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2022 Predictions

Eric Friedman

Bullish in this space since 2015 I see the air cover in place for institutions and private wealth managers to now take the plunge. With the advent of programs like CartaX and what I call streaming venture funds , the liquidity in private markets is going to get the foundation to grow significantly in 2021. Now onwards to 2022.

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Venture Deals 4e German Edition

Feld Thoughts

In addition, there are the managing directors as executive bodies. In the VC sector, it is common to introduce a third body in addition to the shareholders’ meeting and the management. Employee option pool: The framework conditions for employee option pools remain a major problem in Germany.

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Cap Table Explained — What is it and How to Maintain it for Investors

Up and Running

And as the company grows, it brings on new people and may decide to issue stock options to attract new staff and funding from investors. A cap table will help you in the strategic management of business decisions. Here you can see that the founders own most of the shares at 67.7%, then the ESOP (employee stock option pool) at 12.31

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Be careful about equity and options!

Berkonomics

Here is the warning: The execution of equity allocations and of a good incentive program using equity is often mismanaged, damaging the corporate capitalization structure and even affecting the outcome of subsequent investment into the company. … Inducing a new CEO to come aboard usually means creation of a stock option package of 5-8%.

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2021 Predictions

Eric Friedman

The idea of Twitter reincarnating the “verified” program under the launch of a creator economy support system would re-invigorate developers, be an easy way to start to KYC people and integrate with payment gateways (hello Square – they know people over there. 3/ Bitcoin will break $30k.

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Should You Share Equity with Consultants?

www.inc.com

Leadership & Managing | Tuesdays. LEADERSHIP & MANAGING. 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. Technology | Thursdays.

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How to pick a co-founder

venturehacks.com

but it’s manageable. Breakups are hard If you’re going to fall out with your co-founder, do it early, recover the equity into the option pool to keep the company going, and recruit someone else great to fill the missing slot. Can the programming be outsourced and really get the end-product you’re looking for?

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