Steve Blank

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Security roles : Some ex-Agency people gravitate to roles in security. I discovered that while I know a lot about tradecraft-related security and how to stay alive for the first minutes of an ambush, I know little about building security and computer systems security. At first many start-ups hire a lobbying firm.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

Trust me – that kind of encounter can mean the difference between securing a contract, protecting yourself from getting turfed or getting acquired one day. Equally each of your board members are probably on 5-10 boards. Between Board Meetings. Communicating Between Board Meetings. The Agile Board.

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Gust

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Make escrow arrangements for restricted stock (i.e., Consummate the stock issuances, make any necessary securities filings and issue the corresponding stock certificates. Advisory board agreements. founders’ shares subject to vesting) and IRS filings for most favorable tax treatment of those shares.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Some rules about stock options and phantom stock: [Email readers, continue here…] The real insight here is that stock options or phantom stock are the tools of early-stage businesses used to attract great talent when there is not enough cash to pay market rates. How about multiple classes of stock?

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

And then there are options: [Email readers, continue here…] Stock options or phantom stock are the tools of early stage businesses used to attract great talent when there is not enough cash to pay market rates. How many options are appropriate for a grant? There are some rules.

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venturehacks.com

MARCH 21, 2008

Normal advisors are also assembled by naive entrepreneurs who think the mere presence of an advisory board will create social proof and help them raise money. But investors don’t take these mock advisory boards seriously. Reply # Suzie Dingwall Williams · Mar 21, 2008 Men: it’s an advisory RELATIONSHIP.

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Berkonomics

MAY 12, 2010

The real insight here is that stock options or phantom stock are the tools of early stage businesses used to attract great talent when there is not enough cash to pay market rates. First you must create a stock option plan using your attorney, which must be registered in many states as a security offering.

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