Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Currently, most ecommerce businesses have IT staff constantly running manual tests to confirm that their site is operating properly, or they manually create expensive software to run these tests.

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Private Equity Pre-Money Valuation Equity Startup 94

Up and Running

AUGUST 17, 2015

Between my experiences as a management consultant, as well as my product and marketing roles at multiple tech companies, I felt that I had enough operational experience to make that leap sooner than later. Additionally, I had already studied Economics and Finance during undergrad, making the academic part of an MBA seem a little redundant.

Entrepreneur 60

Entrepreneur Cofounder Angel Investor eCommerce 60

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Finance | Tuesdays. Financing a Small Business. Office and Operations. Financing A Small Business. Personal Finance. Graham also pushes for common stock, the right to participate in future funding rounds to preserve the size of the stake, and a guaranteed seat on the board. Start-up | Mondays.

Arizona 40

Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

Growthink Blog

MAY 10, 2012

Mezzanine Financing Most companies that raise equity capital and are eventually acquired or go public receive multiple rounds of financing first. No right or wrong answer here, but if this is your vision then it's important to consider when negotiating deal terms on earlier stage financing rounds. Seed Funding 3.

Equity 88

Equity Mezzanine Later Stage Venture Capital 88

The Next Web

JUNE 17, 2015

But, if you have no other alternatives from professional investors, service providers can be a perfectly acceptable financing resource for you, if that is all you need and it is structured fairly. Be sure to read my companion piece: How to Protect Your Equity and Control Post Financings. Image credit: Shutterstock.

Equity 60

Equity Valuation Preferred Stock Common Stock 60

Gust

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Form a legal entity to operate the business (we’ll use a Delaware corporation as an example for Newco). Make escrow arrangements for restricted stock (i.e., Consummate the stock issuances, make any necessary securities filings and issue the corresponding stock certificates. Appoint Newco’s initial Board of Directors.

Intellectual Property 139

Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Delaware Stock 139

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

I’ll focus for now on the business itself, there’s plenty of other info on the web if you care to understand the equity ownership or financing history of Facebook and frankly this has been fairly well known for awhile. ==. who derive a meaningful chunk of their revenue from operating ad networks. Facebook, Inc.

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IPO South Korea Venezuela Revenue 100

ithacaVC

JANUARY 24, 2013

Having a relatively small about of convertible debt on your balance sheet prior to your Series A financing is not a bad thing. The X and Y are negotiated, with the Y typically being a date shortly before the convertible debt is all used up by the company in its operations. I am a big fan of convertible debt (with appropriate terms).

Valuation 53

Valuation Balance Sheet Option Pool Dilution 53

The Entrepreneurial Mind

MARCH 10, 2010

In return for this investment, JumpStart Foundry will receive a collective 10% ownership in the Common Stock of the company. Together, this founding group set out to craft a new way to provide support, both financial and operational, to innovative and promising entrepreneurs."

Nashville 53

Nashville Tennessee Early Stage Common Stock 53

The Entrepreneurial Mind

MARCH 10, 2011

Each of the selected concepts for our first year of operating this microfund received $15,000 in equity capital and special arrangements with participating partners for marketing, accounting, legal and technology services. ownership in the Common Stock of the company. In addition, three members. In addition, three members.

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Nashville Tennessee PHP Ruby 65