crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Model Equity Calculator for Founders with Option Pool Expansion – crowdspring.co/1fwUdsA. How Content Marketing Can Help Grow Your Business in 2014 – crowdspring.co/1gNMc5E. The 10 Best Conference Call Services for Entrepreneurs – crowdspring.co/1eIUvyQ. The Second Time Is Harder – crowdspring.co/18prpgk.

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Mobile Usage: 8% of 2010 query volume (mobile app download growth of 344% YoY). Precise valuations are impossible to determine because of adjustments to employee option pools, possible buybacks of common stock, etc. Gross Margin: 94% –> i.e. for every $1 of revenue Kayak only spends $0.06 as of 12/31/09).

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Hunter Walker

MAY 7, 2014

Their ultimate goal was a native mobile app but they’d built a proof of concept on web (with some light mobile web responsiveness). It was pretty nice but neither of them had sufficient native mobile app development experience (they were smart and likely could have learned, but that’s additional investment risk). Sounds great.

Hiring 108

Hiring Option Pool Early Stage Term Sheet 108

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

If youre offering the consultant stock options, youll also want to take into consideration what the exercise price is going to be and how long the options will be outstanding. Create an options pool, if nothing more than in your mind, so you have some parameters to work within," Durkin says. Fonality HUD Mobile.

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO Equity Iowa Technical Cofounder 40

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Point Nine Capital uses Qwilr to create modern, mobile-native collateral. The Long Term Stock Exchange is building out a set of tools for founders for managing their cap tables, 409A valuations, cash on hand, options pool, investor relations, etc.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

At a $1 million, pre-money, with an investment of $500K, that would leave 67% of the company for the founders and initial option pool. Keeping this simple with no employee option pool and just founders and investors, investors would hold 60% at this point (20% for angels and 40% for VCs) and founders would have 40%.

Pre-Money Valuation 28

Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28

thinkspace.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Chris Dixon wrote a blog post about “ The one number you should know about your equity grant “ The one number you should know about your equity grant is the percent of the company you are being granted (in options, shares, whatever – it doesn’t matter – just the % matters). Percent of the outstanding option pool: meaningless.

Equity 62

Equity Employee Founder CTO Hire 62