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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

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However, my two initial co-founders were not technical and couldn’t contribute significantly during the initial year plus of development. This resulted in a recapitilization of the equity away from 33% each (in my favor) and then the ultimate dismissal of one of the co-founders prior to the A-round.

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Finding Your Co-Founders

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In my case, I grew up in Connecticut and spent a fair amount of time in New York – all the while trying to start companies, relatively unsuccessfully. More often than not, a startup/company fails because the product developed is not what the marketplace sought. The ecosystem is just hard to beat. Same with Pets.com?