Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

When you set up a board it is often initially a combination of the founders and the early investors. It can start 2–1 founders to investors and then sometimes moves to 3–2 but sometime around the A, B or C round the idea of “independent” directors comes up. When an entrepreneur takes on investors who take equity (i.e.

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thestartuplawyer.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder. He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder. You can start by examining every aspect of the co-founder relationship. Don’t leave anything out just because you and your co-founders already talked about it.

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Cofounder Founder Preferred Stock Startup 40

View from Seed

MARCH 12, 2015

In a typical first meeting between a VC and team of co-founders, the investor typically ends up asking more questions than the founders. This almost goes without saying, but odds are good that your other founder friends in the startup ecosystem have crossed paths with some of the VC firms you might be researching.

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Term Sheet Cofounder SEC Portfolio 120

Hippoland

JULY 24, 2018

And I enjoy working with founders immensely. And then later, when the fund needs money, the fund does a capital call. Typically, capital calls are done over the course of 3 years. The capital calls are not done on a perfectly regular cadence, because sometimes a fund will need money sooner than later.

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Salary Capital Call Bootstrapping Cofounder 48

Hippoland

JULY 24, 2018

And I enjoy working with founders immensely. And then later, when the fund needs money, the fund does a capital call. Typically, capital calls are done over the course of 3 years. The capital calls are not done on a perfectly regular cadence, because sometimes a fund will need money sooner than later.

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Salary Capital Call Bootstrapping Cofounder 48