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Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations - Startups.

Tim Keane

Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations.   I’ve sat down with entrepreneurs and a copy of a term sheet guide I like [ “Term Sheets & Valuations - A Line by Line Look at the Intricacies of Venture Capital Term Sheets & Valuations ” by Alex Wilmerding, Aspatore Press.] The Valuation Question.

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Working for Equity Instead of Cash

genylabs.typepad.com

Tracking and Forecasting the Trends Impacting the Future of Small Business. When we reference organizations that have provided us funding in the last year we will note it. where your stock sits in the liquidity preference stack. what rights and preferences the founders and the other investors have.

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Accepting Outside Investors? Here Are 5 Things to Watch Out for in Your Contract

Up and Running

Perhaps the best way to explain it is by a reference to something most of us are already familiar with—the ever popular television show, Shark Tank. All the other sharks typically make a traditional equity investment; for example they’ll invest $100,000 at a $1,000,000 business valuation, and take 10 percent of the business.