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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. … Equity is divided between the founders and the business begun. Here are some rules.

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Interview with Sam Teller, LaunchpadLA

socalTECH

For readers, LaunchpadLA is all about? For two years, it was a mentorship program, that worked with twenty three different companies, but did not have a fund, did not have an office, and didn't take any equity. We got over 400 applications for the ten slots we had open in this class, and we picked ten amazing companies.

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When should you go for equity financing?

Berkonomics

Let’s take a few minutes to examine the kind of equity financing available to small or early stage businesses. In most cases, these applicants for equity funding must be rooted in technology to apply to this limited discussion. This class of investor typically writes checks from $50,000 to $250,000. Accelerators. Venture farms.

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Careful about equity and options in early stage businesses

Berkonomics

For those negotiating equity allocations it covers some of the most complex issues to address in the process. Equity is divided between the founders and the business begun. If there is only one class of stock, the same as the founders, and the appraisal of the single class of shares yields, say $2.00

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myLINGO | Connecting Non-English Speakers with the Movies

Tech Zulu Event

Explain to our readers why you started your company, and why you created your app myLINGO. All these efforts were to figure out what it would take to put something like this in the market. Share with our readers your experience surrounding the launch of the app. Skip classes. What problem were you trying to solve?

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Equity financing: great for rapid growth startups

Berkonomics

There are three classes of equity investors for early stage businesses that we have not yet considered. Email readers, continue here.] With angel groups, you should plan of spending months in the process, from application through funding. This class of investor typically writes checks from $50,000 to $250,000.

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Equity is the currency of early stage businesses.

Berkonomics

Equity is divided between the founders and the business begun. Email readers continue here.] It there is only one class of stock, the same as the founders, and the appraisal of the single class of shares yields, say $2.00 In other words, you cannot create bargain options at below “market rates.”

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