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8 Questions You Should Ask Before You Join A Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

How complex is the capitalization table? One more key employee or one more investor will probably not turn the situation around. Calculate employee stock option values and vesting times, as well as salary. Ironically, startup investors are normally in less personal jeopardy than early startup employees.

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8 Red Flags To Evaluate Before Pledging To A Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

How complex is the capitalization table? One more key employee or one more investor will probably not turn the situation around. Calculate employee stock option values and vesting times, as well as salary. Ironically, startup investors are normally in less personal jeopardy than early startup employees.

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8 Questions Before You Join Or Invest In A Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

How complex is the capitalization table? One more key employee or one more investor will probably not turn the situation around. Calculate employee stock option values and vesting times, as well as salary. Ironically, startup investors are normally in less personal jeopardy than early startup employees.

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Validate The Pedigree Of A Startup Before You Jump

Startup Professionals Musings

How complex is the capitalization table? One more key employee or one more investor will probably not turn the situation around. Calculate employee stock option values and vesting times, as well as salary. Ironically, startup investors are normally in less personal jeopardy than early startup employees.

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How to Pick the Right Attorney For Your Startup

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Picking the right attorney in your startup is as important as picking the right business partner. My business partner and I made many mistakes in our first tech startup, and so many of them were the result of choosing a lawyer who was a terrible fit. My business partner and I were elated. We set off to raise our money.

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Valuing Startup Employee Options

David Teten

Such a model is particularly helpful for those founders looking for a co-founder or key employee. While working on my most recent startup, Navon Partners , we were fortunate to have Raul Trevino , a star former Citi investment banker and Columbia MBA, interning with us. Vinicius Vacanti and Jim Moran of Yipit had the same experience.

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How to Raise Startup Funding from Unlikely Angel Investors

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Capitalization Table and Shareholder Roster. Self-employed people are permitted to stash away considerably more in their retirement accounts than employees and they are investing it anyway (usually in the stock market) so they may want to dedicate a portion of their portfolio to angel investments. Customer References.