Image via WikipediaWe all know that the worst thing that can happen to founders is to work hard, build value and for the stock market to dive leading to a washout round with great dilution. Even those who fully understand Equity Fingerprint, the business plan resource, find that difficult. Neil Collins in the Spectator in an article titled Hand Over Your Cash: How Banks Are Mugging Investors describes the deeply discounted rights issues being offered by HBOS and Royal Bank of Scotland – “they’ll have received a matching batch of gobbledegook” – leading to washout rounds for existing investors.
Of course the ceos and executives are not interested in Equity Fingerprints. They are interested in salaries, bonuses and options which are readjusted when they have gone under water. Since MBA students are aiming at executive roles they also find Equity Fingerprint perplexing – so much easier to change the rules as you go along!
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