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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

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But as with consulting, PR, web design and even VC – it’s not just the firm it’s also the individual. You need to know how liquidations preferences work. I worked with Sam Angus at Fenwick & West. He’s totally tapped into the startup communities in Silicon Valley and a bit in LA.

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Don’t Cede Control: Why You Need to Cut out Middle Men in Negotiations

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For one, due to the way liquidation preference work sometimes they have “flat spots&# which means that they might earn the exact same amount from a $40 million sale as they would from a $50 million sale. Bankers & PR : I think you get the point so I’ll make the last two brief. PR firms are the same.

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How Open Should a Startup CEO be with Staff?

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In the startup journey if you have success in your early product launches, fund raising and PR you’re likely to get “inbound interest” from likely acquirers. The don’t understand VC liquidation preferences or multiple return expectations. You take the meeting but you’re not really pursuing it.

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Twitter Link Roundup #215 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

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Good read for entrepreneurs & startup employees on liquidation preferences – crowdspring.co/1neVvzy. Guerilla tips for raising venture capital | VentureBeat – crowdspring.co/P6hM3O. Does A Billion-Dollar Valuation Buy Employee Happiness? ReadWrite – crowdspring.co/1ekm5xR.

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Twitter Link Roundup #216 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

Good read for entrepreneurs & startup employees on liquidation preferences – crowdspring.co/1neVvzy. The Best PR Advice You’ve Never Heard – from Facebook’s Head of Tech Communications – crowdspring.co/1j0R45o. ” – crowdspring.co/1lPU1Ks. 13 B2B Newsletters That Really Shine – crowdspring.co/1dagMGF.