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Is a 50/50 equity split without 50/50 control a doable and wise thing?
I've found a great partner for my second tech startup, and want to structure this one better than the first, which made money but eventually got ugly due to poor choices my younger self made along the ...
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Selling Company Stock
I am an employee who has been granted common stock (note: actual stock, not just options) in the privately held company I work for. To my knowledge, the stock is not traded anywhere and it does not ...
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Diluting stock of a company
How would one go about Diluting stock in company and what are the most common situations where dilution occurs?
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Considering an offer from a startup, two different compensation packages. Advice?
A bit of background: The two founders are guys I used to work with before our previous employer (a SaaS company) was aquired back in 2010. One of the founders was a senior sales exec and the other was ...
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Can the total number of stocks in a company change?
I was discussing doing some work for shares in a startup when the owner mentioned something interesting.
Basically I would be given X shares for my work and with the current number of stock that came ...
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I was hired onto a start up and was given 10,000 phantom shares with no vesting period. Can I sell those at any point?
I was hired onto a startup that is backed by a very very wealthy family. I was given 10,000 phantom shares in two companies with no vesting period. One is generating modest revenue the other is ...
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Working @ Startup. Need help reading their most recent SEC Filing
Our Company just raised another round of funding (5MM). I took a peak at the SEC filing and it was confusing. See below:
Total Offering Amount $18,500,000 USD Total Amount Sold $9,777,138 USD ...
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How dividends work when you have common & preferred stockholders?
This may not be a very common question since most tech startups don't really pay dividends, but maybe someone can help me.
I want to start a lifestyle business (Maybe one day it will be sold, but ...
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Am I a cofounder and how many equity shares should I take?
An engineer creates a product with most fundamental functions and is almost ready to establish a new company. He wants me to be in charge of the marketing for the new company/product. For now, only he ...
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Product equity rather than company equity - any examples?
We're all familiar with the traditional shared equity arrangements in a startup; Some contribution = Some % of shares (thus equity) in the company, which may or may not payoff down the road at either ...
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If i open a branch in a secondary country, Will it have its own shares?
So let's take this as a scenario:
I have shares in a company in Australia, The company decided to get into the US and do the same service but it'll target US customers.
Will the new company have a ...
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Stock equivalent options if the company is self funded and does not intend to go public
I run a company that’s self funded and does not intend to go public (this might change due to the nature of the business).
I have started to experience scale and traction, which means that I will ...
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What are the requirements for raising capital for IPO through private placement?
Well I am trying to raise capital for upcoming IPO's.I would appreciate for the answer of these questions.
1.What are the requirements for raising capital by Private placement memorandum process.
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How to raise funds from Asset Management Compnay for Stock Markets? [closed]
Firstly I would say that I was wrong about raising funds from Venture Capital,Private Equity,Business Incubator or Angel Investors for Stock Market.Subsequently I came to know about Asset Management ...
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Received ISO grant date a year after vesting date (start date) and therefore higher strike price than was at start date
I'll try to make this simple:
I started at my startup over a year ago, apx 6 mos before we raised a second round of funding (helping with this was a big part of my hire), in my offer letter I was ...
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Does having stock grant equal shareholder
Legally speaking, if a person has been issued a stock grant does it automatically make that person a shareholder?
Or does he need to be given a stock certificate?
What about options?
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Can some wealthy investor invest or can have a deal with the compeny before it goes public?
Well I just had a question in mind that a wealthy investor invest his money in any IPO before it goes public.Said that I am referring through recent Goldman Sachs and Facebook deal worth $450 Million ...
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Equity distribution software SaaS spin-off
I have been working in a consulting agency for a couple of years. Besides my standard job responsibilities, I was accountable for the technology. Some years ago we developed a software, for internal ...
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Format or terms and condition of Preferred Stocks Angels ask for
I read several blogs and interview of several Angel investors. My understanding is they are mostly asking for Preferred Stocks.
What are most common terms and conditions they lay down in Preferred ...
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Best way to commercialize a software
My associates and I own a services business. To improve efficiency we started to developed own software two years ago. The software we developed seems to be very effective and time-saving for us and ...
