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• “Splitting up the Pie: Considerations for setting initial equity ownership among founders”

  • May 15, 2013
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  • Finance,  Incorporation,  Notes,  Startups
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  This is a somewhat involved but thorough and very smart post about an issue that confronts almost every founder – how to split the pie. Hat tip to @DavidCrow for noticing it.

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• Managing Startups: Best Posts of 2012

  • Jan 7, 2013
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  • Employment,  Finance,  Intellectual Property,  M&A,  Notes,  Startups
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  Here’s a great recap of some of the best writing in 2012 on startups.

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• OSC releases consultation paper addressing crowdfunding

  • Dec 15, 2012
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  • Events,  Finance,  Notes
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  The Ontario Securities Commission released a consultation paper today that addresses crowdfunding. The paper is intended to launch a consultation process to address new prospectus exemptions. Simon Romano of Stikeman’s has a summary here.

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• Create your own cap table

  • Dec 12, 2012
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  • Finance,  Notes,  Startups
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  This is pretty cool – Capography allows you to create your own cap table. It’s free until you have 20 people in the table.

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• Two new online calculators for startups

  • Sep 19, 2012
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  • Employment,  Finance,  Pre-Startup,  Startups
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  I love seeing useful online startup tools announced. Two new ones seem particularly interesting. First, a startup economics calculator from SmartAsset. Second, a calculator from Wealthfront to help determine startup option grants.

  These tools may not be on all fours with Canadian experience, but who cares – any info on these topics is useful for decisionmakers.

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