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Shirish Nadkarni

Shirish Nadkarni

Three things you should know about Startup Options

Startup options are among the most common and important form of compensation for startups. An option is contract that allows the grantee…

Sep 30, 2019

Three things you should know about Startup Options

Sep 30, 2019

Shirish Nadkarni

Splitting founder equity without splitting up!

Deciding how to split up founder equity can often be an awkward process especially when there are multiple co-founders with different…

Sep 23, 2019

Splitting founder equity without splitting up!

Sep 23, 2019

Shirish Nadkarni

Insider tips for building a killer startup pitch

Raising funding for your startup is often a monumental task. Most founders will spend at least a good third of their time over 3 to 6…

Sep 16, 2019

Insider tips for building a killer startup pitch

Sep 16, 2019

Shirish Nadkarni

Set up your startup to sprout with Series Seed

Startups generally have had two methods for raising money — either in the form of debt (convertible note) or in the form of equity (a…

Sep 9, 2019

Set up your startup to sprout with Series Seed

Sep 9, 2019

Shirish Nadkarni

Is a SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) a safe alternative to Convertible Notes?

In my previous article on convertible notes, I had written about many of the hidden traps with convertible notes. A SAFE financing…

Aug 22, 2019

Aug 22, 2019

Shirish Nadkarni

Fundraising fundamentals — Pros & Cons of Convertible Notes

Convertible notes are the most common form of funding that many startups use during the seed stage of funding. The main benefit of…

Aug 16, 2019

Aug 16, 2019

Shirish Nadkarni

Fundamentals of Cap tables for founders

A Cap (Capitalization) Table, at the most fundamental level, is a record of all the equity that is owned by various entities (Founders…

Aug 13, 2019

Fundamentals of Cap tables for founders

Aug 13, 2019

Shirish Nadkarni

Startup Concepts — Pre-Money, Post-Money Valuations, Option Pools and Dilution

In this article, I will discuss the concepts around Pre-Money and Post-Money valuations, Option Pools and Dilution as they are all…

Aug 12, 2019

Aug 12, 2019

Shirish Nadkarni

Startup Formation — How to form your company?

This is a first of a series of short articles I am writing to help budding entrepreneurs get started with their startup.

Aug 10, 2019

Aug 10, 2019

Shirish Nadkarni

Shirish Nadkarni

I am co-founder of Zoomingo (Local Shopping App), Livemocha (World's largest language learning site) and TeamOn Systems (mobile email pioneer acquired by RIM).

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