The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

The State Arrest Warrant Search will protect you from mischievous employees or tenants. The people search will help you find out if an arrest warrant has been issued for a person. Let’s take the arrest warrant as an example. How to conduct a State Arrest Warrant Search. The post Why Use Warrant Searches in your Hiring appeared first on The Startup Magazine. We are living in a crazy world and it’s getting harder and harder to trust the people around us.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 21, 2010

the economic benefits to BigCo never warrant all of the time and effort they put into getting a stake in your company and trying to make that stake worth money. So Plan B for many BigCo’s is to take “performance-based warrants.&# The following is a guide to what these are, whether to offer them and how to structure them. What are Performance Based Warrants? What is a “performance based&# warrant? Make the warrants tied to objective measures.

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ithacaVC

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

Below I refer to this fair risk incentive as the “reward” The article I just read, however, argues strongly that the convertible debt holder, and, more importantly, the new Series A investors, would be better off if the convertible debt had warrant coverage instead of a conversion discount. Conversion Discount vs Warrant Coverage. I am on the Campus to Campus back from NYC to Ithaca. Smooth ride so far (better than the 6 hour trek on the way down yesterday).

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www.mattbartus.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

One possibility is to negotiate a higher valuation and offer warrants (i.e., Take a look at the numbers when you increase the fully diluted pre-money valuation from $3 million to $5 million and include warrants: Pre-Money. Warrants. -. Prior to the VC’s exercise of the warrants, the founders will actually own 67% of the issued shares because the warrant shares are not outstanding until the warrants are exercised. 1,333,333 warrants x $0.50

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Ben's Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

That excitement proved to be warranted in so many ways as. When Lars joined our firm, nobody was more excited about it than me as. I wrote here. Lars brought a perspective and a vibrance that we had not …

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

This advice is given freely whether warranted or unwarranted but with little in the way of how to effectively do so. Along with purchasing a reputable anti-virus solution, the next bit of advice given by cybersecurity experts is to back-up your data.

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TechEmpower

JUNE 6, 2018

Developers on slower platforms often have so thoroughly internalized the limitations of their platform that they don't even recognize the resulting pathologies: Slow platforms yield premature architectural complexity as the weapons of “high-scale” such as message queues, caches, job queues, worker clusters, and beyond are introduced at load levels that simply should not warrant the complexity.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2020

Enamel pins are the cheapest and most warranted products by consumers. For the e-commerce industry, 2020 has been a year of ups and downs. After the COVID-19 outbreak, the growth in e-commerce witnessed a steep rise that eventually has set new records of revenues and customers for businesses. The staggering numbers in revenue are certainly way above the projections of $2 trillion for 2020.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

There are a number of venture debt lenders, however, that will waive the guarantee in return for warrants to purchase stock if the VC backing the company is recognized and has a relationship with the lender. One of my company boards offered the founder with a 20% remaining interest after several rounds a reward for signing two large personal guarantees necessary to grow the business – in the form of a warrant to purchase common shares at today’s common share price.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

There are times where it is warranted. What Can You Do if a VC Pulls Their Term Sheet? I was asked to answer this exact question on Quora and I did so some time ago. The beauty of evergreen content is that it resurfaces all the time and it is as relevant today as it was years ago when I answered it. One of my favorite ways to resurface content is when I see people on Twitter put out a Tweet linking to an old post.

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Gust

JUNE 7, 2014

5) Senior Preferred Stock and warrants. 7) Junior Preferred Stock and warrants. 9) Common Stock (including any Preferred that converted to Common, any exercised options, and all Founders stock) and Common stock warrants. Every investment round in a company is made on the basis of extensivepaperwork (often upwards of 100 pages in total) specifying *precisely* what happens when it comes time to pay out the proceeds (if any) from the sale or dissolution of the company.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 17, 2019

When Is Spend on BI Not Warranted? Spend on BI is not automatically warranted; the value you’ll derive from BI depends on more than just the tools and tech you’re putting in place. Organizations are increasingly investing in business intelligence (BI) — either by deploying new platforms or making improvements to their existing systems. Why are companies putting so much money into BI these days?

