Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. Co-founder & CEO Steve Hafner and the business team are based in Norwalk, CT. What They Do: Travel search engine. Founding Date: 2004.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

They take common stock, not preferred, a fact that the entrepreneurs mentioned to me many times. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th.

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Silicon Valley Startup Continuous Deployment 113

Gust

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Likewise, founders can benefit from understanding basic characteristics of the overall legal structure, formation and governance documents, rights and responsibilities of team members, etc. and search for its availability as a corporate name, domain name and trademark (all separate inquiries). Pick a name for the new legal entity (e.g.,

Intellectual Property 139

Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Delaware Stock 139

The Startup Lawyer

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

But before your startup signs up and cashes that $[XX,000] check, your startup’s co-founders should sit down and evaluate the incubator’s offer. Most incubators take common stock and sit “side-by-side&# with the founders, but some may want some (weak) preferred stock and/or dilution protection.

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Incubator Pre-Money Valuation Option Pool Advisory Board 105

venturehacks.com

MARCH 21, 2008

Advisor compensation Whether you’re hiring a normal advisor or super advisor: Advisory shares are usually issued as common stock options. Advisory shares are normal common stock. We’re founders (Epinions), investors (Twitter), students (life), and advisors (billions). Equity is the gift that keeps on giving.

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Advisory Board Cap Table Vesting Equity 44

venturehacks.com

OCTOBER 21, 2010

This reverse dilution benefits all classes of stock proportionally even though the common stock holders paid for all of the initial dilution in the first place! What do you mean by “convert into common shares&# ? Do you mean the shares go to the founders? Or we can just do 10% standard terms.

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Option Pool Pre-Money Valuation Dilution Warrant 68