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Comment by tailscaler2026

5 days ago

It doesn't understand authorized vs issued shares

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iliabara  4 days ago

In practice, for YC or similar Bay area US startups, they are the same.

All authorized shares are issued, and then the charter is amended through board action and more shares are authorized and issued at each stage.

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