Founder’s Pocket Guide
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Founder’s Pocket Guide: Raising Angel Capital
By Stephen R. PolandThe content in this guide is not intended as legal, financial, or tax advice and cannot be relied upon for any purpose ... to hire a startup lawyer or CPA to handle all of the tasks needed to close a funding deal or form the startup: 1.
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Founder’s Pocket Guide: Founder Equity Splits
By Stephen R. Poland“How do we split up the equity ownership of our startup?” This guide provides a framework and process to help startup founders answer this common question.
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Founder’s Pocket Guide: Stock Options and Equity Compensation
By Lisa A. Bucki, Stephen R. PolandThis highly visual guide offers startup founders and employees a “nuts and bolts” view of how stock options and other forms of equity compensation work in early-stage startups.
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Founder’s Pocket Guide: Term Sheets and Preferred Shares
By Stephen R. PolandExpanding on these fundraising concepts, this Founder’s Pocket Guide helps startup founders learn: What a term sheet is and how to summarize the most important deal terms for your fundraising and startup building goals.
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Founder’s Pocket Guide: Cap Tables
By Stephen R. PolandThe goal of this guide is to help you understand the key moving parts of a startup cap table, review typical cap table inputs, and demystify terminology and jargon associated with cap table discussions.