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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

Jonathan Bragdon , CEO, describes Capacity as “a team of founders-turned-funders making non-dilutive, founder-aligned investments of $50-$300k in post-startup, post-revenue businesses planning to 2X revenues in 12-24 months. We determine a salary cap with the founder based on a software engineer in the closest major city.

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Essential Facts and Statistics Every Entrepreneur Must Know

crowdSPRING Blog

What is the average age of an entrepreneur when they start a business? What is the average salary of an entrepreneur? How often do new businesses fail? For an idea of where to start, take a look into any of the following: Business management. Business analytics. IT/Software Engineering/UX or UI Design.

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Finding Technical Cofounders Is Hard

rob.by

He argued that software engineers don’t finish what they start, and that you’re better off paying a technical person than partnering with one. Michael’s second problem comes from holding software engineers to an unprecedented standard of business savviness: Most software engineers aren’t business people.

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Essential Facts and Statistics Every Entrepreneur Must Know

crowdSPRING Blog

What is the average age of an entrepreneur when they start a business? What is the average salary of an entrepreneur? How often do new businesses fail? For an idea of where to start, take a look into any of the following: Business management. Business analytics. IT/Software Engineering/UX or UI Design.

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

It was definitely a huge leap to leave the corporate world (and the salary and security that comes with it) and start a company. Little did I know at that time that I would use some of the information to start my own business – develop a business plan, get a business license and so on.

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Why you can('t) recruit a technical cofounder

blog.launchbit.com

The question itself didnt attempt to ask whether equity or salary was preferred. This ranged from unrealistic assumptions about what the technical person will do ("Some non-technical people want a software engineer to not only code, but also be the PM, graphic designer, online ad expert, etc.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

It is clear that good software engineers avoid you. NOTE: Software engineers are engineers, “programmers” are what you use to control the central heating. Really skillful software engineers do not use.NET. That is business and how it works 99% of the time. Joel Martinez.

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