Occam's Razor

JUNE 4, 2018

In-stock status. In-stock status. Only 15 left in stock. Or, 1 in-stock in the REI store next to your office. Our average delivery times to California are 50% faster than Amazon. Your employees stand up at 11:00 AM each day and sing the company song. Life of current price. Direct competitor comparisons.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Posted on September 14, 2009 by steveblank Over the last 30 years Wall Street’s appetite for technology stocks have changed radically – swinging between unbridled enthusiasm to believing they’re all toxic. Your firm worked with an investment banking firm that underwrote and offered stock (typically on the NASDAQ exchange) to the public.

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Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 225

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Here’s something other entrepreneurs look forward to:: #1- Employee engagement. I’ve decided that we need to make 2020 the year of employee engagement. When I look around the office, I notice so many things that would be changed if our employees weren’t involved and happy. 5- Developing a new standard for my employees.

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Entrepreneur Employee Demand Technical Review 72

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 22, 2019

It even penciled for Google in 1998, and it still worked well enough that Facebook chose to establish its headquarters in Palo Alto, California, in 2004. These people may be permanent employees, or they may work on a project-by-project basis, but they are managed very much as if they’re working right alongside you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2018

A reverse merger is the acquisition of an already public company (usually a dormant shell) to avoid the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process and cost, to quickly get your startup on a public exchange for fund raising through visibility and selling stock. This approach is not for entrepreneurs already out of money.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Additionally, it will be important to consider whether you plan on attracting investment capital through the distribution of stock, because only certain types of businesses can issue shares of ownership. The major downside of the LLC is that distribution of stock is not permitted, although interests can be assigned (this can get complicated).

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Paying 0% in state income tax in Texas versus up to ~10% in California or ~6.5% For the time being, you’ll spend 40–50% less on renting a home or office and 20–30% less on employee salaries, while not giving up that much in terms of the startup ecosystem. in New York helps put out some of that monthly burn.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2014

A reverse merger is the acquisition of an already public company (usually a dormant shell) to avoid the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process and cost, to quickly get your startup on a public exchange for fund raising through visibility and selling stock. entrepreneur funding IPO reverse merger Stock Exchange' Marty Zwilling.

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Scott Edward Walker

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

Accordingly, each founder should carefully review any agreements with his prior employer and the employee handbook to determine if there are any provisions that may give the prior employer rights to the startup’s IP. Founders should also make sure that when they leave their prior employer they don’t take anything with them (e.g.,

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Up and Running

AUGUST 29, 2014

Company culture is defined as the shared values, beliefs and practices of company employees including management. Company culture changes as the employees in the business change, as management makes strategic decisions and as the business environment shifts. Look for common employee behaviors.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

Every company I meet these days is grappling with this topic, from ESG to employee activism, to so much more. And of course, we started putting together a plan about how we might evacuate or get out of the office for day-to-day work and how we might start to provide services to employees. Highlights from the Show: What is Coinbase? (:33)

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IPO Cofounder Technical Review Government 113

Up and Running

JULY 18, 2014

Typically a C Corporation is a good idea when: You need to raise equity, to maximize medical deductions or you plan on using multiple classes of stock. If you lived in California but had a Nevada LLC or Corporation and conducted your day-to-day activities in California you would be required to foreign register that business in California.

Small Business 87

Small Business LLC Nevada Software Review 87

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Virtual Stock Exchange. Stock Quotes. When youve bootstrapped a business where youre not drawing a salary and depleting whatever savings you have, thats one of the very difficult things to do," says Toby Stuart, a professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. AllThingsDigital. SmartMoney.

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Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

Up and Running

JANUARY 19, 2015

A happy team leads to a good product, so keeping your employees positive should make the top of your to-do list. Below, 15 founders from Young Entrepreneur Council share the surprising perks your employees might really care about. I never realized how much our employees loved and appreciated lunch until we skipped it for a week.

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keen.io

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

For example: Don’t accept equity compensation (stock shares) without knowing the percentage of the company you’ll own. From there, I began googling things like “first employee startup equity” and “startup offer negotiation.” These were the best resources I found: Equity for Early Employees in Early Stage Startups. Me: “Cool.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2015

A reverse merger is the acquisition of an already public company (usually a dormant shell) to avoid the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process and cost, to quickly get your startup on a public exchange for fund raising through visibility and selling stock. This approach is not for entrepreneurs already out of money.

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Merger OTC IPO Due Diligence 120

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

7:01) The importance of both customer and employee experience, brand building, and pivoting to anticipate the new normal that's coming. (9:33) 18:21) Carl on optimism and what he did as head of stores at Home Depot post-Katrina to take care of customers and employees, including selling products out of the back of a truck via an IOU system.

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www.mattbartus.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

People tend to underestimate how much record keeping is involved with managing employees and consultants, and this just adds an unacceptable extra burden. The most you lose is 1 or 2 months of vesting on the stock. First, you’d probably want them to receive common stock, not preferred stock (which is the likely next round).

