Questions regarding units of ownership in a corporation, mutual fund, or other organization.
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Developer, offered share in small startup company in return for large rate reduction - advice needed
I currently work freelance as the sole software engineer for a small but promising startup company. I've been working with them for a several months, converting their "demo ware" software into ...
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Equity distribution in an early stage
I would appreciate to get some feedback from you in order to determine the equity distribution of the startup I am currently seting up with friends. The problem is that we've start working without ...
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Is it unattractive to investors if I have a 51% Anti-Dilution Provision?
Will investors be turned off if i own 51% of the company and have an Anti-Dilution clause that keeps me at 51%?
I expect I will go through several rounds of 3rd party investing in my start-up.
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How much equity is a business plan worth?
Say one person comes up with the idea for a startup, and spends a significant amount of time over 2 years developing the business plan. That person then asks others to join the startup as co-founders ...
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Establishing shared ownership
What is a reasonable software start-up ownership share between founders when one is more senior, putting in some of his own money and able to raise angel money from friends, while the other two are ...
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How much equity am I worth?
I had a problem that required a database solution. I designed the concept of the database and over a 2 year period developed a crude system that worked.
In trying to find help with the programming ...
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Help me understand issuing shares
If a company issues more shares does that reduce the value of the shares already issued? Logically it should.
For example if I gave 10% to someone for some work then later double the number of ...
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Internet startup - ownership share - developers vs biz people?
this is really good advice about ownership shares in a startup company.
But the advice is also very general. E.g. in the startup phase developers are extremely important - without them - there is no ...
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Employee Stock Options Plans effect on SEC Registration Requirements
Companies that have $10 million in assets and 500 shareholders of record are currently required to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and are thus subject, among other things, ...
