IP PR Pre-Money Valuation Stock 
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 25, 2010
million at a $15 million pre-money valuation. We had people hearing through the grapevine that we were about to raise money and new investors started calling us to get in on the deal. If it’s a biz deal you might care about IP protection, revenue share, investment commitments to joint marketing – whatever.
www.paulgraham.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
The way to getrich from a startup is to maximize the companys chances of succeeding,not to maximize the amount of stock you retain. The problem is, for the company to exist, you have todecide who the founders are, and how much stock they each have. Almost everyone who worked for us was an animal at what they did. This does happen.
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