thinkspace.com
SEPTEMBER 7, 2012
How long should people vest – four years? Investors routinely subject founder shares to vesting, but there is no rule that says that founders cannot, or should not, impose vesting on themselves. And the vesting doesn’t necessarily need to be time-based either. Five years? Buffer Pin It Digg Digg.
blog.expensify.com
APRIL 24, 2012
But my coders will beat up your coders, any day of the week. No offense, but I honestly think you have no idea what you’re talking about, and your irrational language biases are probably making you lose some really good coders. ” So, essentially you want redneck coders that will kill it and grill it.
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ReadWriteStart
APRIL 11, 2012
Even if you're a star coder, as your business grows there will come a moment when you're going to need IT help on a full-time basis. Most startups have the ability to fix the small stuff, either on their own, with the help of expert friends or colleagues, or with a quick call to a local IT consultant. Image courtesy of Shutterstock.com.
Diego Basch
JULY 1, 2014
I was told that I was interviewing to replace employee #7 (everyone talked about their own employee number) who was leaving because he was fully vested that month (red flag). Nobody seemed excited about open-sourcing the code, the original people were leaving, the coder gurus projected strange attitudes to a lowly candidate.
www.quora.com
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
Even better, executives will negotiate the acquisition price of their company down; in exchange for a larger amount of post-acquisition retentio n equity and accelerated vesting. Even if your company succeeds, there is absolutely no guarantee your equity will not be wiped out in a down round.
maplebutter.com
JANUARY 8, 2013
have you heard of any luck using outsourced coders from India … or where do you suggest ? I’m not a coder or a designer, however, I learned enough to create my initial product for my online start-up. All that being said, all equity allocation (giving) should be done with a 4 year vesting, 1 year cliff.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 10, 2011
You can give them 20% of the company with a vesting schedule over four years (this way if things don’t work out you don’t lose too much), and you add infinite value to your team. Angels are always looking for technical people on the founding team and many don’t invest if there isn’t one. If you’re not a developer, find someone who is.
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