Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

This article originally ran on TechCrunch. Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. It really wouldn’t take much to turn a great technology ecosystem into a truly electric one. You need to have passionate tech entrepreneurs who want to build businesses locally.

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Gust

DECEMBER 1, 2011

When meeting with early stage entrepreneurs for the first time, after reviewing a demo or hearing their pitch, I often ask them to articulate what they’re most focused on building. In Part II, we’ll get into certificates of incorporation, stock purchase agreements, IP assignments and related matters. What is a startup really?

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www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

It would be helpful to get a California standard employee manual, employee contract/agreements, IP ownership release to company, and confidentiality. In reviewing these documents on the term sheet, last item, how is the term "double trigger" defined. Technical issues are fixed for Firefox users (thanks Rob for the comment).

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www.metamorphblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Make sure you own all the IP created during this trial period, and make no promises for later. Plus, it adds big time on the competition research front, because your friends/acquaintances/ex-girlfriends will see articles about competitors and share them with you on Facebook. Vest, young man. “Stealth Mode&# = FAIL.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

As one of the coherent commentators says below, Joel Spolsky himself laments schools teaching Java with the same basic reasoning of my article above, albeit more diplomatically stated.) .NET Guess which technology we have the least trouble with. ability based on one of many technologies. March 25, 2011 at 1:36 pm. Matt Sherman.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

I’ve attached a spreadsheet to this article to illustrate the issues in numbers. These include: ·       Vesting of Founder Stock.   However, I assume that the proposed business solves a real problem that people are willing to pay for and that it may be lest costly, more efficient, and IP-protected.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I have the knowledge in tech to implement it. If you’re looking for technical talent – go to the dev meetups. what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing “product development” eg new social media website project?

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