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  1. Oh Sheet! 5 Critical Issues for Your Next Financing Term Sheet

    How Much do you Know about a Financing Term Sheet? You are in the early stage of the financing process for your company. A non-disclosure agreement has been executed, and you have started initial discussions with an interested investor, perhaps with a peek behind the curtain to assess the value of your venture. It is…

  2. Finders/Weepers – How Using a Finder to Raise Money for Your Startup Could Make You Cry

    Raising Capital is Never Easy: Finder Pitfalls If you haven’t run a financing process before, then you likely believe that you should line up all the help that you can get. You may even engage a “finder” to help you raise money. While there are many resources and advisors available to help your company prepare…

  3. Startup Stock Ownership: Don’t Let Your Cap Table Become a Crap Table

    Don’t gamble away the success of your company by failing to keep its stock ownership in good shape. Launching a startup certainly has its risks and challenges, but it should not be a roll of the dice at the craps table (or something worse). As an Entrepreneur, you will need to understand your company’s equity ownership and…

  4. Financing Fundamentals: Equity Funding, Convertible Debt & Dilution

    If you first raised a seed round with convertible debt and now are raising capital , then you need to model the financing and understand how the terms will affect your company’s equity capitalization table and resulting stock ownership. We have created an equity financing model for you to download.

  5. Raising Money? 3 Reasons Why an LLC Won’t Work for Your Startup

    There are many quick and “easy” online and do-it-yourself resources to set up a Limited Liability Company on your own. However, an LLC may not be the right way to structure your business if you intend to raise money from investors. Don’t invest valuable time and money forming the wrong structure for your startup.

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