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Is FAST the new Lehman?

By Rick Colosimo / March 3, 2020 / Comments Off
I really like the rationale for the FAST agreement. Startup founders without experience bringing on advisors often need help bracketing equity grants for those advisors, and often those negotiations take place before outside general counsel is retained and there is already a stake in the ground. The FAST approach uses a simple 3×3 grid to…
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