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Should I Invest in Gold?
In times of uncertainty, gold can seem like an attractive option... but is it really a viable long-term investment?
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How to Analyze a Single Stock
Maybe a particular stock has caught your eye... but how can you tell if it's a good buy?
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Can You Get into Real Estate for $100?
Looking to get into the real estate game but lack the tens of thousands of dollars for a down payment? Well, let us give you a tour!
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Are Stock Options Worth It?
Equity compensation like stock options used to be reserved only for C-suite executives. But today it seems like most employers are offering them to their workers... but are these "golden handcuffs" worth the tax headache?
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A Short Explanation of Short Selling (feat. @ThePlainBagel)
Betting on a stock's failure can be a risky business, as GameStop short-sellers learned in January 2021.
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The Problem with Real Estate Speculation
There is a housing crisis in America, and though large firms buying up suburban houses isn't the cause, it may be exacerbating it in ways that are only just now becoming clear...
The Business Professor
Issued, Outstanding, and Fully Diluted Shares
What are Issued, Oustanding, and Fully Diluted Shares of Stock? Outstanding shares are the company's stock that has been authorized and issued. Outstanding shares represent investor or institutional ownership of the company. Fully...
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Founder's Stock
What are Founder's stock? Founder stock is equity ownership in a company that is granted to the company's founder or co-founders. It typically represents a direct ownership stake in the company and gives the founder voting rights and the...
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Equity Compensation for Early Employees
What is equity compensation for early employees of a startup business venture? Equity compensation is a method of non-cash payment in exchange for services to a business. Based on the role and contribution, company shares are offered in...
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Employee Stock Option Plans (ESOP)
What is an Employee Stock Option Plan? Employee stock ownership, or employee share ownership, is where a company's employees own shares in that company. US employees typically acquire shares through a share option plan. In the UK,...
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Drag-Along Rights - Term Sheet
What are Drag-Along Rights in a Term Sheet? Drag-along rights, on the other hand, are control provisions that can protect against minority shareholders holding up a deal for the sale of the company. Specifically, it requires a...
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Dividend Rights of Preferred Shareholders
What are Dividend Rights of Preferred Shareholders? Preferred dividends refer to the cash dividends that a company pays out to its preferred shareholders. One benefit of preferred stock is that it typically pays higher dividend rates...
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Conversion Rights - Preferred Shares
What are Conversion Rights of Preferrred Shareholders? Conversion rights refers to the shareholders ability to convert the preferred shares into common shares. Conversion rights are important as they affect the calculation of other...
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Compensation within a Startup - Cash and Equity
How should you structure Compensation within a Startup? How much debt should the company incur? How much equity should the company sell? This may include incentives on top of a base salary, so that your employees do well financially as...
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Common and Preferred Shares
What is the difference between Common shares and Preferred Shares? The main difference between preferred and common stock is that preferred stock gives no voting rights to shareholders while common stock does. Preferred shareholders have...
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Class FF Stock
What is Class FF Stock? FF Preferred Stock is essentially common stock with a twist that allows it to be converted to preferred stock. Issued to a founder, it typically can only be converted to the round of preferred stock being sold at...
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Carveouts to Anti-Dilution Protections
Antidilution provisions protect investors from subsequent down rounds of investment. What are Carveouts to Anti-Dilution Protections? Anti-dilution provisions are clauses built into convertible preferred stocks to help shield investors...
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Authorized Shares
What are Authorized Shares of a company? Authorized shares are the maximum number of shares a company is allowed to issue to investors as laid out in its articles of incorporation. Outstanding shares are the actual shares issued or sold...
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83b Election and Stock Options
What is an 83b Election? How does th e83b election relate to Stock Options? When making an 83(b) election, you request that the IRS recognize income and levy income taxes on the acquisition of company shares when granted, rather than...
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Steps in the Incorporation Process
What are the Steps in the Incorporation Process? Incorporation generally entails filing the articles of incorporation, naming a registered agent, and receiving the charter or certificate or incorporation.
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Set up a Business Entity
What are the steps necessary to set up a Business Entity?
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Public Offering - Exiting a Business
What is a Business Exit Event? How is a Public Offering a business exit event? An Exit Event is an event where founders and early investors can sell their interest in a company for cash. An exit can be an initial public offering (IPO) or...
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Preemptive Rights - Preferred Shares
What are Preemptive rights for preferred shareholders? Preemptive rights give a shareholder the option to buy additional shares of the company before they are sold on a public exchange. They are often called "anti-dilution rights"...