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What’s a Fair 409A Discount?

VC Adventure

As is true today, there was a requirement that options be priced at or above the “fair market value” of the underlying stock (otherwise there would be tax consequences to the optionee and sometimes to the company as well). At the time, the cost of each of these valuations ran between $10,000 and $15,000 annually for each company.

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Venture Capital Q&A Session

Both Sides of the Table

The A round was done in February 2000 (end of the bull market) and my B round was done in April 2001 (bear market). In fact, far better if you haven’t raised venture capital. I talked also about 409a valuations and why common stock purchases cost less than preferred stock purchases. I eventually needed more money.

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McLaren Strategic Ventures Sajan Pillai Discusses the Top Five Trends for Advancing Global Technology in 2022 

The Startup Magazine

Advances in technology used to begin at the enterprise level and slowly trickled down to the consumer technology market. When the first microwave oven hit the market in 1955, it cost roughly $12,000 in today’s dollars; today you can pick one up for $64 on Amazon. Consumerization & Affordability of Technology.

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My Top 10 Methods To Make Money Online

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

Eventually the Internet came along and the Trading Post no longer commanded the secondhand market like it once did (though it did successfully transition online). Like eBay you can make money selling secondhand items in community sites if you can find a way to source product at cost or below.

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Series Seed Financing Documents

www.seriesseed.com

.  In my opinion, the reason that capped convertible debt is the current market leader is that entrepreneurs have been conditioned over time to believe that convertible debt is (a) faster (b) cheaper and (c) better for them than equity investment.    This is EXACTLY why I created the Series Seed Documents. 

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