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Entreprenuer Network

SoCal CTO

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.

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A VC: Employee Equity: How Much?

www.avc.com

Nov 22 , 2010. The first bracket is the senior management team; the CFO, Chief Revenue Officer/VP Sales, Chief Marketing Officer/VP Marketing, Chief Product Officer/VP Product, CTO, VP Eng, Chief People Officer/VP HR, General Counsel, and anyone else on the senior team. Musings of a VC in NYC. MBA Mondays Archives. Next Post Prev Post.

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Advice for CTO Founders: Don't Let Business Kill the Business

www.informationarbitrage.com

Main February 23, 2010 Advice for CTO Founders: Dont Let Business Kill the Business Founding a technology company is an amazing thing. It is gently laying the foundation for a subsequent financing, helping the CTO set sensible milestones to be achieved that can demonstrate execution skill and release cycle management. Camaraderie?

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Starting Startups - Startups and angels: Along the way to success

Tim Keane

  vesting (of founders stock) is a way for founders to protect themselves from one another.    vesting (of founders stock) is a way for founders to protect themselves from one another.  October 2010. September 2010. Managing Company Growth. .  A low burn rate is a pearl of great price. 

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Airbnb Reflections

Reid Hoffman

With Airbnb’s IPO, I thought the time was right to take a look back at the past decade (Greylock led Airbnb’s Series A in November 2010) and reflect on what I learned from the journey. Once the initial crisis management was complete, the question Airbnb asked itself was, “How do we adapt to this new world?”

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Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations - Startups.

Tim Keane

Bottom Up Market Sizing » January 12, 2010. Please see later version of this post on May 16, 2010 Entrepreneurs are often not experts in the area of term-sheet negotiations and all of the surrounding issues. These include: ·       Vesting of Founder Stock.

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Getting Paid in Equity: A What to Do Guide

grasshopper.com

July 29, 2010. Product manager: 0.2% Vested Equity. Before accepting an equity-based pay arrangement, you should determine if the equity is vested, or granted all up front. Vested equity is paid out in increments over time. stake vested over two years might be paid out as 0.5% July 29, 2010.

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