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       title: Cap Table Learning Session

     

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           - Full Stack

     

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       This was a small group session for founders and potential founders to understand cap tables, outside investment, and funding.

     

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       I have since given very similar material to many other groups.

     

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       ## January 2015

     

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       I first gave this presentation while I was at [[Full Stack]] in January 2015. 

     

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       On [Speakerdeck](https://speakerdeck.com/bmann/cap-table-learning-session):

     

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       <iframe data-ratio="4:3" width="640" height="480" src="//speakerdeck.com/player/96647ba07f130132a3fb4e50a98dfa77">

     

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       ## July 2020

     

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       Run through [[Venture Scouts]] and [posted to events there](https://venturescouts.ca/t/cap-table-term-sheets-learning-session/59). Includes a whole back section of founder questions that we walked through:

     

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       On [Notist](https://noti.st/bmann/FUZxwJ/cap-table-term-sheets-learning-session):

     

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       <p data-notist="bmann/FUZxwJ" data-ratio="4:3">View <a href="https://noti.st/bmann/FUZxwJ">Cap Table & Term Sheets Learning Session</a> on Notist.</p><script async src="https://on.notist.cloud/embed/002.js"></script>

     

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       On YouTube:

     

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       <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/G5-h51_JMqQ" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

     

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       Exploring shared housing options in [[Vancouver]] through [[Community Land Trusts]] (CLT) and other models.

     

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       title: Memory Express

     

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       link: https://www.memoryexpress.com

     

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       Vancouver and Canada-wide computer parts and components store. The store on W Broadway at Cypress is the one closest to me in Vancouver.

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       I want to document and keep links to apps and tools that I research, use, and/or recommend, in order to find it again later, review if anything has changed, and to share it with other people.

     

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       I want to document articles. Maybe it's keeping a copy of something insightful, especially quoting relevant parts. Yes, like Roam helps to do, to capture these relevant parts. Here's an example of [saving and quoting 'When Tailwinds Vanish'](/article/tailwinds-vanish){: .internal-link}. I haven't social shared this anywhere, but have mentioned, shared privately, and discussed it in person with multiple people. Clearly something I should keep around.

     

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       I also have [Bookmarks on my blog](https://blog.bmannconsulting.com/bookmarks), mainly because that's one of the object types defined by the [[Indieweb]] [[Micropub]] interface. I will likely use it less now that this site exists.

     

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       As mentioned above, I've got a variety of recommendations. This usually comes from someone asking "what do you use for X?", or it will come from personal research of figuring out what I should use. My [Personal CRM post](https://blog.bmannconsulting.com/personal-crm/) is a good example of this in blog post form.

     

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