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Employee Benefits. Why Arizona Bay started taking stock from its customers instead of cash. Jumpstart wasnt much at the time, just four employees working from home offices. During the first Internet boom, companies that provided services to tech start-ups were all too happy to work for stock. Financing A Small Business.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Top talent can recognize a great thing when they see it and it´s your job as the founder to make sure they see your company in the best light possible from the first encounter to the stock allocation.” “Employees want to know they have freedom to make a difference using their own specific skill set. Sell Your Vision.

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Colombia Salary Startup Entrepreneur 169

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 29, 2012

They’re flaky, they’re bad employees, they steal all the Sharpies when they leave, blah, blah, blah. You need job-hopping to continually update the matching process between employer and employee. She also found that employees who stay in place longer are more productive and creative. Everyone loves a good game of musical chairs.

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Silicon Valley Stock Options Startup Vesting 146

www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Locks in rights, preferences and priviledges of the stock. It would be helpful to get a California standard employee manual, employee contract/agreements, IP ownership release to company, and confidentiality. it is acquired) and (b) the employee is terminated without cause (or sometimes resigns for good reason).

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Gust

JULY 18, 2012

For startups, it’s also important to understand that Board approval is required for a corporation to issue any new shares of stock or other equity instruments such as stock options. For that reason, approval of the latest employee stock option grants recommended by the CEO is a routine action item at most startup Board meetings.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

OK, you would own 0.25% of the stock. Now … these are stock options and not restricted stock so you’ll likely be taxed at a long-term capital gains rate. In California that averages around 42.5% Stock vests for 4 years. Stock options are the icing on the cake. He’d be employee number 3.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Decisions on hiring, firing, and employee classification are often the most difficult to navigate legally, and trade secret theft is always a looming threat. Classification is the way in which a company defines employees, independent contractors, interns, owners, partners, and exempt salespersons. Classification.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

From California, to Illinois, and New York many of the largest U.S. The most common way for a public hospital to become part of a larger health system (whether community nonprofit, faith based, or for-profit) is by using a lease structure, rather than an outright sale of stock or assets.

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 10, 2018

We *speculate* about people and wealth a s**t-ton – based upon a company’s last fundraise, based upon current stock price, based on the market price of BTC – but we don’t really talk our own situations, challenges, learnings. At least not in public in a personal way with near strangers.

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Gust

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Determine the allocation of equity among co-founders, early employees or other service providers, and future contributors as applicable, as well as the vesting schedule , if any, that will apply. Make escrow arrangements for restricted stock (i.e., Pick a name for the new legal entity (e.g., Newco, Inc.”) Yes, it’s a mouthful.

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Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Delaware Stock 139

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2016

Is it a bad thing when public stocks get eviscerated (given USV has a few that have)? But back to the blockbuster – Fred’s emphatic response that founders have a responsibility to go public and that liquidity is good for all stakeholder (employees, investors & the company). Do you need to be technical to be a great VC?

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

San Diego, California) Jobs Comentum is a dynamic and cutting edge company.Be Unfortunately, none are very focused on Florida (California and New York are the top two destination). a part of an exciting team, building web applications such as social networking, ecommerce, games, sports, contact management, CMS and more.Re.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 83

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JUNE 27, 2011

Or what if we have another stock market collapse or if they shoot down a plane over California? HIM: Yeah, in fact one of my best employees doesn’t like [big company] and has threatened to leave if we do it, which would make it hard to continue this growth. Would you take a lower “number&# to get Deal B?

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Sales Term Sheet Stock Deal Structure 235

Hearpreneur

JUNE 30, 2017

We always have over 7000 shoes in stock, 3000 dresses and 5000 swimsuits most of them for sale for under $30. . Unlike most of my competitors that are fleeing from California as fast as they can to avoid the $15 minimum wage that is coming, we are going to be here forever. Anything else you would like to tell our readers? .

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Lean China California Entrepreneur 48

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 29, 2012

They’re flaky, they’re bad employees, they steal all the Sharpies when they leave, blah, blah, blah. You need job-hopping to continually update the matching process between employer and employee. She also found that employees who stay in place longer are more productive and creative. Everyone loves a good game of musical chairs.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Stock Options Startup Vesting 74

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

We all know that we use renewal to be thoughtful about our futures so why not take the time this week to take stock in where you want to be a year from now and what steps you could take personally to make a difference. They hire their initial co-founders and early employees and everybody has a sense of “mission.”

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The way to getrich from a startup is to maximize the companys chances of succeeding,not to maximize the amount of stock you retain. The problem is, for the company to exist, you have todecide who the founders are, and how much stock they each have. They get the same kind of stock and get diluted the same amount in futurerounds.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Virtual Stock Exchange. Stock Quotes. Facebook went public in May with two classes of stock that give founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg about 57% of the voting power even though he only owns about 28% of the shares. Zynga went public last December with three classes of stock. MarketWatch. SmartMoney. SmartMoney.

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Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 29, 2012

They’re flaky, they’re bad employees, they steal all the Sharpies when they leave, blah, blah, blah. You need job-hopping to continually update the matching process between employer and employee. She also found that employees who stay in place longer are more productive and creative. Everyone loves a good game of musical chairs.

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Silicon Valley Stock Options Startup Vesting 60