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Want to Know How VC’s Calculate Valuation Differently from Founders?

Both Sides of the Table

Things like “ participating preferred stock &# in legalese unsurprisingly never actually call out, “hey, this is the participating preferred language.&# We got a3x participating liquidation preference with interest (not participating with a 3x cap, but 3x participating.

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Shark Tank Season 4 week 4 breakdown

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Week three’s breakdown covered topics like how hard momentum is to turn around, and how participating preferred stock works. The company has done $400k in sales in less than two years and had an early test deal with a local supermarket chain that they were massively overperforming on. BACK 9 DIPS.

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How do the sample Series Seed financing documents differ from typical Series A financing documents?

Startup Company Lawyer

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. Co-sale rights. Why is it called Series Seed? What rights does the Series Seed have? Legal fees.

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No Mess (Too Much Liquidation Preference)

ithacaVC

As most of you probably know, LP is one of the fundamental economic attributes of preferred stock that preferred shareholders enjoy. Yes, it is possible to issue preferred stock without liquidation preference, but that is rarely done. million balance to distribute to all shareholders prorata.

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What is an employee retention or M&A carveout plan?

Startup Company Lawyer

I was speaking at an event last month to a group of CEOs and was surprised by the number of CEOs that were worried about the value of their common stock in a M&A transaction. Due to aggregate liquidation preferences that may exceed the acquisition price in an M&A deal, common stock may be rendered worthless.

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Ecommerce UX Mastery: Beginner to Pro in a Blog Post

ConversionXL

Investing in user experience instead of further ad spend, promotion, or distribution. The best sales copy is full, complete information. Have a Prominent Sales and Specials Section. Around 60% say they are looking for a section that identifies sales and specials. Why Care About Ecommerce UX? Product descriptions matter.

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Ecommerce UX Mastery: Beginner to Pro in a Blog Post

ConversionXL

Investing in user experience instead of further ad spend, promotion, or distribution. The best sales copy is full, complete information. Have a Prominent Sales and Specials Section. Around 60% say they are looking for a section that identifies sales and specials. Why Care About Ecommerce UX? Product descriptions matter.