Startup Professionals Musings

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Avoid Hiring Pitfalls When Staffing a New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Then proceed with cautious urgency and make quick changes when warranted. It’s normal to make some mistakes, but you need to minimize these by at least avoiding the common pitfalls, and realizing the importance of the staffing process. Today’s article is presented by one of the founders of our Startup Professionals team, Ernst H.

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Investors Do Not Fund Research And Development

Startup Professionals Musings

A successful result is a one-of-a-kind technology that shows enough promise both technically and economically to warrant demonstration. This stage is the transition to pilot-scale research on the technology. It may entail a number of false starts, but no products. Funding sources are still the same as stage one. Prototype development.

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8 Tips On How Much Money To Ask For From Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

I’m talking about things like anti-dilution clauses, preferred versus common stock, valuation tied to later round, warrants, and bridge loan options. The most common case is an equity investment, but there are many terms that can impact what request size is credible. More restrictive terms reduce the credible investment amount.

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Don’t Turn Your Business Dream Into a Nightmare

Startup Professionals Musings

Include here articles of incorporation, bylaws, shareholder minutes, board minutes, state filings, stock ledger, copies of stock certificates, options and warrants, and copies of all securities law filings. Corporate records.

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Angel and VC Investors Won’t Fund Your Research

Startup Professionals Musings

A successful result is a one-of-a-kind technology that shows enough promise both technically and economically to warrant demonstration. This stage is the transition to pilot-scale research on the technology. It may entail a number of false starts, but no products. Funding sources are still the same as stage one. Prototype development.

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How to Determine A Winning Investor Funding Request

Startup Professionals Musings

I’m talking about things like anti-dilution clauses, preferred versus common stock, valuation tied to later round, warrants, and bridge loan options. The most common case is an equity investment, but there are many terms that can impact what request size is credible. More restrictive terms reduce the credible investment amount.

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Treat Your Startup Like a Business From the Start

Startup Professionals Musings

Include here articles of incorporation, bylaws, shareholder minutes, board minutes, state filings, stock ledger, copies of stock certificates, options and warrants, and copies of all securities law filings. Corporate records.