Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2018

According to Yahoo Finance , less than a third of crowdfunding campaigns currently reach their goals, and the rest have to return anything they do collect. Professional investors like to keep tight control of capitalization tables and all stock owners, to facilitate their own payoff when a sale, merger, or public stock offering is held.

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Equity Due Diligence Angel Groups Liquidity Event 180

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

Why the Unicorn Financing Market Just Became Dangerous…For All Involved. By the first quarter of 2016, the late-stage financing market had changed materially. Investors were becoming nervous and were no longer willing to underwrite new Unicorn-level financings at the drop of a hat. This is uncharted territory.

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IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

www.payne.org

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Companies raise money by selling new stock after the board of directors authorizes the sale to investors. At a minimum, do your own personal finance homework so you know how much salary you need to live and not spend your savings. The other factor is the "cap table" (capitalization table, or summary of who owns what stock).

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Equity Employee Vesting Preferred Stock 56

Up and Running

JULY 14, 2015

I’d implemented a business plan including marketing, engagement, sales strategy and realized a few months in that it wasn’t servicing a key influence or in the sales process. They never worked with the startup who had needed to raise multiple rounds of financing. We would need someone who’s as scalable CEO.”

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Incubator Email Startup Oregon 60