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Startup Equity & Funding: 5 Catastrophic Startup Mistakes

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Table of Contents: 6:00 Common mistakes in allocating equity, how to understand relative contributions 11:00 Controls and restrictions, forfeiture restrictions 28:00 The importance of managing your cap table 30:45 Ways to manage your cap table 34:00 Common funding round types, priced rounds vs. safe notes, what's more appealing to investors 37:00 Mistakes (..)

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I'll Fund a Startup n00b But Here's How Not to Look Like One

This is going to be BIG.

In fact, there’s little written about some of the behavioral norm stuff, so while you can read endless articles about SAFEs vs convertible notes, how are you supposed to find out that putting LLC next to your company name in a pitch pretty much kills your fundraising. With LLCs, you get two strikes.

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4 Factors to Consider When Choosing a Business Structure

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Limited liability company (LLC), owned by one or more members. Single-member LLC. Multi-member LLC. Business owners who go into business alone have more control than partners (partnerships), members (multi-member LLCs) and shareholders (corporations). Structures that offer limited liability include: LLCs.

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