Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Richard Witten , special advisor on entrepreneurship to the President of Columbia University ; and Kathryn Minshew , co-founder of the popular online career platform TheMuse.com both joined me in Sirius’ New York studio and shared their version of being knocked down and coming back stronger. If you can’t hear the clip, click here.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 11, 2008

Have a founders agreement. If you can’t afford this then make very simple, clear, plain English, written, signed agreements with you “co-founders”. Make sure you include a basic form of vesting. Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Startups and tagged agreement , founder , startup. Bookmark the permalink.

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www.quora.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Type to Add and Search Questions; Search Topics and People Startups Startup Compensation Entrepreneurship Compensation Stock Options Major Internet Companies Silicon Valley Why is there such a large founder to early employee equity drop-off? The barrier between entrepreneur and money (incubators, angels, etc.) is lowered.

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thinkspace.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

How to Divide Equity to Startup Founders, Advisors, and Employees. The part that I’d like to zero in on is when you’ve got a high growth company what are some of the best practices out there to distribute equity to the founders, advisors, and employees? Equity for Founders. Should founders have anti-dilution rights?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

If I ever say anything less than positive, I have no vested interests in doing so. Peer-to-peer lending service; started on FaceBook; claim to own 79% of the US peer lending market in March 2010 with a whopping $8,664,750. I spent a bunch of time with Co-founders Alex Bard and Gary Benitt. LendingClub. 5.0mm in Series B.

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www.metamorphblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Home About Contact Home About Contact The Metamorphosis Becoming an Entrepreneur, by Matt Mireles Startup Lessons for the Proto-Founder I started SpeakerText in October 2008 during the financial apocalypse. We launched in January 2010 after burning through just $4k of cash. You need a Co-Founder, not an Engineering Bitch.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 4, 2010

Some great posts from April 2010 that talk to me in terms of being a CTO at a Startup. Ben Casnocha: The Blog , April 15, 2010 Everyone I spoke with loved the idea. Redeye VC , April 13, 2010 Startup Development - SoCal CTO , April 23, 2010 Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering?

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

October 3rd, 2010 the Chubby Team 48 Comments. Go vest yourself. When a co-founder walks out of a company — as was the case for me — you’ve already been dealt a heavy blow. So, the best way of dealing with this issue is to take a long, long vesting period for all major sweat equity founders.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

After a thorough analysis of those 32 start-up post-mortems, we have determined the common reasons founders gave to compile this list of the top 20 ways to have your startup fail. Work life balance is not something that startup founders often get and so the risk of burning out is high. 13 – Disharmony with Investors/Co-founders.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 3, 2009

Teamwork and a vested interest in success of the whole group is crucial. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Bring your questions.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Monday, October 11, 2010. Co-founder Dustin Moscovitz is referred to as a programmer, but he is actually an operations guy. Several weeks after Zuckerberg and the team move to Palo Alto for the summer, co-founder Eduardo Saverin finally pays a visit. Also, be sure to include vesting for all founders.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

One year ago I predicted that in 2010/11 the economy, far from being on the path of permanent recovery was on a temporary resurgence and there was a strong possibility of a “double dip” recession. between June and July 2010 (and 25% from a year ago). raise money now to weather any storms).

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venturehacks.com

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Third, if you sell the company before the Series B, all un-issued and un-vested options will be cancelled. Do you mean the shares go to the founders? What if the founder already included an option pool in the existing shares outstanding? You are already compensated through your founder’s shares. VC: How about 12%?

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techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

As CEO and co-founder Naval Ravikant tells me, when he and co-founder Babak Nivi started VentureHacks a few years ago, their goal was to educate companies on how to negotiate venture term sheets. Launch Date: 2010. AngelList eventually resulted from this, and actually helped startups make connections to investors.

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www.readwriteweb.com

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

7: Invest in Advisors : Give away a small amount of stock to advisors (which they can vest after a few years) who you can call on in a pickle or for general advice as issues arise. Posted by: Steve Weir | February 19, 2010 1:44 PM Awesome article!! LOL Posted by: _mark | February 20, 2010 12:08 AM Some of the best tips I have read.

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Start Up Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2019

If it sounds ridiculous to you, then just remember that in many cultures we gather in giant stadiums to watch teams of adult humans dressed in co-ordinated attire kick dead animal skins through white sticks (football). It’s amazing what can be said when words are not guided by vested interests. Facebook goes public.

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