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November 2005 Venture funding works like gears. http://www.paulgraham.com/startupfunding.html

Paul Graham- How to fud a start-up?

this is the BEST and most complete article I have found so far... by maudpasturaud Mar 16

Venture Capital Deal Algebra

Fred Wilson wrote a useful post on valuation today. http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2004/07/venture-capital-deal-algebra.html
A the end of the year, I completed a financing that was much more difficult than it needed to be. As Jason Mendelson (our general counsel) and I were whining to each other we decided to do something about it. At the risk of giving away more super-top-secret VC magic tricks, we’ve decided to co-author a series of posts on Term Sheets. http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2005/01/term-sheet-price.html

Term Sheet: Price - Mozilla Firefox

There’s this dance that entrepreneurs and venture capitalists do when it comes time to negotiate the economic terms of an investment. And it all revolves around valuation. http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2004/07/valuation.html

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http://startuplawyer.com/incorporation/how-many-shares-should-a-startup-company-authorize-at-incorporation

How Many Shares Should a Startup Company Authorize at Incorporat

An often overlooked aspect of filing a certificate of formation or articles of incorporation is determining how many shares the new corporation should authorize.

How do you calculate Series A price per share? : Startup Company

Browse > Home / Series A / How do you calculate Series A price per share? The formula is: [Series A price per share] = [valuation] / [fully-diluted pre-money shares] http://www.startupcompanylawyer.com/2007/05/21/how-do-you-calculate-series-a-price-per-share/
http://www.startupcompanylawyer.com/2007/05/19/what-is-preferred-stock-and-why-is-it-issued-to-investors/

What is preferred stock and why is it issued to investors? : Sta

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