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FELD THOUGHTS JULY 29, 2011 Finance Fridays: Getting Started – Allocating Equity and Founder’s Investment Finance Friday’s gets off the ground with today’s post by introducing you to an imaginary startup, the entrepreneurs that we’ll being following throughout the series, and their first challenges: splitting up the founders’ equity and addressing the case where one of the founders provides the initial seed capital for the business. MORE >>	NOAM WASSERMAN JUNE 15, 2012 Is Dead Equity Crippling Your Company? Dead equity — equity held by employees and founders no longer working at the company — is a large and growing problem. MORE >>	RECENT POSTS MAY 24, 2013 \| STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS A Business Rebound is Not All Positive for Startups MAY 21, 2013 \| FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG 3 College-Town Incubators to Watch MAY 18, 2013 \| STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS Inspiration Without Perspiration is a Dull Startup MAY 17, 2013 \| FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG 3 Reasons Not to Crowdfund MAY 15, 2013 \| FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG 7 Ways Washington May Affect Small Business This Year MAY 14, 2013 \| FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG How to Build an Entrepreneurial Team
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GUST DECEMBER 20, 2012 What is the ratio of equity received for sweat equity vs. cash investment in a new venture? There is no specific ratio between “sweat equity” and cash in a venture, and that’s actually not a good way to think about the issue. You might have created that value by slaving 18 hours a day, seven days a week for five years (in which case the value of the sweat equity is $8.70 MORE >>	STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS FEBRUARY 8, 2013 10 Partner Qualities to Test Before Sharing Equity entrepreneur startup co-founder partner equity businessThe relationship has to have trust, communication, and respect in order to work. MORE >>	SOCAL CTO SEPTEMBER 27, 2011 Equity for Early Employees in Early Stage Startups I was asked by a reader how much equity he should give out to early employees and to service providers in a very early stage startup. million. MORE >>	VC CAFE JULY 4, 2012 Startup Equity Crowdfunding Grows in Europe (NESTA Report) investors can then, through the platform, buy small parts of this equity stake. Decision on how much equity. How investment is facilited. MORE >>
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ASK THE VC | FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 2012
Do My Early Stage Investors Own Too Much Of The Company?

Question: Most VCs commented that they can not fund current cap table where the CEO and COO would get 10% equity once fully vested while the current investors have 80%. Also, I have been offered 10% equity with 4 year vesting and 1 year cliff. At Equity angel ceo early stage equity ownershipLast years revenue was $52k. MORE >>

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STARTUPCFO | THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2012
Opportunity Cost

While they differ in many ways from experience to risk tolerance, etc, you can boil them all down to one element – opportunity cost. with a large equity grant). When it comes to building, and more importantly, retaining your all star team you need to explicitly consider and manage for their opportunity cost. This means i.) MORE >>

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WWW.PAYNE.ORG | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
Startup Equity For Employees

Startup Equity For Employees. Salary vs Equity. The re-heating of the venture funded tech market has pushed a heat up of the hiring market, and Im getting more calls from friends asking for help understanding startup stock (equity) offers. Buying your stock would cost $200,000! Salary vs Equity. Contents. Stock. MORE >>

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STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2012
Founder's Dilemmas: Equity Splits

Having seen these dilemmas derail countless startups, I wish every entrepreneur and prospective founder would read this book." - Eric The following is an exclusive excerpt which sets up a common pitfall regarding equity splits. Setting the early equity split in stone is one of the biggest mistakes founders can make. MORE >>

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STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2013
8 Secrets for Maximizing Startup Equity and Control

Bootstrapping avoids all the cost, pain, and distractions of finding angels or VCs, and allows you to keep control and all your hard-earned equity for yourself. Every outside hire increases your cost and risk. In summary, watch your costs, trust your gut, and drive forward with all the passion in your dream. MORE >>

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