Naming Option Pool Sales Valuation 
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 22, 2010
Other founders, “as a privately held company we don’t disclose our valuation.&# Me, “dude, I’m not a journalist. I just want to figure out what a fair valuation is.&# I figured all the VC’s talked so we should. This starts with understanding how VCs and entrepreneurs often see valuation differently.
ReadWriteStart
SEPTEMBER 2, 2011
As Mark Suster pointed out yesterday on his blog , he's seeing more and more cases where "entrepreneurs are working hard to make sure they have as many VC names and famous angels on their cap table for signaling value." Next if you are going to raise a round, find one or two partners to do it with. Tip 5: Remember Time Kills Deals.
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www.readwriteweb.com
DECEMBER 29, 2011
As Mark Suster pointed out yesterday on his blog , he's seeing more and more cases where "entrepreneurs are working hard to make sure they have as many VC names and famous angels on their cap table for signaling value." Next, if you are going to raise a round, find one or two partners to do it with. Tip 5: Remember Time Kills Deals.
www.inc.com
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
Sales & Marketing | Wednesdays. Naming a Business. SALES & MARKETING. As you think about how much equity to offer, have a reasonable valuation in mind thats been determined using professional advice. Create an options pool, if nothing more than in your mind, so you have some parameters to work within," Durkin says.
Austin Startup
JANUARY 25, 2020
I thought of a name and settled on Kilimanjaro, after the highest mountain in Africa. Having just moved to Austin from Boston, she thought adding African car sales could help, maybe thinking Africans looking for used cars can use it to find car deals. “At a minimum, I should be able to use this myself,” I thought.
ithacaVC
DECEMBER 13, 2013
The share price is calculated by taking the pre-money valuation and dividing it by the number of shares outstanding pre-money. So Share Price (SP) = Pre-Money Valuation (PMV) / Shares Outstanding (SO). On a fully diluted pre-money basis, that would mean the option pool represents 14.5% (356,758/2,456,758) of the cap table.
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? How much do they cough up?
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