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Startup Investor Makes a Deal: Engineers for Equity

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“Once that product is built, you will probably have given away a lot of equity.&# In exchange for $150,000 to $300,000 of work, each startup has given Kayweb 14% to 40% equity. “Most of that money [from venture capitalists and angels] is used to build a product,&# explains Haig Kayserian, the CEO of Kayweb Angels.

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Some Practical Advice on Executive Compensation at Startups

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Lastly, once you have this framework in place, make sure to benchmark your salary, bonus and equity for each position in your company using CompStudy data which allows you to narrowly focus on companies that meet your profile and the executive position in question. Bookmark the permalink.

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@altgate » Blog Archive » Outsourcing For Startups

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For example, you can barter for a service or you can negotiate payment terms or even equity for service. Cloud computing, open source and a global talent pool make outsourcing easier than ever before (even a few years ago). To that I say baloney. Even without cash you have many ways to outsource.

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@altgate » Blog Archive » Law Firm Wilson Sonsini Now Preparing.

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  There are three categories (startup, equity financing and bridge loans) so we can expect more to come. So I think this is a brilliant step toward " open source law " which I've been advocating for a while.    Building that must have been crazy. .   Building that must have been crazy.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

the meebo that launched in 2005 was a group effort – the idea primarily came from sandy being a huge IMer and having trouble getting on IM when we were working on earlier ideas in elaine’s apartment! Will it kill these SV types to admit building HTML front-ends to open source products? The second one not until 2005.