Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

Ask them how much they think such a solution would cost them. Founder vesting. Yesterday I wrote a blog posting on founder vesting (see here ). You should implement restricted stock with vesting at the earliest stages in your company -even before the VC’s ask. Tags: Start-up Advice startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2021

Even though initial stock has no value or market, it is extremely valuable in dividing entity ownership between multiple co-founders, commensurate with their investment, contribution and role. Startup owners need to assume a three to five year wait for a liquidity event, such as acquisition or going public, before they can cash out.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Even though initial stock has no value or market, it is extremely valuable in dividing entity ownership between multiple co-founders, commensurate with their investment, contribution and role. Startup owners need to assume a three to five year wait for a liquidity event, such as acquisition or going public, before they can cash out.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2015

Even though initial stock has no value or market, it is extremely valuable in dividing entity ownership between multiple co-founders, commensurate with their investment, contribution and role. Startup owners need to assume a three to five year wait for a liquidity event, such as acquisition or going public, before they can cash out.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 29, 2011

Finance Friday’s gets off the ground with today’s post by introducing you to an imaginary startup, the entrepreneurs that we’ll being following throughout the series, and their first challenges: splitting up the founders’ equity and addressing the case where one of the founders provides the initial seed capital for the business.

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ithacaVC

JUNE 20, 2011

Cost is the overriding issue for startups when it comes to properly engaging a lawyer. My general retort on this point is this: expect to incur real lawyer costs and get over it. This is a follow on to my June 13, 2011 post about controlling your lawyer and was inspired by a comment to that earlier post.

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venturehacks.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Venture Hacks Good advice for startups. Consider the opportunity cost of spending shares on employees and investors. Consider the opportunity cost of spending shares on employees and investors. For the average startup, that would be an extraordinary bargain. Ask the Attorney” – Founder Vesting. SUPPORTED BY.

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