Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

  Search. Seen from a 35,000-foot vantage point, term-sheets and valuations are a method of assessing risk and making mutual promises about assuming various risk components. Seen from a 35,000-foot vantage point, term-sheets and valuations are a method of assessing risk and making mutual promises about assuming various risk components.

Term Sheet 68

Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Coalesce address the more general problem of searching through large data sets for best fits. Pacer is useful to search prior litigation, bankruptcies, etc. 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

www.startupnorth.ca

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The Adventure of a Lifetime 17 Pithy Insights for Startup Founders 17 Pithy Insights for Startup Employees Venture Hacks > Hiring Venture Hacks > Employees Venture Hacks > The Option Pool Shuffle Paul Graham > The Equity Equation [link] boris It's important to note that those options grants are AFTER a Series A funding.

Employee 41

Employee Founder Salary Equity 41

venturehacks.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

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Equity 40

Equity Cap Table Valuation RSS 40

venturehacks.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Breakups are hard If you’re going to fall out with your co-founder, do it early, recover the equity into the option pool to keep the company going, and recruit someone else great to fill the missing slot. Convince him to work on yours part-time — he’ll drop his idea once yours gets traction. Build in founder vesting (a.k.a.

Cofounder 101

Cofounder Founder Technical Cofounder Technical Review 101

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

Theyleave 20% as an options pool for later employees (but they setthings up so that they can issue this stock to themselves if theyget bought early and most is still unissued), and the three founderseach get 25%. So after this the option pool is down to 13.7%). [ Theres only common stock at this stage.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

www.payne.org

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Companies allocate a pool of stock (usually called the Incentive Stock Option pool, or ISO pool) to grant to employees. The pool size is set during the funding negotiations with the founders and investors, and is typically sized to cover the first batch of hires up to the next round of funding. Navigation.

Equity 56

Equity Employee Vesting Preferred Stock 56

venturehacks.com

MARCH 21, 2008

Many advisors want options they can exercise immediately —that’s fine. If your company hasn’t raised a Series A, increase the advisor’s equity by roughly 30%-50% to account for dilution from seed investors, Series A investors, option pools, swimming pools, and the like. Learn more.

Advisory Board 44

Advisory Board Cap Table Vesting Equity 44