Steve Blank
APRIL 10, 2019
And Mark Suster of Upfront Capital has a great post that summarizes these changes. The first big idea is that unlike in the 20 th century when there were two phases of funding startups– Seed capital and Venture capital–today there is a new, third phase. It’s called Growth capital.
View from Seed
DECEMBER 4, 2014
It’s also worth keeping in mind that regardless of how the founders’ common stock is divided, there will be future issuance of stock that will dilute the founders over the lifecycle of the company. This needn’t be some terribly complex formula that tries to do a cost accounting of everyone’s contribution to the decimal point.
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Gust
SEPTEMBER 29, 2011
For a traditional VC financing round structured as a sale of preferred stock, the best resources I can recommend are the Term Sheet Series by Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson and Startup Company Lawyer by Yokum Taku. (For more on working with startup lawyers, see Mark Suster’s classic post, How To Work With Lawyers At A Startup.).
Agile VC
DECEMBER 4, 2014
It’s also worth keeping in mind that regardless of how the founders’ common stock is divided, there will be future issuance of stock that will dilute the founders over the lifecycle of the company. This needn’t be some terribly complex formula that tries to do a cost accounting of everyone’s contribution to the decimal point.
Agile VC
DECEMBER 4, 2014
It’s also worth keeping in mind that regardless of how the founders’ common stock is divided, there will be future issuance of stock that will dilute the founders over the lifecycle of the company. This needn’t be some terribly complex formula that tries to do a cost accounting of everyone’s contribution to the decimal point.
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