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Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers

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Understand where they were in terms of being able to pay or was this equity-only (sweat equity only). Unless you are a co-founder of the startup, a developer is probably not going to do all that well working on sweat equity alone. How To Find A Programmer To Build Your Startup Idea Another option is sweat equity.

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Building a sweat equity team

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(Not logged on) | Register | Log On Home Discuss Jobs About The Business of Software A community discussing the business of software, from the smallest shareware operation to Microsoft. A part of Joel on Software. where I can learn about how to build a sweat equity team? The key here is motivation.

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7 Attributes of An Entrepreneur's Startup Dream Team

Startup Professionals Musings

In my angel investor mode, I often find myself flipping to the “management” section of a business plan, even before I read the solution description and opportunity. Business credentials and functional coverage. If your team has a depth of expertise in software, that won’t help you get funding for a new hardware solution.

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Head, Heart, and Hands: 3 Essentials for Startup Success

Up and Running

True, your business aspirations may be on a more modest scale than these world-famous brands. Tim Berry, the founder of Palo Alto Software and Bplans, says there is no better starting point than looking in the mirror. Use tools that can help you manage the challenging aspects of your business. But where to begin?

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Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy? Think Again.

techcrunch.com

And investors said they intend to invest more in cleantech than software going forward. This is a big reversal, as software has long been the dominant category for venture deals, but it’s unknown whether software has lost favor, or whether it’s just become so pervasive that it doesn’t really hold together as a category anymore.

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How To Find A Technical Cofounder For Your Online Business Idea

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Many partnerships don’t make it past this stage, devolving into a tangled mess about who owns the idea and the code and what the compensation should be. Gather your market research, your business plan, and your prototype and make your presentation to potential CTOs. Sign that person to an NDA if necessary.