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Unintended Consequences: When SAFE and Convertible Notes Go Awry

Pascal's View

The most serious unintended consequence occurs from “note waterfalls”— converting multiple notes that have multiple valuation caps. Many entrepreneurs lose track of what they have been cooking up in the cap table. They do not recognize that they may have already contractually sold a meaningful portion of equity in their company.

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How to Fund a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

There never has to be atime when you have no revenues. Some angel investors join together in syndicates. If you get a call from a VCfirm, go to their web site and check whether the person you talkedto is a partner. Odds are it will be a junior person; they scourthe web looking for startups their bosses could invest in.