Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Facilitate an upgrade of founder’s common to founder’s preferred. Investors typically demand preferred stock to give them more control and first payouts, but these advantages can be at least partially offset (up to 20 percent) if you plan ahead. Limit board seats and manage member selection criteria.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 15, 2021
Facilitate an upgrade of founder’s common to founder’s preferred. Investors typically demand preferred stock to give them more control and first payouts, but these advantages can be at least partially offset (up to 20 percent) if you plan ahead. Limit board seats and manage member selection criteria.
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Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 26, 2015
For later investments, the price is equity, with a percentage of the owner stock to be assigned to the investor. Type of stock assigned to the investor. Investors typically demand preferred stock, to give themselves certain voting and liquidation privileges over later shareholders.
ReadWriteStart
JUNE 1, 2020
In very few specific cases, depending on the nature of the business, the business model might demand a considerable gestation period or extensive research and development. The shares given out can either be common stocks or preferred stocks. ? Debt investment. Debt investors. Always avoid going the market share route.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 29, 2010
People buy companies for 3 primary reasons: 1) they want the management team / talent 2) they want the technology or 3) they want the market traction (revenue, customer base, profits, etc). The downside is that people need to buy their stock. In fact, far better if you haven’t raised venture capital. Do it early.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 29, 2018
Unfortunately, in my years since as a small business advisor, I have seen too many founders squander this asset through a lack of understanding of some basic legal and operational issues, or by handing out nominally “free” stock to the wrong people at the wrong time. Buying back stock on the open market may cost a huge premium.
David Teten
AUGUST 19, 2019
John Borchers, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Decathlon Capital, claims to be the largest revenue-based financing investor in the US. I asked Brian Parks, Managing Partner, Bigfoot Capital, about the impact of RBI on traditional VC. That’s how we can offer competitive rates … with no prepayment penalties or warrants attached.
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