Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations. The Valuation Question. When companies seeking their first round of serious funding are good enough to receive a term-sheet from an investor, the first issue that always arises is valuation. Let’s start at the end.

Term Sheet 68

Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

thinkspace.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

How to Divide Equity to Startup Founders, Advisors, and Employees. Percent of the outstanding option pool: meaningless. Strike price of options: meaningless. Are there principles that you live by that you’ve implemented in your startup that have worked really well? Marketing Intern. Office Space. Five years?

Equity 62

Equity Employee Founder CTO Hire 62

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Want to start a startup? October 2010 After barely changing at all for decades, the startup fundingbusiness is now in what could, at least by comparison, be calledturmoil. At Y Combinator weve seen dramatic changes in the fundingenvironment for startups. Most startups coming out of Demo Day wanted to raisearound $400k.

Valuation 92

Valuation Stock Partner Founder 92

Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2013

This process may include the provision of various scenarios on revenues and costs as the investors validate forecasts initially presented. Pre-money valuation. A capitalization table showing the post-investment ownership structure of the business to include founders, option pool and investors in the current round.

Angel Investor 51

Angel Investor Due Diligence Pre-Money Valuation Angel Groups 51