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Should You Share Equity with Consultants?

www.inc.com

Intellectual Property. Back in 1997, Randy Parker was staring at a blank whiteboard, wondering where hed find the money to hire the employees and consultants he needed to build his new product. "We Chip Morse , cofounder and partner with Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton P.C., Internet and Online Business. Technology.

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What Is the “Walker Startup Package”?

Scott Edward Walker

We charge a flat fee of $2,000, plus filing fees, for up to three co-founders and it includes unlimited phone calls and emails. Thus, founders never have to worry about picking-up the phone and asking their lawyers questions. Indeed, we have done more than 300 Startup Packages and the appeal is obvious: no billable hours.

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Flippers vs Keepers–At times earnings don’t matter

Berkonomics

He has served as advisor to and member of numerous financial exchanges, and was the founder and CEO of Arthur Lipper Corporation and co-founder and Chairman of New York & Foreign Securities Corporation. They are also very competitive, and highly value the intellectual property of the Flipper.

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Beware The Consultant

infochachkie.com

At the early stages of your company’s life, you cannot rely on disinterested, hired guns to define your company’s key tasks. The final straw came when I asked the latest 25-year old a simple ‘yes / no’ question related to stock options. What would be the best way to get results without hiring a consultant from Silicon Valley?

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Why Lawsuits Are On the Rise at Startups and What To Do About It

Both Sides of the Table

I often speak about co-founder fighting and how this ends in lawsuits but this has become much more prevalent. I’d encourage you to watch this quick 3-minute video with some views on what I call “ The Co-Founder Mythology ” that is perpetuated in Silicon Valley. Lawsuits are on the rise.

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Why is there such a large founder to early employee equity drop-off? - Quora

www.quora.com

Type to Add and Search Questions; Search Topics and People Startups Startup Compensation Entrepreneurship Compensation Stock Options Major Internet Companies Silicon Valley Why is there such a large founder to early employee equity drop-off? The real question here is: why is it fair for founders to get so much more?

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What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

Startup Lessons Learned

Our patent laws have been weakened reducing the value of intellectual capital. Sarbanes Oxley has made it impossible to go public reducing financial capital for start-ups and the FASB rules on stock options have made it harder to attract human capital to start-ups. With the exception of some classified military stuff.

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