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Second-Class Investor Citizens: Facebook’s IPO and Dual-Class Equity Structures

Gust

Dual-class voting structures are receiving a lot of attention these days along with intense publicity related to the Facebook IPO , following in the wake of other recent tech IPOs with a similar structure such as Zynga and LinkedIn.

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Working for Equity Instead of Cash

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Small Business Labs, from Emergent Research , covers the key social, technology and business trends impacting small business. Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. New Communications Review. Part of my business is working with tech start-ups as an advisor/consultant. Emergent Research.

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New Plain Preferred Term Sheet

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The only science and technology-focused comprehensive university located between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Harrisburg University’s academic mission is to create, to attract and to expand economic opportunities in the region. A 1x liquidation preference , versus a 1x to 3x range in recent deals reported on TheFunded.com.

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On the Road to Recap:

abovethecrowd.com

In late 2015, many public technology companies saw a significant retrenchment in their share prices primarily as a result of a reduction in valuation multiples. If 1999 was a wet (read liquid) bubble, 2015 was a particularly dry one. In Q1 of 2016 there were zero VC-backed technology IPOs.

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Electing a Truly Independent Director

Austin Startup

TL;DR Nutshell : There are few governance-related decisions with a more outsized impact on a company’s power structure than the selection of an independent director. They’ll focus on high-level issues like valuation, liquidation preference, and board composition (# of seats), and then prematurely check out once a term sheet is signed.