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Need money? Read this!

Berkonomics

My experience with early valuations by founders for friends… I’ve arrived at a significant number of companies that were looking for additional growth capital after a “friends and family” round and had to “clean up” the cap table more than a few times over the years. The post Need money? first appeared on BERKONOMICS.

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Small Investors

ithacaVC

It is highly typical for a startup to have small investors on its cap table. The treatment of the friends, family and angels (FFA) as the startup matures and raises larger rounds of financing over time is interesting. Or the economy tanks or stock market tanks moving valuations down at inopportune times for the startup.

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Does your business need money? Read this!

Berkonomics

I’ve arrived at a significant number of companies that were looking for additional growth capital after a “friends and family” round, and had to “clean up” the cap table more than a few times over the years. Taking this kind of money has a number of pitfalls you should be aware of.

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How to Fund a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

A lawyer I asked about it said: When the company goes public, the SEC will carefully study all prior issuances of stock by the company and demand that it take immediate action to cure any past violations of securities laws. For example, our hypothetical startup never spent more than halfof one round before securing the next.