Cofounder Preferred Stock Software Review 
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 24, 2017
A version of this article is in the Harvard Business Review. Why do these founders get to stay around? Because the balance of power has dramatically shifted from investors to founders. VCs competing for unicorn investments have given founders control of the board. This seems to be occurring more and more.
Up and Running
MAY 23, 2016
Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. If you use software like LivePlan, you can create this initial “lean plan” in under an hour and then spend your time where it really matters—on validating your idea.
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YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 25, 2015
Stocks are issued at the time the company is formed, and more can be issued over time. You can control the power of your company’s stock by issuing different classes. Down the line, a potential buyer may prefer the predictable structure of a corporation. The ownership structure of an LLC is a blank slate.
Agile VC
APRIL 17, 2011
Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. Co-founder & CEO Steve Hafner and the business team are based in Norwalk, CT. Kayak Software Corporation. Series A Preferred. Series A-1 Preferred.
Startup Company Lawyer
MARCH 14, 2010
Founders Institute Plain Preferred Term Sheet (by WSGR – disclaimer, I represent the Founders Institute and was involved in drafting this document). I also reviewed the TechStars documents last year and they are similar in concept to the Y Combinator documents as the chart below indicates.). Co-sale rights.
David Teten
MARCH 14, 2018
Managers of VC funds typically want to grow their business aggressively, just like the founders we back. – Templatize the entrepreneurial process , by providing checklists, standardized agreements and other reusable code. Typically they get cofounder common equity, in addition to the preferred stock that a conventional VC gets.
www.vccafe.com
MARCH 11, 2013
VC Cafe highlights everything you need to know from hosting your code in hackathons to open source legal docs. ” Hackernews list of “Tools of the Trade” for startups - includes over 150 SaaS tools used by startups, and over 150 comments with interesting insights from founders. Code Igniter. code spaces (svn).
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