Rob Go

JUNE 17, 2014

In my last post about raising seed vs. jumping straight to A, I received a good comment from Chris Woods that my analysis neglected to include the impact of option pools that are created at each financing round. Essentially, the new investor wants there to be a certain % of options available to employees after they invest.

Option Pool 65

Option Pool Dilution .Net Term Sheet 65

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Leadership & Managing | Tuesdays. LEADERSHIP & MANAGING. Leadership. Managing Creativity. Durkin , managing partner with the Boston -based law firm Lucash, Gesmer & Updegrove LLP. Create an options pool, if nothing more than in your mind, so you have some parameters to work within," Durkin says.

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO Equity Iowa Technical Cofounder 40

Pascal's View

JULY 9, 2017

Company Y receives an offer from an angel or ‘unsophisticated’ smaller VC fund that is unwilling to lead and price the equity but wants to ‘invest now’.

Post-Money Valuation 49

Post-Money Valuation Valuation Cap Table Covenant 49

Hunter Walker

MAY 7, 2014

I’m not looking for a binary “correct” or “incorrect” assessment, I’m trying to understand if the founders have considered the topic and how they intend to manage. Founder Mindset : Lastly asking about your hiring plan and future org chart tells me a bit more about how you’re approaching leadership.

Hiring 108

Hiring Option Pool Early Stage Term Sheet 108