Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

In addition to helping manage the board Chris also helps represent the interests of the angel investors / common stock holders. He sets goals for MRR (monthly recurring revenue) to differentiate from one-time revenue, license revenue, services revenue and other. That in itself is quite a challenge.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2019

The mechanics of a stock option was a simple idea – you received an option (an offer) to buy a part of the company via common stock options (called ISOs or NSOs ) at a low price (the “strike price”.) Not everyone got the same amount of stock. The founders got most of the common stock.

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K9 Ventures

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

3) Setting a precedent for the price of the Common Stock : This is the biggest issue with founder liquidity. Founders typically hold Common Stock in the company, but they (obviously) want to sell the Common Stock at the same price as the Preferred price or close to it.

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K9 Ventures

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

3) Setting a precedent for the price of the Common Stock : This is the biggest issue with founder liquidity. Founders typically hold Common Stock in the company, but they (obviously) want to sell the Common Stock at the same price as the Preferred price or close to it.

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Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

To differentiate it from typical “Series A&# preferred stock, which comes with certain expectations with regard to rights. There is no real rule to what a particular series of preferred stock is called. Why is it called Series Seed? Legal fees. The company is obligated to pay $10K for investors counsel.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 5, 2018

Find your point of differentiation. Do the best you can to avoid common stock photos. This can be a point of differentiation but can also help boost your SEO because it provides a good user experience. Write conversationally. They make you appear less authentic.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Out of State VCs When you’re not CEO Material Preferred Stock v. Common Stock Ask the Users Because we’re known as Startup/VC lawyers who don’t represent VCs (just companies), I often get asked about my thoughts on “founder friendliness.” Good entrepreneurs and advisors know that. Background reading: Local v.

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