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Why Philosophy and Entrepreneurship?

Feld Thoughts

We didn’t have any financing except for Brad’s credit card and the $10 with which we had purchased our common stock. Dave had been spending most of his time managing the part-time developers, who were primarily working on future products, instead of billing hours to clients.

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Rally Gives $1.3 Million To The Boulder Community

Feld Thoughts

This check is for The Community Foundation and for the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado (EFCO) and results from a gift of 24,793 shares of common stock from Rally at the time of its first financing that represented approximately 1% of the equity of the company. I remember numerous conversations with Ryan about this.

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Why Philosophy and Entrepreneurship?

Feld Thoughts

We didn’t have any financing except for Brad’s credit card and the $10 with which we had purchased our common stock. Dave had been spending most of his time managing the part-time developers, who were primarily working on future products, instead of billing hours to clients.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Eligible for favorable treatment under Qualified Small Business Stock exemption, if structured as equity. This applies if the investment converts into common stock; details are beyond this essay’s scope. Typically promissory note or non-voting common stock, with covenants. Founder retains control. Cash collateral.

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

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. 5) High Productivity: Kayak had 148 employees at the end of 2010. One can infer valuations based on per share prices of preferred stock and oustanding common shares (~5.3M

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

Both Sides of the Table

In this period (less than 2 years) he has brought on incredibly talented senior execs is sales, marketing, product management, client services, finance, vp engineering and more. In addition to helping manage the board Chris also helps represent the interests of the angel investors / common stock holders.

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Startup Funding – A Comprehensive Guide for Entrepreneurs

ReadWriteStart

You must have a prototype or a minimum viable product (MVP). To fund the sudden spike in production, funds will be required for additional inventory and wages. It is going to cost a lot of money just to get the initial batch of products to test the market and would definitely require external funding. Inception stage.

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