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Common Stock vs. Preferred Stock in Venture Funding Transactions

Growthink Blog

The question is whether they need to issue common or preferred stock. The answer depends on how and what rights are defined in the preferred stock. The liquidation preference means what is sounds - namely that preferred stock holders with this right get all of their money back (i.e.

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8 Entrepreneur Mistakes That Turn Off Real Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Experienced entrepreneurs understand investor expectations of Board representation, preferred stock, and payments based on interim milestones. Marketing programs and distribution channels are required for even the best solutions, with an appropriate and viable rollout and growth strategy. Ask only for the money you can justify.

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Corporation or LLC? Business Organizations for Tech Startups.

YoungUpstarts

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. An LLC offers greater control over how earnings are used and distributed, but even LLCs have to be reasonable in how they distribute (i.e. Verdict : LLC.

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Want to Know How VC’s Calculate Valuation Differently from Founders?

Both Sides of the Table

Things like “ participating preferred stock &# in legalese unsurprisingly never actually call out, “hey, this is the participating preferred language.&# We got a3x participating liquidation preference with interest (not participating with a 3x cap, but 3x participating. 4 * $4 million) and not $4 million.

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8 Funding Proposal Red Flags Every Startup Can Avoid

Startup Professionals Musings

Experienced entrepreneurs understand investor expectations of Board representation, preferred stock, and payments based on interim milestones. Marketing programs and distribution channels are required for even the best solutions, with an appropriate and viable rollout and growth strategy. Ask only for the money you can justify.

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Distribution revenue is CPC and CPA. . Historically more revenue came from distribution/lead-gen (57% in 2007), but this tipped in 2008 though appears to be steady from 2009 to 2010 at about 58% advertising and 42% distribution. Kayak generates both distribution (i.e. Expedia accounted for 24.5% as of 12/31/09).

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Shark Tank Season 4 week 4 breakdown

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Week three’s breakdown covered topics like how hard momentum is to turn around, and how participating preferred stock works. He had been at it for 6 months and had no sales or distribution lined up yet. I’ve been writing up reviews of this season’s Shark Tank pitches from a silicon valley VCs perspective.