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Second-Class Investor Citizens: Facebook’s IPO and Dual-Class Equity Structures

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Dual-class voting structures are receiving a lot of attention these days along with intense publicity related to the Facebook IPO , following in the wake of other recent tech IPOs with a similar structure such as Zynga and LinkedIn. Options and warrants, when issued, are also typically exercisable for shares of Common Stock.

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25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time

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Also worth a read after you review these startup failure post-mortems. Allen, Greylock, and General Atlantic wouldn’t be in the building on weekends and neither would the employees bother to come in. So, the best way of dealing with this issue is to take a long, long vesting period for all major sweat equity founders.