www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

I wassurprised recently when I realized that all the worst problems wefaced in our startup were due not to competitors, but investors.Dealing with competitors was easy by comparison. Your natural tendency when an investor says yes willbe to relax and go back to writing code. They were helpful in negotiating deals, for example.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Manuge continues, “Corl connects to a business’ bank accounts, accounting software, payment processors, and other digital services to collect 10,000+ historical data points that are analyzed in real-time. We have reviewed the application process of other RBI lenders and have not found one that has more API connections that ours.

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Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

VC Adventure

MAY 10, 2020

In that FAQ the SBA stated (emphasis added): [B]efore submitting a PPP application, all borrowers should review carefully the required certification that “[c]urrent economic uncertainty makes this loan request necessary to support the ongoing operations of the Applicant.” Exactly what this means isn’t clear.

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The Startup Toolkit

AUGUST 29, 2012

If the founding team is non-technical and you can’t figure out whether you are being screwed by your developers or whether your potential new CTO is amazing, a tech advisor can help by joining you in interviews and reviewing commits. You probably don’t need to get the cap table involved in that.

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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. Make your choices only after you’ve done some due diligence with other companies where they’ve served. Some take a day to explain.

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adamac.blogspot.com

MARCH 9, 2010

Maybe the CEO got his cousin from Omaha to be their lawyer or theres been some serious messing around with the cap table. I actually once had a very non-technical recruiter try to give me a technical interview (including coding) over the phone. Either way, its a sign that something is amiss. Thats a REALLY bad sign.

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VC Adventure

AUGUST 15, 2018

It was a benefit to employees and a slight value transfer from equity holders to option holders (generally speaking in M&A transactions the value of the aggregate option exercise ends up allocated across the rest of the cap table). So 30%-40% is the range.

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Valuation Common Stock Cap Table Software Review 48

venturehacks.com

MARCH 21, 2008

We would like to propose a shareholder’s code of conduct: if you think you’re doing too much, you’re probably just doing your share. Read some fun reviews of this site. All our products Pitching Hacks , Cap Table , and Co-founder Interview. Our Spreadsheet Check out the video tour. Learn more.

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Advisory Board Cap Table Vesting Equity 44

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

I was writing some software, I was doing some product management stuff. Git is another decentralized protocol really for version control and software. Due to their bylaws and LP agreements and things, they can only hold public securities, like in the traditional sense. This is Out Of the Crisis. What are institutions for?

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

WeWork needed billions in a cap table crushing lifeline and Knotel went bankrupt as well. These aren’t people well suited to spend working sessions reviewing codes of conduct or vision and values statements about membership in the community—and that’s something that needs to change in venture.

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David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

Foundry Group, investing primarily in “ Software and Internet ”, follows six major themes, e.g., Human Computer Interaction (HCI) or Distribution. Software is by far the most sought-after class, with 94% of VCs investing in it. software”); 43 invest in 2 types of technology (e.g., software” and “deeptech”), and so on.

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