Entrepreneur

Kiwi inventory forecasting software StockTrim achieved international sales in the UK, Australia and US immediately after launching in 2017. The snowball effect meant one person’s confidence inspired the next which Sutton says reduced the due diligence workload for him. StockTrim came out successful – oversubscribed, in fact.

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Announcing our investment in Nexus Mutual, a people-powered alternative to insurance

Version One Ventures

The concept of a mutual insurance (an insurance company that is owned entirely by its policyholders ) is one of the earliest insurance organizations and goes all the way back to England in the late 17th century to cover losses due to fire.

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Announcing our participation in Nexus Mutual, a people-powered alternative to insurance

Version One Ventures

The concept of a mutual insurance (an insurance company that is owned entirely by its policyholders ) is one of the earliest insurance organizations and goes all the way back to England in the late 17th century to cover losses due to fire.

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Corporation or LLC? Business Organizations for Tech Startups.

YoungUpstarts

Owners of corporations also pay taxes when they are paid dividends or profit from sale of the stock, which is why it is common to say that corporations are “double-taxed.” Ownership of a corporation is measured in stock. Stocks are issued at the time the company is formed, and more can be issued over time. Verdict : It’s a tie!

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Nuts & Bolts of Intellectual Property for New Startups

Gust

It’s possible to have a company with literally millions of customers (users) that employs only a handful of people, working in a small rented office, with hardware and software costing in the tens of thousands rather than millions of dollars. One common mistake is to equate “IP” with “code” or other technical contributions.

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Options about your Options – How to think through your company’s option program

VC Adventure

It strikes me that many founders never really consider this question. Many founders feel that it’s equitable to have everyone share in the upside and feel like owners. This exercise should be done annually and reviewed with the board (and/or compensation committee of the board if you have one of those).

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10 Things for Startups to Do in August While Everyone Else is on Vacation

This is going to be BIG.

The issue was that for the last two weeks in August, there were no VCs around to pitch, no distribution partners to meet with for biz dev deals, and seemingly no one else around actually working for me, the non-technical co-founder to push ahead toward milestones. When will the call for panels be due? Record some video.