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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

They have open-sourced their investment structure , now on version 3.0, —– Earnest Capital invests in bootstrapped companies to help them unlock more growth. We determine a salary cap with the founder based on a software engineer in the closest major city. —– Indie.vc

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Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth

blog.captainrecruiter.com

Two years ago I got the bug to do an online recruiting startup and I began the hunt to find a technical co-founder - a software engineer who works for no cash - to help me build my dream website. You may get a software engineer to start something for you, but they wont stick with the project when it gets difficult.

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

But what I think was hard, and it was something he couldnt consider was that it would be harder to find a *maintaining* programmer, and how much it would cost to run the software, because of technical details he didnt understand. Would love to hear your insights sometime into how to partner with engineers. Insightful. Thanks much.