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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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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series “ Start-up Lessons. &# If you want to subscribe to my RSS feed please click here or to get my blog by email click here. 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.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

SUPPORTED BY Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS How to pick a co-founder by Naval Ravikant on November 12th, 2009 Update : Also see our 40-minute interview on this topic. Learn more about: Founders 40 responses so far · Comments RSS # scott edward walker · Nov 12, 2009 Great post. Learn more.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 16, 2010

L et’s face it: with the amount of information we get on a daily basis through browsing and reading news, RSS, Twitter, Facebook and other sources, it’s becoming increasingly harder to cut the wheat from the chaff. How do bootstrapped companies hire talent?

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MARCH 21, 2008

Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS Everything you ever wanted to know about advisors, Part 2 by Nivi on February 27th, 2008 Here are more frequently asked questions about advisors. Many advisors want options they can exercise immediately —that’s fine. Venture Hacks Good advice for startups. Learn more.

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DECEMBER 9, 2012

6 responses so far · Comments RSS. The Option Pool Shuffle. Sign up via email or RSS. Venture Hacks Good advice for startups. SPONSORED BY. venturehacks. ← Trust, but verify: Why investors want control. T-Shirts for VCs → -->. Everything you ever wanted to know about advisors, Part 1. If no, move on.

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www.mattbartus.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

You have a 20% option pool, so you know this will take your ownership down from 80% to 60%, and the VC will get 25%. Option Pool. Option Pool. Let’s say you receive a term sheet for a $1 million investment at a $3 million fully diluted pre-money valuation, and you’re kind of disappointed.

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