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5 Equity Distribution Parameters For Key Contributors

Startup Professionals Musings

The next default of waiting until later is equally bad, since partners who bow out early will still expect an equal share of that first billion you make later. Your idea is not intellectual property yet, so it has no inherent value. Level of responsibility and time allocated. Now comes the reality check.

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5 Keys To Negotiating Your Fair Share Of Any Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

The next default of waiting until later is equally bad, since partners who bow out early will still expect an equal share of that first billion you make later. Your idea is not intellectual property yet, so it has no inherent value. Level of responsibility and time allocated. Now comes the reality check.

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5 Criteria For Splitting Equity In Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

The next default of waiting until later is equally bad, since partners who bow out early will still expect an equal share of that first billion you make later. Your idea is not intellectual property yet, so it has no inherent value. Level of responsibility and time allocated. Now comes the reality check.

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10 Entrepreneur Milestones That Make Funding Easy

Startup Professionals Musings

Make sure your plan answers every relevant question that you could possibly imagine from your business partners, spouse, and potential investors. A CEO who has “been there and done that” is traction, especially if teamed with a financial lead (CFO) and a product lead (CTO). Register some intellectual property.

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Corporate Acquisitions of Startups: Why Do They Fail?

Steve Blank

Companies manage these three types of innovation with an innovation portfolio – they build innovation internally, they buy it or they partner with resources outside their company. If they decide to buy, large companies can: license/acquire intellectual property. Five Types of Innovation to Buy.

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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

SoCal CTO

One of the readers asked my opinion around sharing your startup concept: My first question has always been - how do you protect your idea while shopping around for feedback, partners, developers, etc.? Beyond that, I want lots of conversations with experts, users, customers, VCs, partners, etc. Lots of thoughts here. False Confidence.

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How Much Founder Stock Should You Offer Co-Founders?

Startup Professionals Musings

The next default of waiting until later is equally bad, since partners who bow out early will still expect an equal share of that first billion you make later. Your idea is not intellectual property yet, so it has no inherent value. Level of responsibility and time allocated. Now comes the reality check.

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