Both Sides of the Table
JULY 22, 2010
Back in 1999 when I first raised venture capital I had zero knowledge of what a fair term sheet looked like or how to value my company. I’m not sure I really even need to write this at length because Nivi absolutely nailed the topic in his article “ The Option Pool Shuffle.&#. No option pool shuffle.
www.inc.com
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
Naming a Business. For example, Morse notes that neither C corporations nor venture capital funds structured as partnerships can, by law, be S corporation shareholders. Create an options pool, if nothing more than in your mind, so you have some parameters to work within," Durkin says. Tools & Research. Newsletters.
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David Teten
DECEMBER 3, 2019
Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . Pro Publica has a Nonprofit Explorer database searchable by principal name on all nonprofit filings, so you can see a person’s nonprofit activities. . Fincura specializes in serving lenders.
www.paulgraham.com
APRIL 28, 2010
A big-name VC firm will not screwyou too outrageously, because other founders would avoid them ifword got out. When we got into such a scrape, our investorstook advantage of it in a way that a name-brand VC probably wouldnthave. Thats where the name"incubator" comes from. What is an incubator? Im not sure myself.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 22, 2011
When you consider that they’ll also want a 15-20% option pool in the company you’re talking about founders owning as little as 40% after just one round. There are ones I’ve worked with like True Ventures, First Round Capital, Greycroft, Rincon Ventures … just to name a few.
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