Berkonomics

APRIL 3, 2014

There are three classes of equity investors for early stage businesses that we have not yet considered. The European Business Angel Network (EBAN), and similar organizations in other countries including Canada, all have web sites with directories of angel groups that are local to you.

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Equity Finance Liquidity Event Angel Groups 92

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Building extensive experience in the financial service industry over a twenty year career, Donato Sferra began his financial career as an equity research analyst at TD Securities, specializing in auto parts, solar and automation. They were startups just six years ago and some have already evolved into multi-billion dollar companies.

Partner 127

Partner Venture Capital United States Canada 127

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Self-funding your invention in the early stages can allow you to retain complete control of your intellectual property, decision-making, and any initial revenue. There are a number of government loans and grants available to aspiring inventors (see the following Government of Canada and U.S. Network funding. Government funding.

Intellectual Property 113

Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Government Venture Capital 113

www.huffingtonpost.com

MAY 10, 2011

Because we achieved our most aggressive revenue targets and built a strong community, we realized that we had a broader opportunity to change the world of graphic design. Size of Opportunity - market size, revenue or usage, exit outcome and their ability to get equity early are all important.

CTO 43

CTO CTO Hire PHP Cofounder 43

Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

PlentyOfFish has 11 million registered users, is the #1 dating site in the UK and Canada and the #2 in the US by audience share. But did you know that founder Markus Frind has just 3 employees for his $10MM+ revenue business? For example, you can barter for a service or you can negotiate payment terms or even equity for service.

Software Review 65

Software Review Offshore Startup Boston 65

Transformify

MARCH 4, 2018

To ease the selection process, we compiled a list of 25+ staffing agencies active globally or in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia. Providing services to Fortune 500 companies in the US and Canada, Insight Global provides services to the IT, accounting and finance, engineering and government sectors. Insight Global. SNI Companies.

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Hiring Finder Canada Australia 61

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I built a multi-million dollar company (and sold it) from New Brunswick Canada. I would focus on one product and set a goal to generate $1M in yearly revenue from it. Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing. Thanks, Phil Up North. Just start today, cool?

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Streaming media services from companies like Spotify and Netflix have long argued to big media owners that streaming is the way to capture market share back from pirate sites and hence increase revenues. According to Hastings, there is evidence that BitTorrent traffic in Canada dropped 50% after Netflix started there three years ago.

Canada 79

Canada Acquisition Demand Revenue 79

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Don’t exacerbate the issue by needing to figure out how to deal with large equity deadweight on your hands (investors won’t like that the #2 stakeholder is absent, even estranged, from your company). So, the best way of dealing with this issue is to take a long, long vesting period for all major sweat equity founders.”.

Cofounder 89

Cofounder Startup Technical Cofounder CTO Hire 89

www.startupnorth.ca

OCTOBER 23, 2010

They are rough estimates.Any one have sample option grants in Canada? link] boris I would hope that most early employees are forgoing some of their salary in exchange for a larger equity chunk, and to help with early stage cash flow. More equity? Lead Engineer 0.5 – 1 5+ years experience Engineer 0.33 – 0.66

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Employee Founder Salary Equity 41

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

spent $20 million to get back to the same revenue that I had when I was CEO. created a vastly higher cost structure; I had 80 people mostly on base salaries under $100,000 and was bringing in revenue at the rate of $20 million annually. .”). During this year they. deprecated the old feature-complete product (ACS 3.4)

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Someone who is egotistical enough to call themselves a rockstar, yet humble enough not to want 99% of the equity? Just go to a meetup or post an ad promising equity. Today's "Minimum Viable Product" *must* have scalability / capacity planning and security baked in, *not* postponed until revenue starts to come in.

Developer 42

Developer Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder 42

Up and Running

APRIL 29, 2014

If you have those goals in mind and you understand where you’re going with your business, you have so much more power to plan for them, both on the tax side as well as on the revenue and expense side for your business and cash flow management. But it’s one of the most highly-audited areas of the Internal Revenue.

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.Net Capital Gains Distribution Puerto Rico 85