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On Funding?—?Shots on Goal

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million, and we can write as little as $250k or as much as $15 million in our first check (we can follow on with $50 million + in follow-on rounds) We build a portfolio that is diversified given the focus areas of our partners. The outcome of this is that each partner does about 2 new deals per year or 5.5 We do other things, too.

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The Option Pool Shuffle

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Use a hiring plan to justify a small option pool, increase your share price, and increase your effective valuation. Solution: Use a hiring plan to size the option pool. Next, make a hiring plan for the next 12 months. Add up the options you need to give to the new hires. We’ll cover your response in a future hack.)