Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

I’m a mom, a full-time sales manager, and recruiter. Entrepreneurs need to find a way to get traction (sales) without funding. It’s because pitching is making a sale and all sales are made emotionally and followed up with logic. Wait, you didn’t want to be a sales person? I’m not your average angel.

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Angel Investor Technical Review Software Review Accredited Investor 159

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2018

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. Professional investors typically are accredited to at least the $200,000 level, and understand the risks.

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Equity Due Diligence Angel Groups Liquidity Event 180

www.payne.org

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Companies raise money by selling new stock after the board of directors authorizes the sale to investors. The other factor is the "cap table" (capitalization table, or summary of who owns what stock). Asking for preferred stock will usually peg you as a total novice. 1% ownership).

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Equity Employee Vesting Preferred Stock 56

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

The reason these terms can produce returns by themselves is that they set the stage for a rejiggering of the capitalization table at some point in the future. The typical Silicon Valley term sheet does not include such terms. This is why the founder and their VC BOD member can still hold onto the illusion that everything is fine.

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IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

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 startups who needed to put together private placement memos for investors, capitalization tables and all of those things.

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