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Startups: Cut the Wheat from the Chaff on Quora

VC Cafe

link] – affiliate and referral programs (my company). How do bootstrapped companies hire talent? Instead of a 20% option pool, we created a 40% option pool, and gave out half of it to the first half-dozen hires who came on and were willing to work without salary for a period of time, forming the core team.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

ff Venture Capital hired two full-time engineers to build out Totem. The Long Term Stock Exchange is building out a set of tools for founders for managing their cap tables, 409A valuations, cash on hand, options pool, investor relations, etc. Fincura specializes in serving lenders.