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The Fairshare Model is an important work. The larger context is even more important: 'reimagining' the funding process from cradle to grave, as the existing ones all have serious flaws. --Ken Wilcox, Chairman Emeritus, Silicon Valley Bank For some financiers, pay-for-performance might sound like it's just too far out to be relevant in the near-term. This book shows how it can be relevant, what it would take, and why it would make a difference. --Gordon Feller, San Francisco Board Member of four VC-funded tech start-ups, former Director-level positions at Cisco Systems It's time to reassess the alignment of interests in early-stage companies. How do you allow for the fact that investors are subject to valuation risk and have to 'pay' now for assumed future performance that may never happen? How do you let founders and their employees keep more of their company? How do you get everyday people to share in the benefits of capitalism? How do you avoid insane valuations of companies going public? It may be time to look at the ideas set out in The Fairshare Model. --Sara Hanks, CEO, CrowdCheck, Inc. and Managing Partner, CrowdCheck Law, LLP Why not re-structure the financial industry to broaden opportunities to benefit millions more people? What sacred cows need to be put out to pasture? The result of the author's deep research and profound thought is an intriguing model for capitalism based on fairness, reciprocity, empathy, compassion. The author passionately appeals to the hearts and challenges the minds of readers with a tantalizing vision that declares: 'YES, IT COULD WORK!' --Po Chi Wu, Ph.D., Senior Partner, Futurelab Consulting, LLC Adjunct Professor, School of Business & Management, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Visiting Professor & Industry Fellow, University of California--Berkeley, Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology The Fairshare Model provides an innovative and constructive pathway for capital markets to reward historic and future performance via two separate equity classes. It enables risk mitigation while enhancing returns as markets enter a potential period of disruption driven by societal collusions, infrastructure adaptation and resilience, geopolitical shifts, biodigital convergence, and natural resource scarcity. --Gabriel Thoumi, Stakeholders Capital The Fairshare Model provides a revolutionary new approach to the capital and governance structures of corporations. The concepts presented provide a framework for fairness so that 'a rising tide lifts all boats.' I have no doubt that Karl Sjogren's work will have a lasting impact on how investors, employees, and entrepreneurs think about their participation in for-profit ventures. --Matthew M. Rossetti, Sentient Law, Ltd.

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A Detroit-area native, Karl Sjogren graduated with high honors from Michigan State University with a BA degree in business/prelaw and an MBA in finance. He is registered as a certified public accountant in Illinois and credentialed in turnaround management. After working for large manufacturers for a decade, he worked for 25 years as a consulting chief financial officer for early-stage companies in northern California. From 1996 to 2001, he was co-founder and CEO of Fairshare, Inc., which sought to build an online community of average investors interested in investing in early-stage companies. Fairshare was a forerunner for what is now called equity crowdfunding, but with a twist. It sought to popularize the use of a novel performance-based capital structure for companies that raised venture capital from its members via an initial public offering. Before it went under in 2001, Fairshare had 16,000 opt-in members and attracted many more visitors than that to its website, which provided education about deal structures and valuation. Karl Sjogren resides in Oakland, California.

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