genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Tracking and Forecasting the Trends Impacting the Future of Small Business. where your stock sits in the liquidity preference stack. what rights and preferences the founders and the other investors have. Have not met anyone I wanted to hire who was willing to work for equity. Lessons from a Failed Forecast.

Equity 40

Equity Technical Review San Jose Stock 40

Up and Running

MAY 21, 2015

They generally also get additional rights that common shareholders don’t get, such as anti-dilution protection, and liquidation preference (discussed further below). Liquidation preference. Whether that’s true or not depends in no small part on how the liquidation preference clause was negotiated with outside investors.

Covenant 60

Covenant Liquidation Preference Ratchet Dilution 60

Venture Chronicles

AUGUST 23, 2013

To recap, here is the series thus far: 1) Hiring 2) Dynamic Org Structures 3) Product First 4) Marketing. Preferred shareholders are inherently conflicted in this regard because they enjoy advantages such as liquidation preferences and anti-dilution protections that give them a built-in advantage over the common class of stock.

Management 66

Management Startup Liquidation Preference Dilution 66