What technical due diligence really checks before an acquisition or round
Buyers and later-stage investors look past the demo to your code ownership, licenses, security record and cloud bill. Here is what they examine and how to prepare.
Exits
Selling a company, acquisitions and what founders take away.
How QSBS works: the Section 1202 rules founders ask about too late
The qualified small business stock exclusion can remove federal tax on a large gain, but only if conditions set years before the sale were met.
Acqui-hire or acquisition: who actually gets paid when you sell
How deal structure, the preference stack and retention packages decide where sale proceeds go, and why an acqui-hire can leave common holders with little.
Your company is already your biggest bet. Invest the rest differently
Founders carry one huge, illiquid, correlated position. Here is how that should change the way you think about every dollar you invest outside it.