Remove Liquidation Preference Remove Retention Remove Technology Remove Vesting
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The Corrosive Downside of Acquihires

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Chief Vesting Officers)? And they might give a premium if the team has been around a longer period of time, has built some hard-to-build proprietary technology or has some customer traction. That’s why liquidation preferences exist – downside protection. The Aqui-hire Business. We get the mechanics.

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How much equity for investors and employees?

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Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing Thoughts on business and technology Home Archives Profile Subscribe About Me « Boston VCs gets first look at Y Combinator Demo Day | Main | Digg-nation is HUGE! Community is more powerful than money or technology » August 11, 2007 How much equity for investors and employees? Id like to ask t.

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