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Your board should protect you!

Berkonomics

They can elect directors for their class of stock, approve mergers and acquisitions; approve increases or changes to the capital structure of the company and other more minor actions. Sometimes, there will be a conflict of interest between the people representing the various shareholder classes on a board.

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Here’s a rule for companies with outstanding loans

Berkonomics

Long term debt is taken on for the acquisition of fixed assets such as equipment, cars, facilities and acquisitions of companies or their assets. Differences between types of assets and liabilities. First, let’s be sure we know what is short in term and what is long in term.

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What’s the minimum information to give your investors?

Berkonomics

These include election or re-election of board members if required by the bylaws of the corporation, approval of any increases to stock option plans (which would dilute the worth of shares outstanding,) and approve any additions to the capital stock authorized to be issued.

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How much information do you give to investors?

Berkonomics

Email readers, continue here.] These include election or re-election of board members if required by the bylaws of the corporation, approval of any increases to stock option plans (which would dilute the worth of shares outstanding), and approve any additions to the capital stock authorized to be issued.

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Board members must protect the coporation before themselves.

Berkonomics

They can elect directors for their class of stock, approve mergers and acquisitions; approve increases or changes to the capital structure of the company and other more minor actions. Sometimes, there will be a conflict of interest between the people representing the various shareholder classes on a board.

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Be careful about equity and options!

Berkonomics

Here is the warning: The execution of equity allocations and of a good incentive program using equity is often mismanaged, damaging the corporate capitalization structure and even affecting the outcome of subsequent investment into the company. … How about multiple classes of stock?

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A Guide to Using Authority & Social Proof in Fund Raising

Both Sides of the Table

I recently read a book I’d highly recommend to every reader of this blog called “ Yes, 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Persuasive &# by Robert B. John gave me the book after I spoke at his entrepreneurship class at UCSB. Anything requiring lead generation and/or customer acquisition I call Matt Coffin.

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