What is a Cap Table? 🧐 Tracking VC Investments and stock option grants

What is a Cap Table? 🧐 Tracking VC Investments and stock option grants
Understand startup capitalization, preferred stock, and angel investments
Track ownership, options, SAFE, Convertible Notes, and dilution.

Startup equity and cap tables can be confusing to many founders.
The CEO needs to understand startup equity well enough to talk to their lawyers and negotiate with investors. This episode will teach you all you need to know.

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0:00 Start
1:09 What is Stock
2:12 Authorized, Issued, Outstanding, and Reserved Shares
3:50 Common vs. Preferred Stock
7:30 Fully Diluted Shares
9:10 Options
9:40 Cap Table Tools
11:34 Cap Table at Incorporation
12:28 Cap Table after Angel Round
13:51 Cap Table after VC Round
Lance Cottrell has been an active startup advisor and startup mentor for over a decade.
He has helped countless startups navigate the key decisions of their journey, like when to take venture capital investment and negotiating a termsheet.
His advice and mentoring can supplement or replace startup accelerators or startup incubators like Y Combinator.
He provides help with startup funding including raising venture capital and angel investment.
He can help you achieve liquidity for your company at a high valuation.
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