The Next Web

OCTOBER 7, 2013

They were referring to non-founder engineers, most commonly the first hire for technology businesses. A reason might be that negotiation techniques are not a part of their training. Cap tables sound intimidating. Every time a startup raises capital, all common shareholders are diluted.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 22, 2010

Due to competitive markets we ended up with a pretty good term sheet until we needed to raise money in April 2001 and then we got completely screwed. You’ll need to hire and retain talen to grow your company. We spend a lot of time on them in the video but frankly we could have done a 3-hour session. That’s normal.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

I’ve been looking for suggestions for an initial deal structure that is appropriate for the theoretical case of a trusted dev shop putting in $100k in market-value of services over a 6 month period in time. Accounting for those resources as “investment” at fair market value is a pretty straightforward way to value contribution.

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