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8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board

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He has grown our US operations from 1 employee (him) to a global organization of 75 employees that will finish the year with 8-digit revenues (90+% recurring) and more than 350% year-over-year growth. In addition to helping manage the board Chris also helps represent the interests of the angel investors / common stock holders.

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Venture Capital Q&A Session

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Mark Jeffrey - Q: “Is it more traditional to do your ESOP (employee stock option plan) before or after your angel or Series A funding?&# I talked about the need to have a restricted stock plan for your earliest employees. The downside is that people need to buy their stock. This is minutes 8-11.

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How do you pay an early stage board?

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The option price should be set by appraisal under IRS rule 409a, and certainly should be low enough to recognize that common stock options are not worth as much as preferred stock, given the many preferences of the latter. Expenses for travel are often reimbursed by the corporation.

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Equity for Consultants – Keep it Simple!

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People tend to underestimate how much record keeping is involved with managing employees and consultants, and this just adds an unacceptable extra burden. Share this: Facebook Email Reddit StumbleUpon. First, you’d probably want them to receive common stock, not preferred stock (which is the likely next round).

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Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

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Email address: Home. Employee Benefits. Jumpstart wasnt much at the time, just four employees working from home offices. But as Arizona Bay grew--it now has 40 employees and more than a dozen clients--Graham began to worry that he was missing out. Email Address: ); ADVERTISEMENT. Finance | Tuesdays. Newsletters.

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How I negotiated my startup compensation

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From there, I began googling things like “first employee startup equity” and “startup offer negotiation.” These were the best resources I found: Equity for Early Employees in Early Stage Startups. Startup Equity for Early Employees. The next Monday, I received the following email from Kyle. Paul Graham’s Equity Equation.

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VC investors: Don’t be greedy even if you can.

Berkonomics

A rather common but small dividend rate of six percent becomes a massive amount after seven years, almost half again the value of the original investment. Sometimes it takes a court case to unravel onerous terms. Here’s an example that will make your heart skip a beat.