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Options Value 34
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Perks & Bennies 44
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Protection of Members: It protects the interests of the company's members by clearly defining the objectives and limiting their liability.
External Communication: It provides clarity to external parties, such as investors, creditors, and regulatory authorities, regarding the company's objectives and powers.
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4. 3 ways to fund a company
1.Revenue
2.Debt
3.Equity
5. Revenue
Get paid by your customers
Even if it’s not the long-term plan, it
puts you in a stronger position for
eventual fund-raising
You don’t depend on anyone else’s
approval to build your business
6. Paul Graham
Ideally you want to be able to
say to investors "We'll succeed
no matter what, but raising
money will help us do it
faster."
7. Debt
Borrow money and promise to pay it
back with interest
If the company fails, you’re usually
personally liable
Almost always a bad fit (and dangerous)
for startups which deal with uncertainty
8. Equity
Sell a % of your
company for cash
If the company fails,
you owe nothing
9. There is a “best” funding for you
Revenue - growth is not the most
important factor
Debt - you have guaranteed
income but uncertain cashflow
Equity - high growth potential with
a moat and large market
28. Question
Your company is worth $2m and you
raise $500k.
!
How much is it worth after the money?
!
What % do you still own? The investors?
29. Question
3 co-founders evenly share a
company. They raise 250k on 750k.
!
What % and £ does each of them own
now? What % of the company have
they “given up”?
30. Run the math!
When investors put cash into
a business, your % ownership
goes down, but your ££££
ownership stays the same
35. Don Dodge
Don't worry about giving up too
much equity at an early stage.
If the company is successful you will
be very rich. If it isn't successful then
holding 60% versus 30% won't matter.
36. Paul Graham
If you've [already] sold more than
about 40% of your company total,
it starts to get harder to raise an A
round, because VCs worry there will
not be enough stock left to keep the
founders motivated.
37. Question
What is the danger of
a sky-high valuation?
(remember the 10x exit rule)
40. The funding timeline
Raising money takes 3 months (full time)
But you don’t want to negotiate with an
empty bank account, so you leave a
safety buffer of 3 months at the end
Which gives you 6-18 months to actually
build your company
42. Figuring out your valuation
1.Figure out 12 and 24 month budgets
2.Work out a valuation for each based
on 20% and 40% dilution
3.You’ve now got the four “corners” of
your valuation range
4.Negotiate inside those ranges based
on your strength vs. peers
43. Figuring out your valuation
In other words, if you’re
strong, you can either
negotiate toward the 20%
(less equity) or the 24
months (more runway)
44. Paul Graham
One of the things that surprises
founders most about fundraising
is how distracting it is. When you
start fundraising, everything
else grinds to a halt.
46. Stephen Rapoport
I said, “I’m not raising money
right now. But I will be in 3
months. What are you scared
of and where would we need
to be for you to be excited?”
47. London vs. the Valley
In 2012, the valley did $12.5B over
977 rounds and London did $1.75B
over 274 rounds
Source: Dow Jones VentureSource, 2012
So the valley has 4x the deals and 2x
valuations (but also more startups)
48. Do your investor Due Dil
• f6s.com (accelerators)
• angel.co (angels & VCs globally)
• capitallist.co (London angels)
• thefunded.com (investor ratings)
50. Warning
Employee option pools are a
termsheet trick to dilute you
without diluting investors (not a
deal-breaker, but be aware)
51. Warning
Never pay to pitch. If an
investor wants you to pay
them, they are bad
investors
52. Warning
Don’t do deals with
investors who propose
“participation preferred”
or “ratchets”
53. Warning
Be aware that physical business
investors have very different
expectations from tech
investors, and tend to offer bad
deals when they shift into tech