Gust

AUGUST 30, 2012

Characteristics of the Market. Size, Growth, Concentration, Geography, Demographics, Competition, Channels, Regulatory Environment, Technological Developments, Adjacent Markets, Characteristics of the Deal.

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 7, 2017

But employee option pool is important enough that I wanted to briefly expand upon my comment above. While you should expect these sorts of hires to take below market cash comp versus what Google is paying them, this tradeoff needs to be replaced with equity upside.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Youdnegotiate a round size and valuation with the lead, whod supplysome but not all of the money. Standardized paperwork will do away with the need tonegotiate anything except the valuation, and that will get easiertoo. Butthere may not have to be just one valuation. In the old days, the standard m.o.

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The Startup Lawyer

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

The following are some issues to consider and actions to take before accepting an incubator’s offer: (1) Calculate Valuation and Determine Value. Pre-money valuations startups receive from incubators are typically low…really low. The “revised for the cash investment only&# pre-money valuation is $600,000. (2)

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 25, 2020

I had done door to door marketing, neighborhood window replacement appointment setting, street sign-ups, etc. I hated going into bars and engaging with people there in the evenings. I didn’t mind interacting with people during the day, outside, on the streets, anywhere else?—?I

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

If you’re thinking about joining as the director of marketing, product management manager, senior architect, international business development lead, etc. Let’s assume that the company raised it at a normal VC valuation, which means it gave up 33% of the company and thus $5 million / 33% = $15 million post-money valuation.

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venturehacks.com

OCTOBER 21, 2010

SUPPORTED BY Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS The Option Pool Shuffle by Nivi on April 10th, 2007 “Follow the money card!&# – The Inside Man, Three-Card Shuffle Summary: Don’t let your investors determine the size of the option pool for you. Don’t lose this game.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Startup employees are granted common shares out of something called an option pool. It is typical for employees to vest their options over four years with a one year cliff, which means a new hire must stay on the company for at least one year to see any shares. What’s everyone else getting?

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Seeing Both Sides

JULY 15, 2009

Entrepreneurs often mistakenly focus solely on the pre-money valuation while VCs look at multiple knobs in the negotiation to drive to a set of terms that, in total, they find acceptable. The first, and most focused on, is something called the pre-money valuation. Another term that impacts the price is the size of the option pool.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

In liquid markets, most of the calories expended on technology and analytics are focused on trade selection, or “ origination ”. I use another live Google doc to maintain my database of companies I’m marketing to other VCs. 2) Market . Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors.

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venturehacks.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

You have to pay market rates regardless of the equity equation. Offers from top-tier firms increase your valuation. You have to pay market rates regardless of the equity equation. And you have to pay a market rate no matter what the equity equation says. We previously posted a table of market rates for employees.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

Assuming normal valuations at fund raising rounds you’ll be down to 6-12% after you’ve created a stock-option pool and raised capital. But these people seldom make retirement money from the stock options on these companies. Research your market. DO NOT start with product, start with the market.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

Another concept we need to introduce now is valuation. I say "in theory" because in early stageinvesting, valuations are voodoo. As a company gets more established,its valuation gets closer to an actual market value. Startups valuations aresupposed to rise over time. Better how? But as well as money, theres power.

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www.startupnorth.ca

OCTOBER 23, 2010

As Naval points out that you still need to pay employees market rates , but with all employees you need to ask yourself “whether she [a new hire] is likely to increase the next round’s share price”. Table 1: Options Grants in Silicon Valley for Series A from VentureHacks The numbers from VentureHacks are guidelines.

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www.payne.org

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

5 Stock vs Options. The re-heating of the venture funded tech market has pushed a heat up of the hiring market, and Im getting more calls from friends asking for help understanding startup stock (equity) offers. The strike price typically goes up as the company raises additional funding (at higher valuations). 4 Vesting.

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BeyondVC

MAY 20, 2004

In addition, I believe the unfair burden of stock option expensing falls on private companies-FASB even recognizes this. As for public companies, the market will adjust and look at numbers with and without option expensing, converging on what all other investors use.

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Stock Options Stock Securities and Exchange Commission Option Pool 60

thinkspace.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Marketing Intern. Chris Dixon wrote a blog post about “ The one number you should know about your equity grant “ The one number you should know about your equity grant is the percent of the company you are being granted (in options, shares, whatever – it doesn’t matter – just the % matters). Call Us: +1-855-629-6200.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Theyre responding to the market. And those who do raiseVC rounds will be able to get higher valuations when they do. Ifthe best startups get 10x higher valuations when they raise seriesA rounds, that would cut VCs returns from winners at least tenfold. [ ButVCs never offered that option.

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venturehacks.com

MARCH 21, 2008

Many advisors want options they can exercise immediately —that’s fine. If your company hasn’t raised a Series A, increase the advisor’s equity by roughly 30%-50% to account for dilution from seed investors, Series A investors, option pools, swimming pools, and the like.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 14, 2013

But we had a solid product, strong weekly revenue growth (10% week over week), and two distribution/marketing channels that were already paying dividends. Many times, investors will come to you though – especially if you’re in specific markets that they are monitoring. Finding Your Investors. It certainly did me.

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