Finance Naming Option Pool Startup 
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 9, 2018
I then had to review a nefarious IP lawsuit filed against another company and help the CEO figure out whether we should just pay it or join forces with the other companies named and fight it. After my board meeting I had to do an interview with a CFO candidate that one of my portfolio companies asked me to speak with. You’re in control.
ReadWriteStart
SEPTEMBER 2, 2011
While certainly not every business needs to raise venture financing, it is the path for many high-growth technology startups. As Steve Blank explained earlier this week on ReadWriteStart from research at The Startup Genome Project : One of the biggest surprises is that success isn't about size of team or funding.
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www.inc.com
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
Finance | Tuesdays. Advisor. ); STARTUP. Naming a Business. Financing a Small Business. Financing A Small Business. Personal Finance. Before Roving Software could receive its first round of financing from professional investors, in early 1999, he had to put all the stock arrangements in writing.
The Startup Lawyer
FEBRUARY 4, 2011
Great news — your startup just got accepted to an incubator! But before your startup signs up and cashes that $[XX,000] check, your startup’s co-founders should sit down and evaluate the incubator’s offer. Pre-money valuations startups receive from incubators are typically low…really low.
www.readwriteweb.com
DECEMBER 29, 2011
While certainly not every business needs to raise venture financing, it is the path for many high-growth technology startups. Earlier this week on ReadWriteStart, Steve Blank used research at The Startup Genome Project and explained: One of the biggest surprises is that success isn't about size of team or funding.
The Next Web
OCTOBER 7, 2013
That’s what a couple of my friends – engineers at Google and Bloomberg who have been following the rise of startup culture with intrigue – told me recently. Startup employees are granted common shares out of something called an option pool. Every time a startup raises capital, all common shareholders are diluted.
www.mattbartus.com
DECEMBER 9, 2012
Perspectives on issues affecting founders, startups and investors from a veteran startup lawyer in Silicon Valley. You have a 20% option pool, so you know this will take your ownership down from 80% to 60%, and the VC will get 25%. Option Pool. Option Pool. A View from the Valley. Post-Money.
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