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The Truth About Investor Updates

Haystack

I don’t think it matters what the obligation is — but rather — it’s an opportunity for the founders to supply their most passionate early supporters with information and ammunition to infuse into our conversations with downstream investors, potential candidates, and potential angels and BD prospects.

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Automotive BDC: How Can In And Outbound Call Management Help Automotive Companies

YoungUpstarts

A call management system can improve your business’ customer service in the following ways: It enables your employees on the line to access information right away, should the caller need it. It provides for a smoother transaction and conversation during calls. It Prevents Lost Opportunities.

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Should you go after value-add investors for your seed round?

Hippoland

I have this conversation all the time with portfolio companies. You do not need to do this until the conversations get serious – i.e. the investor says he/she wants in your deal. Major investor / information rights? Who is he/she? Portfolio founder: That’s the problem. Person X isn’t well-known.

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Six Tips to Make Sure You Aren’t Poaching Intellectual Property Along with Employees

YoungUpstarts

During new employee orientation, reinforce your company’s culture of respect for others’ information rights. It’s important that all of your employees (not just supervisors and hiring managers) know how to recognize off-limits information.

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What is convertible equity (or a convertible security)?

Startup Company Lawyer

In fact, the form of convertible debt documents that YC recommends that their companies use has been recently revised to include a provision that forces a conversion of the debt into a pre-negotiated Series AA preferred stock upon the consent of a majority in interest of the convertible note holders.

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My new Startup Board Mantra: 1-1-1

OnlyOnce

Here are four tough conversations you may have to have along the way, with some suggestions on how to navigate them. All of these conversations need to come with a point of view of why independence and diversity matters to your company, a lot of empathy, and appreciation for the value the person brings to the table.

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3 Things To Do Before Creating An Online Form

YoungUpstarts

Form expert and author of “ Forms that Work “, Caroline Jarrett, says in her book that forms should flow just as a spoken conversation would. A lot of form makers wrongfully assume that just by asking the right questions that their day is done. Consider flow. But there’s an art to creating flow that works.

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