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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

o Their strong skill was online media buying and optimization – they rarely would do CPA deals – mostly buying CPM. Mark: 10% warrant coverage is like stock options. Icing is the warrant for banks – stock they can buy in future but don’t have to buy so they make their $$ later in the future. And he said ok got it.

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Raising Startup Capital Through Convertible Debt Financing

Business Plan Blog

Convertible Debt” is a loan, which is automatically converted to equity at maturity or upon the closing of a round of financing. Various terms such as price cap, discount, conversion to equity, etc., 2) Giving equity in the company. 3) Giving non-voting stock. Apple iBook: STARTUP Financing, Equity and Tax.

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Beware The Consultant

infochachkie.com

Instead of hearing from your long lost third-cousin, you will be inundated with an avalanche of ‘congratulatory’ emails, calls and letters from people who want to relieve you of the burden of your hard-earned equity round. The final straw came when I asked the latest 25-year old a simple ‘yes / no’ question related to stock options.

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