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5 Equity Distribution Parameters For Key Contributors

Startup Professionals Musings

I always tell entrepreneurs that two heads are better than one, so the first task in many startups is finding a cofounder or two. Giving a cofounder a salary won’t get you the “fire in the belly” you want. Each cofounder should get equity for value, based on these key variables: Lived a key role in a previous startup.

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5 Keys To Negotiating Your Fair Share Of Any Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Value factors include your related product breadth and depth, relationships with thought leaders, key vendors, and large potential customers. Investors may not be called co-founders, but they always get equity, commensurate with their share of the total costs anticipated, or share of the current valuation. But don’t get greedy.

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How to find the right cofounder

NZ Entrepreneur

Wondering how to find the right cofounder but don’t know where to start? In my opinion, founders or early stage companies should only have a team of two or three people. Finding a technical cofounder. Hence you need what they call in startup world a “technicalcofounder.

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5 Criteria For Splitting Equity In Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Value factors include your related product breadth and depth, relationships with thought leaders, key vendors, and large potential customers. Investors may not be called co-founders, but they always get equity, commensurate with their share of the total costs anticipated, or share of the current valuation. But don’t get greedy.

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Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More - Ten Recent Great Startup Posts

SoCal CTO

Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs , February 2, 2010 Looks at the critical equation around customer acquisition cost vs. customer lifetime value similar to what I discussed in Startup Metrics but in more depth. Jason looks at the issues around "sunk cost."

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8 Ways The Maker Movement Turns Ideas Into Businesses

Startup Professionals Musings

In case you haven’t noticed it, the rapid evolution of do-it-yourself (DIY) facilities for developers, including 3-D printers, SketchUp and makerspaces such as TechShop , have scaled down the cost of prototypes and hardware design by an order of magnitude. Quick low-cost design and fabrication alternatives are extremely valuable.

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How Much Founder Stock Should You Offer Co-Founders?

Startup Professionals Musings

Value factors include your related product breadth and depth, relationships with thought leaders, key vendors and large potential customers. Investors may not be called co-founders, but they always get equity, commensurate with their share of the total costs anticipated, or share of the current valuation. But don’t get greedy.

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