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Should You Co-Found Your Company With a Software Development Shop (2 of 2)?

David Teten

Should you co-found your company with a software development shop? I’ve talked with a number of software development shops who are eager to get into the business of cofounding companies, i.e., getting product revenue and equity instead of just consulting revenue. 5% vest at clickable prototype. 5% launch of v1.

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CTO Equity - Negotiation After Funding

SoCal CTO

Now, they were able to raise enough money in the last 3 months to launch a product along with all the necessary software development to launch a pilot program for validating the idea. The lawyer will charge you for more than the initial conversation. Do they recognize any Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Or was it options?

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CTO Equity - Negotiation After Funding

SoCal CTO

Now, they were able to raise enough money in the last 3 months to launch a product along with all the necessary software development to launch a pilot program for validating the idea. The lawyer will charge you for more than the initial conversation. Do they recognize any Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Or was it options?

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Debt, Equity and a Third (and Fourth) Thing that Might Work Better

Software By Rob

Not only are you getting financing with little risk, but with customer financing you have someone in the industry with a vested interest in your product succeeding. Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. For more on my story and the purpose of all this, visit the about page.

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Why We Prefer Founding CEOs

Ben's Blog

Conversely, founding CEOs are excellent at finding, but not maximizing, product cycles. In retrospect, it seems totally natural that Larry Ellison transformed Software Development Labs from a consulting business into a software company called Oracle. Therefore, if a technology company ceases to innovate, it will die.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

At the end of the conversation, ask them if they’d be willing to make an introduction. 1 page website w/ simple checkout, then add things as you feel it’ll help increase conversions. What’s the best way to START a conversation about funding with a potential investor assuming that I either know this person or can get an intro.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

This literally the dumbest, most ignorant piece that I’ve ever read about software development and/or hiring programmers. I also know numerous other programming languages and have worked with many software development platforms over the last 25 years. Look what happened to Gawker. March 25, 2011 at 3:23 pm.

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