Dollinger index

Securing Investors and Structuring the Deal 329 Innovation and Learning L. John Doerr has helped launch dozens of successful ven ...

330 ENTREPRENEURSHIP Sample Series A Preferred Stock Term Sheet This Term Sheet is for discussion purposes and summarizes certai ...

Securing Investors and Structuring the Deal 331 any distribution of any assets or surplus funds to the holders of Common Stock, ...

332 ENTREPRENEURSHIP rately as a class, (i) amend, alter or repeal any provision of the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of t ...

Securing Investors and Structuring the Deal 333 diluted capitalization” means the (i) number of shares of capital stock of the C ...

334 ENTREPRENEURSHIP That they are organized and in good standing That the investors’ decisions legally bind their corporation ...

Securing Investors and Structuring the Deal 335 Negotiable Terms to a Financial Agreement Covenants and Provisions Protecting th ...

336 ENTREPRENEURSHIP This becomes a critical area of negotiation for the entrepreneur, especially when cheap shares of common st ...

Securing Investors and Structuring the Deal 337 when the company has future liability based on some prior event or action. For e ...

338 Creating the Organization Good fences make good neighbors. —Robert Frost OUTLINE LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this chap ...

Creating the Organization 339 Calculating Entertainment While the term angel usually refers to an inv- estor, some ventures also ...

340 ENTREPRENEURSHIP HENthe entrepreneur creates the organization for the new venture, he or she is building fences. These early ...

Creating the Organization 341 One system for managing organizational performance, based on the work of Kaplan and Norton, is the ...

342 ENTREPRENEURSHIP The members are individually, as opposed to collectively, accountable. They do not real- ly work together; ...

Creating the Organization 343 Recruiting familiars, however, also has potential disadvantages that arise from the same sources a ...

344 ENTREPRENEURSHIP accorded high levels of discretion by the CEO—tend to follow strategies that stick to the well-known path a ...

Creating the Organization 345 A Question of Balance Orbital Data thought it had found the right person for the job. During his t ...

346 ENTREPRENEURSHIP Inducements. The final factor in team composition is the range of inducements offered to potential members. ...

Creating the Organization 347 subgoals are essential if the team is to create its own identity and sense of mission. The accompl ...

348 ENTREPRENEURSHIP Communications. Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills are es- sential to the success of t ...