
Startups
Common Stock vs Preferred Stock: What Every Angel Investor Must Know Before Writing a Check
Imagine a startup you backed at $2M post-money raises a Series B, sells two years later for $15M, and you walk away with less than what you put in. Not because the company failed. Because you didn’t understand the...
Jeff Barnes, MBA··11 min read

Startups
Startup Funding Rounds Explained: Pre-Seed to Series C in Specific Numbers (Not Theory)
Startup Funding Rounds Explained: Pre-Seed to Series C in Specific Numbers (Not Theory) Only 24 to 27 percent of seed-funded startups ever raise a Series A. The funding ladder gets presented like a staircase every...
Jeff Barnes, MBA··11 min read