Author: Ryan Roberts
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Why Your Startup’s Founders Stock Should Vest Over Time
How to vest your startup company’s founders stock over time to prepare for an exiting founder
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Reverse Breakup Fees: Making Acquisitions Less Risky for the Selling Company
How target companies are using reverse breakup fees to re-allocate deal risk
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Series FF Stock: How Some Founders Get Liquid at Funding
How Series FF Stock Provides Startup Company Founders with Cash at Funding
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Flipping Your International Startup for U.S. Venture Capital
The Benefits of Moving Your International Startup to America for Venture Capital and Acquisitions
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Life is Too Short to Deal with Non-Accredited Investors
Why your startup company should not raise money from non-accredited investors
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What Venture Capital Investors Want in a Term Sheet
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How Much to Pay Your Startup Lawyer
Think back to the last time you wrote a business plan for a startup. Do you recall your estimated expense for legal fees? $1,000? $10,000? $0? How much to spend on legal fees is a common issue for startup companies with more than one correct answer. However, there are a few factors that suggest your…
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Generate Goodwill Instead of Burning a Bridge
A frequent issue entrepreneurs, myself included, deal with is having to handle negative situations with due care and class so as to not erode startup company goodwill, not to mention other business tangibles and intangibles. You can create goodwill for your startup company many ways. And most are fairly obvious. But truly great entrepreneurs have…
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You’re Nobody Till Somebody Steals Your Startup Idea
Many entrepreneurs worry that someone, whether a potential partner, a VC, or a boogeyman will steal their startup idea. If you are worried about having your startup idea “jacked,” I recommend you take a deep breath and relax a bit–your startup idea isn’t worth that much. Paul Graham, in an essay derived from a talk…
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Don’t Be Coy With a Letter of Intent
I recently worked on a deal where the prospective seller over-strategized the letter of intent. The seller wanted my client to sign a non-binding LOI that contained about half of what should have been included in the letter. It was extremely frustrating and ultimately was a waste of time, because rather than acquiesce to the…