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

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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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The Truth About Convertible Debt at Startups and The Hidden Terms You Didn’t Understand

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Because convertible debt deals often have both a ‘full ratchet’ and often have ‘multiple liquidation preferences’ “ Yup. Convertible Notes Also Can Have Multiple Liquidation Preferences. Convertible notes often have multiple liquidation preferences. That’s right.

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Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010

SoCal CTO

liquidation preference. How to Proactively Protect Your Online Reputation - Startup Professionals Musings , June 12, 2010 These days, your online Internet reputation is your reputation. Yes, even bootstrappers. This pitcher has retired 5 of the last 7 batters. Your employees can’t also be your friends.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

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I’ve met several people from Cooley Godward who have stellar reputations in this category. You need to know how liquidations preferences work. They have a stellar reputation and know how to work with the earliest of starts with entrepreneurs. I already mentioned DLA Piper. You need to own your legal agreements.

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Want to Raise Venture Capital More Easily? Clean Up Your Own Shite First

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That means that the likely have a minimum of $15 million in liquidation preferences. It will usually be higher because the liquidation preference has a dividend so if the deal is long in the tooth assume that the liquidation preference might be $20-22 million. Reputation. So what happens?

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One Simple Paragraph Every Entrepreneur Should Add to Their Convertible Notes

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When you do a convertible note with a cap that converts into the next round of funding one of the unintended consequences is that if you’re successful and raise at a larger price than your cap the early angels often get “multiple liquidation preferences” on their dollars in.

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Startup Fairy Tales and Other Tall Tales That Venture Capitalists Tell

Growthink Blog

The angel then introduces the entrepreneur to his or her wealthy friends and business connections who, based on the good reputation of the referring angel, also invest. And they hire very aggressive securities attorneys to represent their interests. My suggestions for the investors seeking emerging companies to back?