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Advisory Shares: Why 90% of Them Are Worth Nothing (And When to Take the Deal)
SAFE Notes vs Convertible Notes: One Protects Founders, One Protects Investors — Know Which Is Which
Right of First Refusal: The Clause That Can Lock You In or Kill Your Deal
L Catterton: The $40B Consumer PE Firm With LVMH's Playbook (And Its Blind Spots)
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Advisory Shares: Why 90% of Them Are Worth Nothing (And When to Take the Deal)
Right of First Refusal: The Clause That Can Lock You In or Kill Your Deal
SPVs Explained: The Single-Deal Vehicle That's Either Your Best Bet or a $250K Lottery Ticket
L Catterton: The $40B Consumer PE Firm With LVMH's Playbook (And Its Blind Spots)
SAFE Notes vs Convertible Notes: One Protects Founders, One Protects Investors — Know Which Is Which
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Advisory Shares: Why 90% of Them Are Worth Nothing (And When to Take the Deal)
Advisory Shares: Why 90% of Them Are Worth Nothing (And When to Take the Deal) Run the math. A pre-seed advisory grant of 0.225% equity, at a startup with a 15% chance of surviving, sold at a 6x exit multiple on a $1M...
Right of First Refusal: The Clause That Can Lock You In or Kill Your Deal
Right of First Refusal: The Clause That Can Lock You In or Kill Your Deal A $250M acquisition died because a seed-stage investor exercised their ROFR. The buyer walked. The seller waited 30 days for a match that was...
SPVs Explained: The Single-Deal Vehicle That's Either Your Best Bet or a $250K Lottery Ticket
SPVs Explained: The Single-Deal Vehicle That's Either Your Best Bet or a $250K Lottery Ticket An SPV costs $8,000 to set up on AngelList and lets you concentrate your entire allocation into one company. That's either...
L Catterton: The $40B Consumer PE Firm With LVMH's Playbook (And Its Blind Spots)
L Catterton: The $40B Consumer PE Firm With LVMH's Playbook (And Its Blind Spots) L Catterton sold Everlane to Shein in May 2026. A sustainable fashion brand built on radical transparency — sold to the company...
SAFE Notes vs Convertible Notes: One Protects Founders, One Protects Investors — Know Which Is Which
SAFE Notes vs Convertible Notes: One Protects Founders, One Protects Investors — Know Which Is Which Y Combinator created the SAFE in 2013 to make fundraising faster. It worked. It also shifted ALL the downside risk to...
The Delaware C-Corp Myth: Why 95% of Founders Don't Need One (And the 5% Who Absolutely Do)
The Delaware C-Corp Myth: Why 95% of Founders Don't Need One (And the 5% Who Absolutely Do) I've watched founders spend $3,000–$5,000 per year maintaining a Delaware C-Corp they didn't need — because a Y Combinator blog...
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