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Should You Share Equity with Consultants?

www.inc.com

Should You Share Equity with Consultants? To grow his cash-strapped start-up, Parker ended up sharing equity -- not only with employees, but also with consultants and vendors. Parker found that equity as compensation helped build loyalty to his company -- even among consultants. But sharing equity can have pitfalls, too.

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Learn your Austin ABC’s and become a local super-connector

Austin Startup

the Connectors, Angels, Venture Capitalists, Founders, Professors, Hackers, Press… and the Legends. Find the Connectors , the Angels , the Venture Capitalists , the Founders , the Professors , the Hackers , and the Legends you need to meet and get some hints about the best ways to meet them. Here is your COVID-friendly cheat sheet.

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I Want My CIC! … The Benefits for Startups to Be Co-Located

Both Sides of the Table

I once mentioned this idea to a fellow SoCal VC when I told him I wanted a CIC in LA and he said, “Co-location is dead. We’re recommending to our companies that they be distributed.&#. Uh, I guess he won’t be co-sponsoring a technology lab in LA with me then? We don’t believe in it anymore.

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Turing Distinguished Leader Series: With Partner David Zhang, TVC

ReadWriteStart

So, think of the typical two founders with a pitch book in a garage. Instead, that’s the sort of pre-series-A investment where companies or founders have visions of where they think there are underserved market needs, and they’re coming up with something super excited to try to solve that. . We’re a crossover fund.

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Top 30 Startup Technology and Product Posts for September 2010

SoCal CTO

previously explained that it usually requires some equity, but here is some more step by step practical advice. How To Pick A Co-Founder , by Naval Ravikant (Venture Hacks). CompStudy 2008 Report on Equity and Cash Compensation at Technology Startups. But how do you actually get the right people to be your mentors?