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Piercing the Corporate Veil of Sweat Equity

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Piercing the Corporate Veil – Sweat Equity Consulting. But much like becoming a co-founder, getting paid sweat equity is essentially becoming an investor in the company. All names redacted.). If you did, why would you be consulting for sweat equity instead of investing as a VC or for yourself?

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Things to Avoid When Recruiting Co-founders

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Names redacted.) Unless your name is Mesmero the Magnificent, it’s probably not going to work on me. If I can steal your idea by just hearing it, there is no defensible business model there. Obviously if the only thing they’re “protecting&# is a business model, then you’re right.