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An Alternative to Board Decks Some Seed VCs Actually Prefer

View from Seed

Examples of housekeeping include the following list, though not every item will appear every time: Finance: Cash out date, burn rate, 409A valuation, cap table, common/preferred stock dashboard. Even if there’s some kind of product in the market during the first round of financing, it’s probably to be unproven.

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How to Minimize the Red Tape and Taxes of a Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Incorporate your startup after the business plan, but before you spend a dollar on product development. For example, you and your partner may be perfectly happy with an LLC, but venture capital or Angel investors may insist on having “preferredstock, forcing an upgrade to a C-Corp.

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The 5 Key Stages of Equity Funding

Growthink Blog

The name is derived from the class of preferred stock investors receive in return for their capital. Providing enough capital for 1 to 2 years of operations, funds obtained from the Series A round can be used for the full gamut of needs-from product development and marketing to employee salaries.

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Up and Running

Another great way to test your idea is to create a minimum viable product, or MVP. This is the simplest version of your product minus the frills and frosting. It’s a particularly popular strategy in the world of product development and is used to quickly and quantitatively test a product or a product feature.

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Startup Resources

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Great for visualizing work of product development. Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement. project management visually see and interact with your work. Kanbanery â?? Simple online team or personal kanban board. LeanKit Kanban â?? Kanban Pad â?? Nice and leanâ?? and free online Kanban tool. Banana Scrum â?? Kanban Tool â??