Both Sides of the Table
MAY 9, 2018
I raced home to put my kids to bed, say hello to my wife and then spend a grueling administrative hour doing email. I know you emailed me and I emailed you back. At night I had a group dinner where I met 6 new entrepreneurs and hung out with some old friends from law firms, banks and other VC funds. But it’s only Tuesday.
venturehacks.com
OCTOBER 21, 2010
SUPPORTED BY Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS The Option Pool Shuffle by Nivi on April 10th, 2007 “Follow the money card!&# – The Inside Man, Three-Card Shuffle Summary: Don’t let your investors determine the size of the option pool for you. Don’t lose this game. share to $1.00/share:
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Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 17, 2009
This is part of my ongoing series “ Start-up Lessons. &# If you want to subscribe to my RSS feed please click here or to get my blog by email click here. Assuming normal valuations at fund raising rounds you’ll be down to 6-12% after you’ve created a stock-option pool and raised capital.
Berkonomics
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
Some rules about stock options and phantom stock: [Email readers, continue here…] The real insight here is that stock options or phantom stock are the tools of early-stage businesses used to attract great talent when there is not enough cash to pay market rates. Director level employees are typically granted ½%.
David Teten
DECEMBER 3, 2019
At Flow Capital, we use HubSpot’s sequences and workflows functions to automate a bulk of our emails and internal tasks. I use Superhuman , an email app which speeds up my email processing, and also gives me background information on all of my correspondents. 4Degrees helps leverage your network for sourcing.
Austin Startup
JANUARY 25, 2020
In 3 days, my articles of incorporation as a Delaware C-Corp came by email. Better safe than sorry, so I paid it, including the cost of emails and phone conversations, even if I had a simple question that took a minute or two over the phone to answer. I chose Delaware, signed up with Clerky and paid for my incorporation.
venturehacks.com
FEBRUARY 24, 2010
Breakups are hard If you’re going to fall out with your co-founder, do it early, recover the equity into the option pool to keep the company going, and recruit someone else great to fill the missing slot. Subscribe Contact A poem: We read every email, but cant respond to most, or we wouldnt have time, to write a post. founders@venturehacks.com
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