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Be careful about equity and options!

Berkonomics

How to give away too much too soon: Most early-stage companies make the mistake of making option grants to new hires at all levels that are too aggressive and distort the capital structure of the company to a degree that damages future professional investment. Let me try to advance a few rules of thumb to help guide you here.

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Customers Love Free Stuff … But That’s Not Your Problem

abovethecrowd.com

Could we offer a “dial” to issuers and let them (and perhaps their ad agencies) decide? * * For GS.com , EXCLUSIVE access to GS hot deal might be a critical competitive tool to keep customer acquisition costs low and encourage larger clients to more to our site from a competitor’s. ” 1) Agency/Bias Issues With Respect to Advisors.

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