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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

It’s always fun chatting with Jason because he’s knowledgeable about the market, quick on topics and pushes me to talk more about VC / entrepreneur issues. Often times when companies raise “bridgefinancing (this is money from internal investors. This week was had Jason Calacanis as our guest. Short answer: no.

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Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control

David Teten

According to Lighter Capital ,“ the RBI market has grown rapidly, contrasting sharply with a decrease in the number of early-stage angel and VC fundings ”. However, many industry experts question the accuracy of early-stage market data, given many startups are no longer filing their Form Ds. of founders raise VC; the other 99.4%

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How to Evaluate an Offer from a Startup Incubator

The Startup Lawyer

But before your startup signs up and cashes that $[XX,000] check, your startup’s co-founders should sit down and evaluate the incubator’s offer. Most incubators take common stock and sit “side-by-side&# with the founders, but some may want some (weak) preferred stock and/or dilution protection. Conclusion.

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Founders Shares: How do you split them up?

www.copelandfirm.com

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The Option Pool Shuffle

venturehacks.com

Do you mean the shares go to the founders? That does work if the company gets sold before another round of financing. But if you do another round of financing first, those unallocated shares will go into a new option pool. What if the founder already included an option pool in the existing shares outstanding?