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Founders: Protect your equity. VCs have a playbook for valuation that most founders don’t see. Here's a side-by-side look at how they calculate deals differently from you: 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Founder: $3M pre-money → $4M po

Below attached is, Famous Founders and their Ownership during their respective IPOs v/s VC Ownerships: Investors have standards in mind when it comes to what your cap table should look like. The founders should collectively own more than 50% of the

STARTUP TERMS TO KNOW -Day 3 1.Exit Strategy - A plan for investors to cash out, typically through an IPO or acquisition. 2.Cap Table (Capitalization Table) - A spreadsheet showing ownership stakes in a company. 3.Freemium - A pricing strategy whe

Flipkart sold for $16 billion, but the founders got almost nothing. After looking at 100+ startup deals, I found some toxic terms that hurt founders: 1. Liquidation Preferences: Investors get their money back first. If the sale price is low, founde

Here is a list of notable tech founders, their ownership stakes in their respective companies, and the current estimated worth of those companies: Notable Founders and Their Company Valuations Elon Musk - Ownership: 42% of SpaceX - Company Valu

Knowledge gained<>shared to you-part 1 Qapita and Carta are two reliable Saas tools for equity or cap table management. As the company grows, it becomes imperative to manage the cap table digitally. While Excel can do the job, the process should

STARTUP TERMS TO KNOW -Day 2 1.ANGEL INVESTOR - An individual who provides capital to startups in exchange for equity. 2.VC (Venture Capital) - Financing provided to startups by venture capital firms. 3.EQUITY - Ownership stake in a company. 4.SE

Young Founders are less likely to Succeed!! On average, founders of high-tech startups launch their companies at 42 years old. For the top 0.1% of startups-those with the highest growth or successful exits-the average founder age climbs to 45 years

🚀 30 Pure Gold Startup Terms Every Entrepreneur Must Know Taste of Chocolate to know about chocolate, taste of Terms to know about startup :) → MVP: Minimum Viable Product → Burn Rate: Monthly cash spending rate → Runway: Months until cash runs

Any white-collar job, where if you're on the midpoint of distribution graph in terms of skill, is going to be threatened due AI. It is rapidly accelerating to be 2x better than the average human at every task. Suhail (Founder; Playground Ai)