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Seeking CEO+team for VC-backed startup: Make America Functional Again

David Teten

Our initial test market: We want to make America functional again by helping our users, such as major advocacy organizations and corporations, promote majoritarian-supported policies, e.g., mitigating climate change, strengthening democracy, enforcing ethics in government, promoting national security, and protecting against information warfare. .

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Seeking CEO+team for VC-backed startup: Make America Functional Again

David Teten

These might include, e.g., mitigating climate change, strengthening democracy, enforcing ethics in government, promoting national security, and protecting against information warfare. . We agree on an equity split, vesting, and initial compensation structure. Frequently Asked Questions. Q: Where did your idea come from?

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Everything you ever wanted to know about advisors: Part 2.

venturehacks.com

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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Do It Right The First Time, Part II: Visit the Doctor or House Call?

Gust

Determine the allocation of equity among co-founders, early employees or other service providers, and future contributors as applicable, as well as the vesting schedule , if any, that will apply. Determine who will serve on the Board of Directors and in executive officer positions (usually founders). Advisory board agreements.

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Be careful about equity and options!

Berkonomics

First you must create a stock option plan using your attorney, which must be registered in many states as a security offering. We will cover board members and advisory board members at a later time. How about “vesting” shares over time ? Options typically are earned over time, which we call vesting.

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Careful about equity and options in early stage businesses

Berkonomics

First you must create a stock option plan using your attorney, which must be registered in many states as a security offering. We will cover board members and advisory board members at a later time. Options typically are earned over time, which we call vesting. There are some rules.

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Equity is the currency of early stage businesses.

Berkonomics

First you must create a stock option plan using your attorney, which must be registered in many states as a security offering. If a grant of 10,000 shares is made on January First, typically there is a four year vesting period in which the employee earns the right to exercise (buy) 1/48 th of the shares each month.