Remove Demand Remove Distribution Remove Liquidation Preference Remove Metrics
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Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations - Startups.

Tim Keane

.   At the financial level , and assuming a harvest of the investment in the company without the need for further financing, two terms stand out as driving economics: the dividend and the liquidation preference. Second a liquidation preference and a participation.   First , dividends.

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On the Road to Recap:

abovethecrowd.com

Anything that hints of a down round brings questions about the success metrics that have already been “booked.” If you really want to liberate your own common shares and those of your employees, then you want to convert the preferred to common and remove both the control and the liquidation preference over your shares.

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