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SiliconHills

DECEMBER 14, 2015

11th, along with warrants […] The post Austin-based Perk.com Buys Viggle of New York appeared first on SiliconHills. Perk.com announced Monday it has signed an asset purchase agreement with New York-based Viggle Inc., a mobile and web-based entertainment marketing platform. Austin-based Perk will pay 1.5 million common shares, valued at $4.7 million, based on the closing price per Perk share of $4.30 on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Dec.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2020

It can go up to $250000, a lot of money for most people, which warrants outside funding sources. Do you want to start your own dental practice? There are many factors that you should consider. There are many opportunities for starting a dental practice.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

In the document it outlines that you will issue stock at a $5m pre-money valuation and in recognition of the additional risks and commitments of early money you have allocated warrants to the first $150,000 of investors. The way it works structurally is that you issue stock (let’s say it’s at $1 / share) and for the first 150,000 shares you also grant a warrant of common stock equal to $1 for every share they buy.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

AUGUST 16, 2020

Do Not Allow a Search of Your home Without a Warrant. You are legally empowered to deny them a search if they do not have a warrant signed by the magistrate. Many people believe that if they have not done anything wrong, they will not be imprisoned or falsely accused of a crime.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

A lender will usually engage an impartial valuer to determine the amount of loan that may be warranted. Finally, you are making that great decision — purchasing a new home. At last, you will say goodbye top rent. You will have the independence to redesign your home. However, you need to get it right. Remember, purchasing a new home isn’t that easy. It can be thrilling and nerve-wracking. It requires a lot of expertise and professional support.

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Berkonomics

JULY 16, 2020

Lenders sometime add a charge for loan oversight, called a consulting fee, and very often make warrants (a promise to later sell the lender stock at a fixed price) a part of the deal. When calculating the true cost of a working capital loan, after adding all these elements and estimating the value of the warrants in dilution to the shareholders, you may be shocked at the number when expressed as an annual percentage rate. Catching up from past insights.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 18, 2019

4/ Software- and fintech enablement: This is a topic on its own that warrants more investigation. People will often ask me, “So, what are the big tech trends right now?” ” In 2020, I gave 1.5 answers to that question. The obvious trend in startups (which has been going on for a year or two) is the idea of the “prosumer as the new consumer.”

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 26, 2017

In the investment world, if we are unable to come to terms over the valuation of a company, we sometimes add penny warrants to sweeten the deal, allowing the investors to own a larger stake in the company at any time merely by exercising the warrants. I admit that my dad taught me this when I was just a fifteen–year old kid starting a business and negotiating with suppliers for the first time. But I learned it again and again in my various business lives.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 22, 2019

Most athletic directors and front-office honchos prize prior playing experience; your name needn’t have appeared in lights to warrant consideration. All good things must come to an end. That’s all the more true in the world of athletics, where careers are most often measured in years, not decades, and every body has its limits.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 27, 2020

This type of structure not only ensures that your assets are protected but also warrant your protection as an individual in case of business disputes. Establishing a startup business is very exciting and fulfilling. However, there are other serious aspects that you need to consider, such as the legal aspect. It prevents you from running into legal issues that could hurt or even kill your startup. But, do you know these legal aspects?

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Austin Startup

JULY 15, 2019

Do you have an understanding of venture capital terminology and common structures such as convertible notes, SAFEs, stock options, warrants, and early stage equity transactions? You will coordinate and administer the most active venture capital fund in Texas and see an insane amount of dealflow. You’ll know the inside details about almost every deal that goes down.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 25, 2015

And for f**k sakes please don’t use cumulative numbers to make yourself feel great unless they’re warranted. Startups in a world of massive markets can be confusing. The law of large numbers, platforms that can make your company blow up unexpectedly and the trendy nature of tech markets can be deceiving. Success for many is ephemeral.

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The Next Web

APRIL 18, 2016

These directives prevent parties like Microsoft form informing their users when the government obtains a warrant to read emails. Forget about Apple and the FBI going pawn-for-pawn on the legal chessboard for the past few weeks – Microsoft is bringing the digital privacy fight to the government. Last week, The New York Times reported that the immutable software behemoth is suing the Justice Department over its frequent use of gag orders.

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Austin Startup

MAY 13, 2019

The police now have to get a warrant to put a GPS tracker on a car. More recently, the Supreme Court ruled that police must obtain a valid search warrant before obtaining location data on a suspect from their cell phone. Even with a warrant, there is no way to use face recognition on one specific person in a crowd without first tracking everyone and searching through them to find the person you are interested in.

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abovethecrowd.com

AUGUST 23, 2020

Nearly every term in a SPAC, including the Sponsor share % (this can range from 20% all the way down to 0%), the Sponsor warrant coverage, the negotiated price with the seller, and even who is on the go forward board can change at almost any point in the process.

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View from Seed

APRIL 30, 2015

We also spell out the interest-only period, the amortization period, the warrants, the interest rate, and then some high level legal terms we would include in the documents and highlight in the term sheet — similar to a VC term sheet. GM: There are warrants attached to these loans, but it’s a pretty nominal dilution and pretty low cost of capital for an entrepreneur, which is usually part of the appeal.

