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Convertible Equity, A Better Alternative To Convertible Debt?

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As lawyer Scott Edward Walker wrote earlier this year, because of this “Convertible notes are ticking time bombs: if the maturity date is reached, and there hasn’t been a Series A round (triggering the automatic conversion of the notes into shares of preferred stock), there is the potential for disaster.”

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Interview with Sramana Mitra on 1M/1M Program

Life Beyond Code

He has veered away from angel financing, and has decided to bootstrap with customer money, and preserve equity ownership, foregoing any immediate dilution related to financing. Dan Stewart, President at Happy Grasshopper, has successfully generated a nice revenue stream, and is negotiating large enterprise deals.

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VC Seed Funding Example: Trada

Feld Thoughts

Instead we quickly put our heads together about a financing (we like to say it was over beers, but the truth is more mundane – we hammered out the details in a 10 minute conversation in the conference room of the Foundry office). Tags: Seed Financing angel financing Foundry Group seed trada VC.

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Answers to the 5 Most Common Angel Investor Questions

Growthink Blog

When several private investors form an organization to collective fund ventures, they are known as an "angel investor group." The act of providing the financial backing is known as "angel investing." The amount of angel financing is significant. Angel investors do not invest for a living. read more.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Top 10 Tech Trends To Watch

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However, Deborah is looking for ways to sell her low carbon footprint green house technology to producers, and is in conversations with producers in Senegal and India. The company is profitable and has so far raised only $400,000 in friends and family and angel financing.

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Startup Tools

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signup, upgrade, trial pricing Zuora – online subscription management FeeFighters – find the cheapest credit card processors HealPay – Collections made easy Customer Support Tender – support, knowledgebase tool for your site GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers.

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Why Co-Founders Are a Startup's Biggest Liability | The Startup Lawyer

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do not think being friends or relatives reduces the need for these difficult and/or awkward conversations. Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM And for the love of high-speed internet and all things Web 2.0,