OnlyOnce

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Why would the cap table of the target company agree to this? The post The Dowry appeared first on The Startup CEO blog. That’s right, not only do you not have to put cash OUT for the deal, you’re getting additional cash IN. Think of it as a contemporary corporate version of the dowry.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Over the past decade, I’ve (somewhat accidentally) put together on this blog a syllabus on how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund. We also use Carta , which specializes in cap table management and has just launched a fund administration service which we have transitioned to. 8) Monitor and report investments.

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Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Over the past decade, I’ve (somewhat accidentally) put together on this blog a syllabus on how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund. We also use Carta , which specializes in cap table management and has just launched a fund administration service which we have transitioned to. 8) Monitor and report investments.

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Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 11, 2023

DC: I’m going to keep this brief, but if you want to the long version of it, I recommend reading our blog about it. HW: We’re going to see many more software CEOs (and cap tables) look for private equity exits like yours. How is Greenhouse experimenting with AI-enablement?

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

As Mark Suster pointed out yesterday on his blog , he's seeing more and more cases where "entrepreneurs are working hard to make sure they have as many VC names and famous angels on their cap table for signaling value." Remember, once you screw up your Cap Table it's really hard to go back.

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Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Y ou’ve got to know when to hold ‘em Know when to fold ‘em Know when to walk away And know when to run You never count your money When you’re sittin’ at the table There’ll be time enough for countin’ When the dealin’s done. You don’t bring investors on to the cap table via a secondary transaction that are going to be problematic.

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OnlyOnce

JULY 30, 2020

The next few blog posts will share some of my thinking on the subjects as they’re arranged into chapters in the book. Sometimes you can have a major internal problem related to the cap table–a founder with a lot of stock needs liquidity or you need to push this person out of the company.

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Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

Startup CEOs Should Test Strength of Cap Table Every ~6 Months To Know Where They Stand. I really liked Jason Lemkin’s “ Do You Have a Weak Investor Syndicate ” blog post from earlier in the summer. Lastly, Jason has a single very practical suggestion on what to do if your cap table is tapped out.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Some firms provide tools to model investment, e.g., Capital’s Cost of Equity estimator ; Lighter Capital’s Cost of Capital Calculator ; Indie VC’s Cap Table Comparison Model ; 645 Ventures’ cap table simulator ; and Bootstrapp.co’s Comprehensive Cost of Capital Calculator. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5%

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OnlyOnce

JULY 14, 2022

I wrote a little bit about the experience of being a multi-time founder in this post where I talked about the value of things like a hand-picked team, hand-picked cap table, experience that drives efficient execution, and starting with a clean slate. The post Second Lap Around the Track appeared first on The Startup CEO blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

And if you’re not busy being crushed (diluted) you might not notice that the people above you in the cap table (e.g. But if you’re going to play make sure your table stakes are large enough to be sure you’re not taken advantage of with people who brought more chips to the party. But it is. So know that going in.

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OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 28, 2021

And for the most part, the same is true about our cap table. No institutional debt like a messy cap table, legacy people issues, leases for offices we don’t want or need any more. The post I’m Having a Blast at Bolster — Here’s Why appeared first on The Startup CEO blog.

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 1, 2021

Those of us who’ve had access to the right hiring manager, or cap table, or referral network have already put ourselves in a position to capitalize, but the pie can be expanded. Ok, please read my earlier blog post and tell me what you think. It’s not about scarcity, it’s about abundance.

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OnlyOnce

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Another telltale sign that you might need a CFO is more tangible: Are you spending too much of your own time managing fundraising, debt, investors, and cap table questions and issues? Posted on the Bolster Blog here ). The post When it is Time to Hire Your First Chief Financial Officer appeared first on The Startup CEO blog.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Cap tables sound intimidating. In one post on Ravikant’s Venture Hacks blog called, “ The Option Pool Shuffle ,” it notes market expectations are to set aside 1 to 2 percent for a VP-level hire. A reason might be that negotiation techniques are not a part of their training.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2011

To this day I’m still surprised how few CEOs really understand the differences between 2x liquidation preference and a liquidation preference with a 2x cap. Or what “flat spots&# on a cap table are. This series inspired me to start my blog as a VC. I read every post several times.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

645 Ventures released a cap table simulator to help level the playing field. See their blog post on multiples.). Carta , Captable.io , Certent , EquityEffect , and ShareWorks by Morgan Stanley track private company cap tables. . Capital has built a free online tool for founders to calculate their cost of capital.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 11, 2022

As we started exploring the possibility of working together earlier this year, I was struck by Melody, Rob, Lee, and David’s genuine support for each other as partners and the ease of their teamwork.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 16, 2019

There are some blog posts that every entrepreneur should read. Hunter has a great lead in: “ Here’s where I think founders and cap tables should be more proactive. Hunter Walk at Homebrew recently wrote one of them. It’s titled Oh S**t, Your VC Just Quit Her Fund! What a Good CEO Should Do Next.

