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Why LTSE Equity Offers Cap Table Software As a Free Public Service

The Mercury Playbook: How to Build a Flexible Financial Stack from Day One

Graham & Walker’s Founder Guide to Thriving in a Market Downturn

How XYZ Venture Capital Evaluates Early-Stage Founders: Key Diligence Criteria

The Gunderson Playbook: Why Founders Should Prioritize ESG Early On

Hypothesis Validation 101: The Clubhouse Guide for Testing Frameworks

The YC Experience: Learnings From a Serial Founder Who Went Through It Twice

How Startups Can Get Ahead of Legal Bottlenecks with Wilson Sonsini's David Wang

The Seedscout Playbook: How to Thrive in a Market Downturn

How Founders Can Become Leaders with Seedscout's Mat Sherman

3 Ways to Diversify Your Hiring Pool with 500 Global’s Head of ESG Tracy Barba

How VC Funds Diligence Mission-Driven Investments with 500 Global

Understanding Your First Term Sheet

Your First Go-to-Market Hire: Who to Choose and What to Look Out For

I’ve talked to 800+ early stage startups. Here’s what I want them to know about fundraising.

How to prepare for your first round of VC funding

Making the Startup Leap: Understanding your startup stock options

How your 409A valuation will affect your employees

How to set up your first option pool

Your guide to founder equity while using convertible notes and SAFEs

Your guide to cap tables as a busy founder

Zuora: Creating the subscription economy

You have one shot to diversify your option pool

Why you should be cautious about raising money

Who should get vesting acceleration?

What type of equity should be issued to founders?

What is your startup’s share price?

What is vesting?

What is common stock?

What is at-will employment?

What is an option pool?

What is a standard vesting schedule?

What is a liquidation preference?

What is a capitalization table?

What is a 409A valuation?

The metrics that should be in your pitch deck

Social giving during a crisis

Six startup tips from YC founder Sam Altman

Real advice for founders from VC partners

Raising U.S. funding as an international startup

Q&A with Segment: Keys to growth

Q&A with Ripple: Crypto exchanges

Q&A with Basecamp: Startup life

Product pricing for startups: value metrics

Kevin Busque: 2nd-time founder learnings

How YouTube nearly became another dating site

How to raise a seed round

How to live diversity and inclusion values

How to improve your startup valuation

How SAFEs will convert at Series A

Homebrew: Investing, careers, and the journey

Fundraising and rejections with Reddit’s Co-founder and CEO, Steve Huffman

Founder’s guide to the pre-IPO secondary market

Founder’s guide to selling your startup

Founder’s guide to fundraising

Founder’s guide to allocating co-founder equity

Founder's guide to the Y Combinator interview

Five fundraising mistakes—and how to avoid them

Demo Day tips from past YC founders

Founder’s guide to productive board meetings

Can my company have unpaid interns?

Can I pay for stock with intellectual property?

Building a culture that inspires meaningful work

Ashton Kutcher: How (and why) I invest in startups

A founder’s guide to navigating consumer privacy laws

A 4-step plan for the startup stock option process

7 tips for creating a good candidate experience

3 common challenges in engineering management

3 alternatives to layoffs in a crisis