Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

As Finance Fridays continues, we are introducing the concept of the Cap Table. As first time entrepreneurs they did not create an employee options pool; we’ll fix that in a little while. They come up with two options: Hire Praveena as an employee and offer her stock options.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Finance | Tuesdays. Financing a Small Business. Financing A Small Business. Personal Finance. Before Roving Software could receive its first round of financing from professional investors, in early 1999, he had to put all the stock arrangements in writing. Start-up | Mondays. Technology | Thursdays. Franchises.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

For angel groups, the distinction between groups and VCs on this issue is dwindling, especially as angel groups do bigger rounds of financing.   Note that this applies only to earl stage Series A-type equity financings and assumes no cash dividends are paid to investors.   First , dividends.   Why is this fair? .

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Some notable metrics are revenue growth rates, free cashflow, leverage ratios, historical financing amounts, returns on marketing spend, customer acquisition costs, lifetime value of customers, customer churn rates, and team social scores. I’ve seen other VCs use Bridge to more efficiently make and track introductions. . 11) Exit .

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www.instigatorblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

You can’t have an option pool that takes up 50% of the company’s shares, and you have to leave room for future employees as well. turtlebarbeque I always believed the equity distribution is primarily based on the worth of the contribution. the better the startup will be. Thank you and great post bud.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 14, 2013

But we had a solid product, strong weekly revenue growth (10% week over week), and two distribution/marketing channels that were already paying dividends. A convertible note is actually a debt instrument that converts to equity upon certain events occurring (usually a series A financing event). Almost all of that was foreign to me.

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