Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

  Note that this applies only to earl stage Series A-type equity financings and assumes no cash dividends are paid to investors.   First , dividends. In some cases, dividends are often paid at the discretion of the board and not required by the terms.   A cumulative dividend compounds annually.

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

What should your relationship (as a founder) be with this person? You can even present it as part of their ‘comp’ — an equity grant they have ability to distribute (with your approval). Sometimes founders will question whether it’s truly a ‘good hire’ if they need to throw extra equity at an outside advisor.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Each transformation – from a new computer distribution channel – Apple Stores to disrupting the music business with iPod and iTunes in 2001; to the iPhone in 2007; and the App store in 2008 – drove revenues and profits to new heights. When visionary founders depart (death, firing, etc.), Instead there is everything to gain.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Each transformation – from a new computer distribution channel – Apple Stores to disrupting the music business with iPod and iTunes in 2001; to the iPhone in 2007; and the App store in 2008 – drove revenues and profits to new heights. When visionary founders depart (death, firing, etc.), Instead there is everything to gain.

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Azure Business Model Cloud Artificial Inteligence 120

Up and Running

JULY 18, 2014

Recently our Bplans audience had the chance to attend a free webinar on Small Business Taxes, hosted by the CEO and founder of TaxAlli.com, Zach Olson. First, let me start off by giving you some more background so again my name is Zach Olson and I’m the founder and CEO of TaxAlli.com. You can take an owner draw or distribution.

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Small Business LLC Nevada Software Review 87

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

Founders Institute Plain Preferred Term Sheet (by WSGR – disclaimer, I represent the Founders Institute and was involved in drafting this document). Dividend preference. Almost all startup companies don’t declare dividends, so deletion of a dividend preference is irrelevant to an investor. Series Seed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2016

Founder insistence on non-dilute clauses, arms-length relationships, and quick closure without due diligence will short-circuit active interest. Marketing programs and distribution channels are required for even the best solutions, with an appropriate and viable rollout and growth strategy. Dysfunctional or non-functional team members.

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Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 12, 2009

If founders want the benefit of flow through tax treatment with respect to losses prior to an outside financing, an S corp election may make sense as long as there are no entity or non-U.S. Any company that raises venture financing will need to be a C corp in order to issue preferred stock. citizen/resident stockholders.

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

But when executed right, it pays dividends. Alternatively, founder of contentlift.io Creative agency founder Dan Kelsall has helped many of his clients go viral. Stage 5: Maximize your content’s ROI with well-oiled distribution. Content distribution can be difficult. Like SEO, demand generation is a long game.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2018

The only disadvantage with this setup is the issue of double taxation in case you want to distribute dividends from leftover profits. Also, a C-Corporation is widely recognized and allows for an unlimited number of shareholders. Get your documents in order.

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Limited Liability Company LLC Bankruptcy Dividend 62

Scott Edward Walker

JULY 7, 2011

What Are the Key Issues for Founders? There are several issues founders should focus on in connection with redemption rights. First, founders should push back to knock them out entirely because, as noted above, they are not the norm and rarely implemented. Again, the founders should push back hard.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Thats when this approach can pay huge dividends. It was actually my co-founder Will Harvey who taught me to present this data in the simple format weve discussed in this post. How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone How to Usability Test your Site for Free The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the tim.

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San Francisco Lean Technical Review Continuous Deployment 166

The Equity Kicker

APRIL 13, 2012

Yesterday Google announced great results and a change to their share structure which will in effect give the founders control over the company in perpetuity. FOUNDERS’ LETTER 2012. As we explained in our first founders’ letter: “We are creating a corporate structure that is designed for stability over long time horizons.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 11, 2019

Following the GFC, worldwide protests brought the world’s increasingly skewed distribution of wealth into focus for a new generation and the disparity is only speeding up. Richard Liew is founder and editor of #nzentrepreneur. And who can blame us “rational consumers”? We all want to get the best value for our money. NZ Entrepreneur.

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Startup Company Lawyer

APRIL 23, 2009

Adeo Ressi , the founding member of The Funded , recently announced the establishment of The Funded Founder Institute. The program participants, the Founders, receive extensive training in weekly sessions overseen by three Mentors – two seasoned CEOs and one domain expert for each topic. Protective provisions.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 1, 2022

It’s a tactic used to great effect by SaaS founders like Noah Kagan , who has used his YouTube channel and guest blogging to grow AppSumo. Another great example of a strong personal brand is Backlinko and Exploding Topics founder Brian Dean. These are signs that dark funnel marketing is paying dividends. Is revenue growing?

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 28, 2022

Dividends paid and capital gains realized on a per-share basis provide ordinary shareholders with a way to participate in the profits stream of the company. The establishment of a dividend policy. Equity for Co-founders. They need to ensure that the shares are distributed productively. Common stock. Preferred shares.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

The founder had not thought about his go to market approach, he had not researched competitors, and he had not done any market testing because it wasn’t convenient for him (wrong time of year – too hot in Indiana, so he didn’t bother). Founders need to have the courage of their convictions. BEV BUCKLE.

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Silicon Valley Salary Dilution Indiana 167

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

All Unicorn participants — founders, company employees, venture investors and their limited partners (LPs) — are seeing their fortunes put at risk from the very nature of the Unicorn phenomenon itself. We have already seen examples of founders and management obtaining liquidity in front of investors.

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Scott Edward Walker

JUNE 9, 2011

The investor would thus be entitled to the first $10 million pursuant to its liquidation preference, and the remaining $90 million would be distributed ratably to the common stockholders. What Are the Key Issues for Founders? First, founders should push for a low multiple of the Original Purchase Price (e.g.,

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Term Sheet Conversion Rights Venture Capital Liquidation Preference 60

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2010

In the era of Skype, web conferencing tools and collaboration software conventional wisdom says that distributed startup teams can be just as effective as those that are in person. Or more precisely the people espousing the benefits of distributed startups teams are often distributed and therefore self rationalizing it.

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Start Up Blog

JUNE 6, 2019

The truth is the mixed economy model is what has provided the greatest distribution of wealth the world has ever seen. Whether it is siphoning profits to low tax havens or reinvesting profit for growth and not paying dividends, as Amazon does. Free Market Capitalism. This economic system single handedly invented the middle class.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 14, 2013

This is a guest post by Wade Foster , co-founder and CEO of Zapier, which originally appeared on his blog. But since I’m relatively fresh off of the experience I get asked by first-time founders how they should go about raising money for their startup. Usually those aren’t first-time founders though. It certainly did me.

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