Beverage School Summer 2025: Understanding Equity & Convertible Notes

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Equity is the most important currency of high growth startup companies, and understanding how equity can be used to fund a company’s growth is, or should be, a prerequisite for all founders. Nutter’s Food and Beverage Co-Chair Will Bernat will lead a discussion that will introduce the basics of common stock, preferred stock, stock options, and convertible notes, and the most common ways they are used in a company’s growth, including structuring founder equity, building the team, expectations of investors, and dilution.