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Varieties of Debt – Startup.
http://strtp.com/notes/funding/types-of-startup-funding/varieties-of-debt
Principles, practices, and paradoxes. The Oxford (American) English Dictionary defines debt as simply, “something, typically money, that is owed or due.” The (British) English version of that same dictionary presents debt a bit more formally:. That which is owed or due; anything (as money, goods, or service) which one person is under obligation to pay or render to another. ( link. Term and schedule of payments. For example: You might borrow $25,000, with payments to be made monthly over the next ten years.
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Varieties of Startup Equity – Startup.
http://strtp.com/notes/funding/types-of-startup-funding/varieties-of-equity
Principles, practices, and paradoxes. Varieties of Startup Equity. As described in a prior note, equity (or stock) is a legal/financial interest in and claim upon the assets of your venture. Equity, or stock, comes in a variety of shapes and sizes. While most startups will not likely encounter the most sophisticated variations of equity, it’s wise to develop a real curiosity in the terms that describe and, therefore, augment what might otherwise be your garden variety of stock. Both common and preferred ...
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Founders’ Agreements – Startup.
http://strtp.com/notes/founding/founder-agreements
Principles, practices, and paradoxes. While there is no agreement over exactly how, there is widespread agreement over the value. Forming some sort of agreement among company founders sooner rather than later in the life of the company. Designating Founder X as responsible for managing the finances of the firm will not, necessarily, reduce that person’s role to only the finances of the firm. This designation, however, can help support the condition that when torn between two tasks one of financ...The rol...
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Schedule – Startup.
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About – Startup.
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Class – Startup.
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Principles, practices, and paradoxes. Here are links to the Schedule for the course. The Assignments in the course. As well as my policies for Grading and Plagiarism. Eg, questions about formatting, late work, etc.). The Startup Class also provides an introductory pathway for the new Entrepreneurship Minor at UVa. McIntire School of Commerce. Office: 310 in Rouss-Robertson Halls. McIntire School of Commerce. Special Guest Stars, in order of appearance. Darden Graduate School of Business. A set of case st...
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Capitalization Tables, Terms, and Acquisition Payouts – Startup.
http://strtp.com/notes/funding/capitalization-table
Principles, practices, and paradoxes. Capitalization Tables, Terms, and Acquisition Payouts. The ins and outs of a capitalization table can be a bit messy. In order to make this mess a bit more manageable, we are working on a teaching note that will offer a play-by-play construction of a capitalization table, across multiple rounds of funding and various sorts of preferred share terms. This Sheet provides a capitalization table with payouts. Initial Founding of the venture, via common shares;.
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Business Models – Startup.
http://strtp.com/notes/functioning/business-models
Principles, practices, and paradoxes. THIS NOTE IS VERY VERY UNDER CONSTRUCTION]. A quick Google image search for the phrase “ business model. Rather than try to scoop out each and every detail of each and every model that would apply to each and every startup in each and every industry on each and every continent, I am going to step back and try to speak of business models in very simple terms. Create - IMPACT - VALUE - collect. In practice, this model for impact and its value is likely to be communicat...
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Types of Startup Funding – Startup.
http://strtp.com/notes/funding/types-of-startup-funding
Principles, practices, and paradoxes. Types of Startup Funding. This note describes the various types of funding startups are likely to encounter: revenue from the business, equity, debt, and grants. In its most general form, equity is a stake or claim in a venture. These sorts of stakes or claims can exist explicitly (e.g., in the legal/financial form of shares in the business) or implicitly (e.g., in the social/cultural form of apparent obligations like sweat equity ). Legally speaking, every startup t...
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The Startup Pitch – Startup.
http://strtp.com/notes/funding/the-startup-pitch
Principles, practices, and paradoxes. The purpose of this note is to outline the key features of, or buttons that should be pushed during, a solid startup pitch. Frankly, it would be impossible to describe in a single document the entirety and subtlety of this craft. And so, at best I can only hope to define and describe the sorts of inputs and outputs you should be attempting to master. Either at the beginning of or at some time during the pitch presenters often serve up a. This connection usually arriv...