William Carleton // Counselor @ Law - Archives: August, 2009

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The "No Exit" Management Equity Incentive Plan

William Carleton on Aug, 29, 2009 at 5:00 PM

A central theme of this blog has been the way many Web 2.0 entrepreneurs and early stage investors are questioning the venture investment paradigm requ (Read more)

TheFunded's Ideal First Round Term Sheet: A Critique

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William Carleton on Aug, 28, 2009 at 5:00 PM

Earlier this week, TheFunded Founder Institute released a model term sheet intended for venture-oriented first round financings. In his post announcing (Read more)

Lonely Hucksters, Communal Digerati

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William Carleton on Aug, 20, 2009 at 5:00 PM

I'm not at Gnomedex, taking place in Seattle today at the sleek & slender Bell Harbor Conference Center. I'm up the hill at the bigger, older, clun (Read more)

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Here's What's Happened to the 1x Liquidation Preference

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William Carleton on Aug, 16, 2009 at 5:00 PM

In an earlier post this year about trends in first round financings, I asked the question, "Whatever Happened to the 1x Liquidation Preference?&qu (Read more)

Battle of the Big Law Term Sheet Generators

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William Carleton on Aug, 09, 2009 at 5:00 PM

The Orrick law firm has now made a venture capital term sheet creator available on the web, so I thought I'd take it for a test drive and compare it to (Read more)

Sequoia's Preference in the Amazon / Zappos Deal

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William Carleton on Jul, 31, 2009 at 5:00 PM

Investment entities managed by Sequoia Capital had liquidation preferences on their preferred stock investments in Zappos, and those preferences are go (Read more)

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William Carleton

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William Carleton is a member of McNaul Ebel Nawrot & Helgren PLLC. He works with founders, investors, executives, and board directors of startups and emerging tech companies.
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