Structuring employee agreements for portfolio companies
Trey Calver: Hey Susan, companies usually only have a repurchase right if the employee is terminated for cause. However, if the employee tries to sell the stock, the Company usually has a right to first offer, e.g., has the first shot to buy back the stock. Existing stockholders usually have a shot at buying the […]
Best places for founders to pitch
Konstantin Dubovitskiy: I’ve heard a ton of good feedback about Tech Coast Angels and the Band of Angels Ken Horenstein: What location? If its PNW – Seachange Fund, Oregon Angel Fund, Alliance of Angels are all good! Xavier Jefferson: Business Angel Minority Association Helene Servillon: The Counsel for female founders (https://www.thecouncil.co/) Clay Norris: Commonapp
Salary data on Series A / B companies
Clay Norris: I’ve used this before to get a general gauge https://angel.co/salaries Ginger Rothrock: Startups can get free data on compensation at option impact. The startup has to do it — https://www.advanced-hr.com/private-company. We pay for it – I think its $6K or something like that. Amazing database and it separates out by geo, C-level role, […]
Software to organize referrals
Taylor Schaude: We use PartnerStack which is a little clunky — it’s okay. If you’re trying to spin up something quickly and don’t need all the bells and whistles, I’d explore: https://growsurf.com/ Clay Norris: I’ve looked into GrowSurf too but thought it still seemed pretty manual. Might just have to realize that rewarding attribution typically […]