Up and Running
JULY 2, 2014
So far it sounded like a fair deal, considering we didn’t yet have a product developed – only a pitch deck, a business plan, a fleshed-out idea, and some user interface (UI) designs of what we thought our online product would look like. The deal we made with him was he’d get 33.3%
View from Seed
OCTOBER 15, 2014
Examples of housekeeping include the following list, though not every item will appear every time: Finance: Cash out date, burn rate, 409A valuation, cap table, common/preferred stock dashboard. Even if there’s some kind of product in the market during the first round of financing, it’s probably to be unproven.
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www.informationarbitrage.com
FEBRUARY 24, 2010
Selecting value-added angel investors and advisors can also help with the camaraderie issue, as they can provide advice and counsel during the solitary period of hard-core coding and product development. A full-time business partner is definitely not required at this point in the company's life.
Austin Startup
AUGUST 20, 2017
Your Cap Table is something that deserves constant care and attention. Messy cap tables can come back to haunt you when you do a financing or sell the company. Your Product Plan must fit into context of your overall business mission. Keep the valuations consistent with company progress.
David Teten
AUGUST 19, 2019
In addition, I’ve noted a few multi-product lending firms, e.g., Kapitus and United Capital Source , which provide RBI as one of many structural options to companies seeking capital. . We have a special program if you are pre-seed and need product development. Limited amount of existing debt and a clean cap table”.
Hunter Walker
JUNE 14, 2018
Hiring, org structure, product development philosophies and so on. Who will hold the accountable to building something they’re proud of but remember we sit on the cap table, not the org chart. . “Horizontal Expertise” – We see lots of startups, we’ve built and run large teams.
David Teten
OCTOBER 1, 2015
Ideally, the economics of a development investment look like those of a cash investment; typically, a seed investor will get no more than about 20% of a company for his capital. Second, the company must eventually own the product development and maintenance functions in-house.
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