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Working for Equity Instead of Cash

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Tracking and Forecasting the Trends Impacting the Future of Small Business. Small Business Labs, from Emergent Research , covers the key social, technology and business trends impacting small business. New Communications Review. Part of my business is working with tech start-ups as an advisor/consultant. OReilly Radar.

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

Tim Keane

  In a bottom up approach, the forecast is built from actual user projections.   At the financial level , and assuming a harvest of the investment in the company without the need for further financing, two terms stand out as driving economics: the dividend and the liquidation preference.   First , dividends.