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VC Adventure

JULY 27, 2011

My partners and I all have blogs which I think are good indications of our varied personalities, but we also provide a list of references (CEOs, other portfolio execs, other people who know us well) for them to look into how we really are to work with. Aren’t there lawyers involved? How could they let this happen?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 22, 2010

Gee, if they treat me like this in good times I wonder how they’d treat me in bad times!&#.

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 13, 2024

Fast forward a few years and we finally connect via mutual friends and Twitter threads, but Proof is Too Successful for our early stage capital, meaning I admire from afar versus from the cap table. As I said in the blog post you referenced, “a firestarter.” They should be extremely well versed in your business. Thanks Pat!

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www.readwriteweb.com

DECEMBER 29, 2011

As Mark Suster pointed out yesterday on his blog , he's seeing more and more cases where "entrepreneurs are working hard to make sure they have as many VC names and famous angels on their cap table for signaling value." Remember, once you screw up your cap table it's really hard to go back.

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Cap Table Term Sheet Liquidation Preference Technical Review 47

Altgate

JUNE 25, 2012

Instead, the dead equity languishes on the cap table, weighing down the startup and making it harder to attract and motivate the people who could impact its growth. For more about this, see Eric Ries’ blog post and excerpt from The Founder’s Dilemmas.). Facebook’s situation is far from unique, even among recent tech IPOs.

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OnlyOnce

MAY 26, 2022

Do you spend a lot of your time dealing with finance-related issues like fundraising, debt, investors, or cap table questions? Posted on the Bolster blog here ). The post Signs Your CFO Isn’t Scaling appeared first on The Startup CEO blog. Trust your gut.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 17, 2019

As a little tradition on this blog, I’ve singled out companies starting in 2012 with Stripe ; there was Snap back in 2013; Slack in 2014 (after prematurely saying there wasn’t one); took a break in 2015-16, as I wasn’t inspired to select one then; in 2017 it was Coinbase ; and last year, 2018, it was Airtable.

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venturehacks.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

If you like it, check out his blog and Twitter. Filipina blogger Shai Coggins, co-founder of one of the world’s biggest blog networks, b5media, has been cited by Fast Company as one of The most influential women in technology for the bloggers category. Reply # Melanie Curtiss · May 5, 2010 Thank you for this blog post.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

But if I see a really great piece of work product, I generally will just try to, say hey, let's post this on the blog externally. ER : Oh, if it's worth doing, it's worth blogging about. But one of those pieces is how companies get formed, how they raise money, how they manage their cap table and how they eventually go public.

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Scott Edward Walker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

I’m using Twitter as a form of micro-blogging to share interesting articles, blog posts and video clips relating to startups, entrepreneurship and legal issues. Solid post for young founders=> Cap Tables, Share Structures, Valuations, Oh My! Below are my four most popular tweets for the past month. Cheers, Scott.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 6, 2015

This is not an argument for circulating the entire cap table or compensation calendar. Editor’s note: This post originally appeared on Tim’s personal blog. It is either a shady sales tactic or unintended blunder for startups not to explain exactly where each new employee stands in that potential share.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 6, 2015

This is not an argument for circulating the entire cap table or compensation calendar. Editor’s note: This post originally appeared on Tim’s personal blog. It is either a shady sales tactic or unintended blunder for startups not to explain exactly where each new employee stands in that potential share.

Equity 120

Equity Employee Cap Table Stock Options 120

Altgate

AUGUST 25, 2012

Instead, the dead equity languishes on the cap table, weighing down the startup and making it harder to attract and motivate the people who could impact its growth. For more about this, see Eric Ries’ blog post and excerpt from The Founder’s Dilemmas.). Facebook’s situation is far from unique, even among recent tech IPOs.

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Genuine VC

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Communications with New Board & Investors Ensure all of your investors have all legal documentation of the round, including an electronic version of the final cap table. Please leave additional suggestions in the comments, and if there’s a critical mass of content, I’ll likely repost the blog in the future.

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Genuine VC

MAY 20, 2013

The myth has been discussed and discredited in blogs for year s, yet it continues to persist. VCs who swear publicly that they’ll never make an investment with less than 20% ownership show up on cap tables in the teens… the 20% pronouncements are just posturing for negotiation. My recent blog post digs into these details.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

I recently read a post over on VentureHacks titled, “ Top Ten Reasons Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers &# written by Scott Walker (who blogs on legal issues for entrepreneurs ). I know that people have an allergy to lawyers out of fear of being screwed. Much of this is unfounded – some is not.

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View from Seed

MAY 29, 2019

But taken to the extreme, you would have rounds with only one lead and almost no one else on the cap table. I think founders will also find that rounds will close faster, as investors will feel more pressure to move with conviction vs. hanging back and seeing how their favorite coinvestor friends feel about an opportunity.

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keen.io

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Youre reading Radical Transparency — a blog brought to you by the team at Keen IO. True to my consulting roots, I made yet another Excel spreadsheet, plugging in the equations and the variables I found in the blogs mentioned above. Michelle Wetzler. Engineer, arranger, communicator, amateur photographer. Follow @michellewetzler.

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