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Liquidation preferences are a key negotiating point with potential investors during fundraising and can significantly impact your earnings…

In return for $250K of seed capital, an angel investor is asking for a 20% discount, a 5% interest rate and a $4M cap using a standard…

How might a difference of 5% in your series A option pool affect your eventual earnings at an exit? Use our interactive calculator linked…

It’s a lot cheaper getting your startup’s stock option process correct from the beginning than fixing mistakes later. Fines, legal…

Do you know the real cost of running a business? Let’s take personnel, for example. You might think personnel costs are limited to salary…

After six months of hard work a founder is celebrating her first $500,000 capital raise and planning how she will grow the business over…

How to build a simple cap table for your startup.

What you should care about now, and what you can leave for later.

How large an option pool should you allocate? Here is some data to support your decision.

Do you need a 409A valuation? If your company is less than a year old, if the value of your business has not increased significantly over…

Successful cash management is about knowing your starting point (initial cash balance) and accurately planning/forecasting your future…

Connery Consulting is a premier HR consulting firm for venture-backed companies and provider of the compensation market data that powers…