Common Stock Product Seed Capital Technical Review 
Steve Blank
APRIL 10, 2019
A version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. For most startup employee’s startup stock options are now a bad deal. Why Startups Offer Stock Options. Not everyone got the same amount of stock. The founders got most of the common stock. It’s called Growth capital.
Startup Lessons Learned
AUGUST 26, 2009
They take common stock, not preferred, a fact that the entrepreneurs mentioned to me many times. Provide early seed capital, and be the ones to make those introductions. Im also excited to share two long-form reviews from actual attendees. Technically you argue it goes back 30 years when StorageTek was founded.
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