Startup School by Y Combinator

Modern Startup Financing by Carolynn Levy

Sep 20, 2019

28:43

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Do You Want to Buy a Piece of My Company?

02:23

What's the Key Terms of the Safe?

02:20

What if I Never Do a Priced Round and My Safe Never Converts?

01:43

Introduction

2min

Early Stage Fund Raising - What's Different?

2min

What Hasn't Changed Over the Years?

5min

The Convertible Promisory Note - The First Fund Raising Event

3min

How Do Priced Rounds Work?

1min

Early Stage Fund Raising Using Convertible Securities

5min

Crowdfunding

2min

Do You Want to Buy a Piece of My Company?

2min

What's the Key Terms of the Safe?

2min

10.

What if I Never Do a Priced Round and My Safe Never Converts?

2min

11.

How Do I Get Really Cheap Stock?

48sec

YC Partner and GC Carolynn Levy details the basics of startup financing and how modern early stage rounds of financing are done using convertible securities, like the SAFE.

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