ReadWriteStart
DECEMBER 15, 2022
It provides the freedom to partner with entrepreneurs and reduce the costs of agency work in exchange for equity in their startup. This allows the studio to retain a larger stake in internally funded startups and gain equity in other startups through partnerships. Agencies Need Well-Defined Procedures for Startup Development.
Feld Thoughts
OCTOBER 7, 2013
This check is for The Community Foundation and for the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado (EFCO) and results from a gift of 24,793 shares of common stock from Rally at the time of its first financing that represented approximately 1% of the equity of the company. I remember numerous conversations with Ryan about this.
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SoCal CTO
APRIL 28, 2014
Other Topics Covered I also covered topics that are covered more thoroughly in the following posts: Document Your MVP for a Developer. I’m a long way into development and I’m 90% done and we are having issues getting it completed See Symptoms of a Weak Development Team and Poor Software Developers - Pull the Plug Early.
SoCal CTO
FEBRUARY 13, 2013
If you are on the lower complexity end, the key is defining small chunks of work that can be done quickly by a developer. Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers Technology Roles in Startups Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering? The "Questions" post is probably the most important.
Altgate
SEPTEMBER 16, 2010
For example, you can barter for a service or you can negotiate payment terms or even equity for service. Another tip (whether outsourcing or developing in-house, make sure you follow the “2-man&# rule, which means that you should have at least 2 people familiar with your code which gives you insurance in case one goes away or moves on.
femgineer.com
JULY 18, 2010
We engineers know that need to be agile in a startup and be able to scrap code and rebuild, but want we don’t want is to have a founder who manic or aimless. Sweat equity or salary? There are a lot of engineers out there who have been burned by founders who pull and push them in a variety of directions.
bhargreaves.com
MARCH 7, 2010
Development shops who work for $100+/hour and take no equity are poor partners in a startup. Read the scenarios and give yourself points accordingly: 3 Points: You actually do not know any software developers. 5 Points: You have a development shop that will work for equity. But all that is for another post.
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