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How Early-Stage Startups Can Utilize the SVB Collapse as a Wake-Up Call

The Startup Magazine

By Daniel Sokolovksy, Co-Founder and CEO, WARP and Troy Lester, Co-Founder and CRO, WARP The dissolution of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was more than just a bank collapse, it was a reality check for both startups and the VCs that fund them. We’re hitting record revenue months, weeks, and margins. That includes us.

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Should Early Stage Startups Move to Austin because of Capital?

Austin Startup

Tim O’Reilly, Founder at O’Reilly Media and promoter of open source and Web 2.0 Let’s have a look at what early stage founders can expect in terms of oxygen. Namely, windfall revenue from oil means that the Texas taxman does not collect personal or corporate income taxes (on the state level). However, prices are rocketing.

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How To Start A Business The Right Way

The Startup Magazine

Without them, you cannot earn any revenue. You can search for co-founders who will contribute with capital, or skills, and share profits and equity with them. If your vision is powerful enough, you can make up for this by offering recruits stock options. Finding these true fans will enable your business to exist.

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How Open Should a Startup CEO be with Staff?

Both Sides of the Table

For starters let me use “CEO” as a proxy to include her “inner circle” which might mean co-founders or might just mean senior execs of the business. The Mind of the Founder. You scraped together enough for an angel round but not enough to pay yourself a real salary. I wasn’t surprised.

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Smart Bear Live 8: Edwin from MeetingKing.com

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Listen to this episode if you want to hear about a founder who has a product and users and paying customers … and is trying to figure out how to take his company to the next level and grow faster. Well yeah, you could potentially find a cofounder. I first did it for the founder. Edwin: You get a cofounder onboard.

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How Startup Valuations are Driving Company Equity

ReadWriteStart

The market regards equity as an ownership “share” in a corporation’s income revenue stream. Therefore, CEOs have strong reasons to issue stock options. Equity for Co-founders. Founders can compensate them in either equity or salary as per their preference. What is Company Equity?

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How to evaluate whether or not you should join a startup

The Next Web

Can you live off this (likely lower) salary? What salary are you hoping to earn? The best general rule of thumb is that if your role is to generate revenue for the company, then you are in Bucket X. If your role is not actively creating revenue, then you are in Bucket Y. What about company stock options?