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5 Equity Distribution Parameters For Key Contributors

Startup Professionals Musings

Your idea is not intellectual property yet, so it has no inherent value. Cofounders only able to work part-time, with responsibility and major income sources elsewhere, don’t carry the same risk as others with more operational responsibility. The CTO of many technical startups was the original founder.

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5 Keys To Negotiating Your Fair Share Of Any Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Your idea is not intellectual property yet, so it has no inherent value. Co-founders only able to work part-time, with responsibility and major income sources elsewhere, don’t carry the same risk as others with more operational responsibility. The CTO of many technical startups was the original founder.

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Reincubate: Blog: Chief Technology Officer job description (for web, start-up or corporate)

www.reincubate.com

Email us or call +44 (0) 844 3579899 home about services blog labs Chief Technology Officer job description (for web, start-up or corporate) « Upgraded your iPhone to OS 3 but files are missing? Some companies look for a more strategic or a more hands-on CTO. Firstly, theres no one-size-fits-all description.

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5 Criteria For Splitting Equity In Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Your idea is not intellectual property yet, so it has no inherent value. Co-founders only able to work part-time, with responsibility and major income sources elsewhere, don’t carry the same risk as others with more operational responsibility. The CTO of many technical startups was the original founder.

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Corporate Acquisitions of Startups: Why Do They Fail?

Steve Blank

If they decide to buy, large companies can: license/acquire intellectual property. Companies that acquire startups for their intellectual property, teams or product lines are acquiring startups that are still searching for a business model. Often they have brought in an operating executive as the new CEO.

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How Much Founder Stock Should You Offer Co-Founders?

Startup Professionals Musings

Your idea is not intellectual property yet, so it has no inherent value. Co-founders only able to work part-time, with responsibility and major income sources elsewhere, don’t carry the same risk as others with more operational responsibility. The CTO of many technical startups was the original founder.

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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

SoCal CTO

Startups that come to me and ask me to sign an NDA in order to get Free Startup CTO Consulting really are missing it. Feld: You seem to be operating from a perspective of “implied suspicion.” I don’t work this way – I much prefer to operate from a perspective of “implied trust.” But generally I'm going to favor being open.

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