www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

One of the ways vendors and partners--whose behind-the-scenes assistance often is crucial to a start-ups success--can get a piece of the action is to exchange services for equity. Graham is careful about whom he chooses to partner with. FROM OUR PARTNERS. ); ); ); ADVERTISEMENT. Such an arrangement is hardly unprecedented.

Arizona 40

Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2010

Liquidation preference is the amount of money that an investor gets paid before the common stock (e.g. It also gets the new investor concerned that management (common stock holders) will not be incentivized because they realize that the investors will take most of the money unless there is a big upside scenario.

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Venture Capital Liquidation Preference Common Stock Pre-Money Valuation 289

Up and Running

DECEMBER 1, 2015

If you’re giving a large percentage of your company to someone (and yes, two percent is large), you’re entering into a contract that’s really a whole lot like marriage in that it creates a long-term relationship between you and the employee or partner. Make sure you understand all of your options before making any decisions.

Equity 60

Equity Employee Stock Options Vesting 60

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 21, 2010

Let’s say you give a warrant to a channel partner to sell your product. In the above example you might say that the channel partner earns 25,000 shares for every $100,000 of your product that they sell in the next 12 months with up to a cap of 250,000 shares. Example: you allocate 4% in warrants to channel partner ABC.

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Warrant Dilution Startup Stock Options 298

The Next Web

JUNE 17, 2015

And, on a similar note, I would limit equity conversations to service providers that are going to be long-term in nature, helping you build your business over time. Now that we understand which service providers we are willing to have equity conversations with, next we have to understand how to structure these deals.

Equity 60

Equity Valuation Preferred Stock Common Stock 60

ReadWriteStart

MAY 8, 2012

Now, we’re focusing early conversations intently on our strategy for winning and our progress thus far, which gives investors a clearer picture of who we are and where we’re headed.” When you take an investment, you are taking on a partner, so you need to make sure they add value beyond mere dollars. Choose your investors carefully.

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Cofounder Startup San Francisco Silicon Valley 140

thestartuplawyer.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

do not think being friends or relatives reduces the need for these difficult and/or awkward conversations. Your Business Partner Closer,&# was a reformatted version of a blog post titled “Keep Your Startup Co-Founder Closer&# which appeared in Ryan Roberts PC’s blog for startups and entrepreneurs, The Startup [.]

Cofounder 40

Cofounder Founder Preferred Stock Startup 40

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! Third, if you sell the company before the Series B, all un-issued and un-vested options will be cancelled.

Option Pool 68

Option Pool Pre-Money Valuation Dilution Warrant 68