Three investors have asked about your cap table. You nodded confidently. Then you opened a spreadsheet later and realized you ...

Founders start a company because they have an idea they want to bring to market. As their company gains traction and matures, the way in which they manage their business needs to evolve to enable ...

Cap Tables (short for capitalization tables) are spreadsheets that show how much everyone owns of the company. You can get a stockholder ledger from your lawyer that will list all the stockholders and ...

In startup fundraising, ownership structure can be as decisive as revenue growth or market size. Investors often review a company’s capitalization table, a record of who owns what, before committing ...

Founders frequently underestimate the equity dilution impacts of funding rounds and employee stock option plans (ESOPs). Consider two stark examples: Eric Yuan's ownership in Zoom dwindled to 22% by ...