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Board Effect

OCTOBER 5, 2020

This level of responsibility warrants higher compensation. Nonprofits need strong leadership and that comes with a price. Yet, donors generally pass over nonprofits that seek funds to pay for executive compensation. That means funds have to come from somewhere else.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 1, 2019

If you’re making enough revenue to warrant a storage unit, then. If you run a small business and have heard a little about the opportunity to rent a storage unit, you’ll understandably have some questions regarding exactly how it works. Perhaps you’d like to expand your business operations and will require more space in your office. Maybe you’ve got to make some renovations in your working space and simply need somewhere to keep your furniture and equipment for a few months.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

If it has been a while since you have rolled out your product or your services, you many to see if your pricing is still competitive but also warranted by your operations and delivery. Working to manage a company takes a lot of strategic investments, but the most important goal of all decision-making is to improve your company’s financial. This could happen by reducing expenses, increasing your sales, and generating more revenue.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Recently, one of my companies offered the founder with a 20% remaining interest after several rounds a reward for signing two large personal guarantees necessary to grow the business – in the form of a warrant to purchase common shares at today’s common share price. Approach your co-investors to negotiate some mitigation of personal risk, such as a backup guarantee in return for warrants.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

I suggest, however, that the attention might be warranted on its merits.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 22, 2020

Some 3rd party eCommerce services will offer you incredibly cheap rates, leading you to invest in their services for the sake of saving money, but this may be due to the fact that they have a lackluster record that doesn’t warrant higher rates. eCommerce sales are more popular than ever before right now, which many take to be an unfettered good for business owners everywhere.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 19, 2015

My weakness is that I have things that slip through the crack that warrant my attention, my strength is that I can get laser focused on the things that matter most to me. Business leaders have many tasks to accomplish and prioritizing stuff can be hard. Yesterday I wrote about the need to “ do fewer things, more often ” in which I described that frenzied world we live in and why the shiny objects and distractions stop us from living up to our true potential.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2014

Some were warranted – others weren’t. A few years ago I started calling the local tech ecosystem down here #LATech. I had an agenda. We graduate more engineers in our greater region than anywhere else in the US. We have top 25 engineering schools than anywhere else, too. I never wanted to be a derivative of Silicon Valley. I have the utmost respect for the tech produced by our northern colleagues and acknowledge it is the tech capital of the world and that won’t change.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 20, 2017

However, a lot of founders have a tendency to be overly dismissive--to tell themselves a narrative and stick to that, no matter what anyone else, even if the criticism is warranted. It's really easy to be dismissive these days--because people talk a lot of s**t. There's probably no more dismissive group than founders--because you have to dismiss a lot of doubt and negativity on your way to success.

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TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

API-level changes are warranted as well. This article discusses java.util.EnumSet. and java.util.EnumMap. from Java's standard libraries. What are they? When should they be used? Could the implementations be improved? Could the APIs be improved? Conclusion. What are they? EnumSet. and EnumMap are compact, efficient implementations of the Set and Map interfaces. They have the constraint that their elements/keys come from a single enum type. Like HashSet and HashMap , they are modifiable.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 11, 2018

Once you have everything set up, you can maintain it on your own until you’re earning enough money and bringing in enough business to warrant hiring someone to maintain it for you. Starting your own business is a lofty goal with benefits like personal financial freedom, working in an industry you’re passionate about, and the ability to take time off when you’d like to spend time with family or handle other things in your life.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 30, 2018

The current President still has a very large and strong base of support, and I do not see that support changing enough to warrant other big changes in 2019. Alright, here we go. My predictions for 2019. I am not great at these “looking ahead” posts. We all know the unknown will happen. Looking at my post last year, it wasn’t that great — and my take on crypto was proven wrong.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 15, 2014

This could slot into housekeeping, but each hire makes such a huge impact on a seed-stage startup that we believe this warrants its very own section as well. Over the summer, based on feedback from our portfolio and the broader startup community, NextView created pre-formatted board deck templates for seed-stage startups — part of our Growth Guides series. Included in that deck was something that caught some folks by surprise.

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ithacaVC

JUNE 28, 2011

Warrant kickers: A warrant kicker is a reward for participation. A warrant is the right to buy stock in the future as a set price (usually called a strike price). For example, participants in the Series B financing might receive warrants to purchase additional shares of Series B stock based on their level of participation. For instance, participants could get a warrant for 50% of the stock they actually purchased exercisable within the next 7 years.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

Given the bank more “warrant coverage.&#. Called Tim Spicer (c-companies partner) and he told him matt, they only want one thing, more warrant coverage!!! Mark: 10% warrant coverage is like stock options. Icing is the warrant for banks – stock they can buy in future but don’t have to buy so they make their $$ later in the future.

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