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Common Equity: An Overview

Unlike many of the more complicated transaction types often associated with private investments, common equity is about as straightforward as it gets. The very same type of instrument as the public stocks you trade (probably far too frequently) in your brokerage account, at its most fundamental level common equity simply represents ownership of a company.

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Decentralized Finance: New Paradigms on How We Business

You might feel like if you’re just hearing about the surge of crypto industry that you are late to the party. Perhaps you’re right on time, we may just be getting started.

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Should you join an accelerator? 3 Big Questions to Ask

The decision to join an accelerator can be a difficult one, especially for first-time founders who are new to the startup world.

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Convertible Notes: An Overview

Convertible notes are the investor-friendly version of SAFEs, with the addition of features designed to enhance investor interests like maturity dates and interest rates.

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Greasing the Sales Engine with Metrics

Broadly speaking, when it comes to tracking sales or business development related metrics it makes sense to break it down into two summary groups, 1) activities and 2) results.

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Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE): An Overview

Simple Agreements for Future Equity (SAFEs) are one of the simplest and most common forms of fundraising employed by early-stage founders.

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The Flippening: Founders vs Funds as Lead Investors

Is the age of institutional venture capital dwindling away? There might be a case to make as access to private capital expands across the fat tail of the private investment market among family offices and angels.

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Key Performance Indicators: What Are They And Why Do They Matter?

Across nearly every vertical of the investment industry investors and funds focus on a few key performance and return-oriented metrics, such as IRR and MOIC, to gauge the success of their work. But while these metrics are useful to investors, they provide little meaning to portfolio company founders.

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Performance Metrics: How Are Your Investors Judging You?

Established or nascent, public or private, a fundamental truism to businesses is that they require capital (in some form) to grow. Especially in the early stages of a company’s lifecycle, choosing...

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The Building Blocks Of Successful Investor Reporting

When sitting down to build your next investor update, consider beginning by identifying the thematic areas you plan to address with your audience. Distilling your update into smaller, topic-based segments will make for a more approachable letter with a narrative that sticks. Ideally the structure stays consistent over time.

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Striking The Balance: Investor Communications DOs And DON’Ts

As a founder, it is important to think about your investor relations strategy holistically. Take a step back from the individual updates, and consider how you can maximize both your effectiveness as a communicator and the value-add to your business over time. Before setting out to write your next investor letter, pause to consider some key opportu

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An Honest Approach To Investor Relations

Established or nascent, public or private, a fundamental truism to businesses is that they require capital (in some form) to grow. Especially in the early stages of a company’s lifecycle, choosing...

Clockwork Investor Series

Short and sweet profiles on a unique cast of global private market investors. Interested in a profile? Reach out at investorseries@clockwork.app.