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

David Teten

Design, development, and digital media shops, sometimes just a few years old, are doing bigger and bigger projects and come bearing cash flow and that scarcest resource, talent. This means providing value beyond development and, when appropriate, making follow-on investments. Who is valuing the worth of development?

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Three Types Of Startup Advisors You Might Not Have Thought About (But Will Help You Win)

Hunter Walker

AngelList had just started and their company profile page had a bunch of “Advisor” slots to populate that were displayed in the same visual design as investors and team members. A sales and marketing tactic as much (or even more) than a customer development one, try setting up a Customer Council Advisory Board.

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Changing Equity Structures for Early Startup Employees

www.instigatorblog.com

Immediately makes them more like owners than employees, and doesn't have the same vesting timeline. Immediately makes them more like owners than employees, and doesn't have the same vesting timeline. Immediately makes them more like owners than employees, and doesn't have the same vesting timeline.

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Founder's Dilemmas: Equity Splits

www.startuplessonslearned.com

In my dataset, half of the teams had neglected to include any dynamic elements (vesting, buyout terms, and the like) in their equity agreements, sentencing themselves to the same risks faced by the Zipcar and govWorks.com teams. How should founders deal with such developments? .” How should founders deal with such developments?

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Lessons Learned: Employees should be masters of their own time

Startup Lessons Learned

Teamwork and a vested interest in success of the whole group is crucial. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? The military teaches a similar concept from day one, but approaches it slightly differently, something along the lines of, "If one of us fails, we ALL fail."

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

maplebutter.com

If you’re looking for a designer, engineer, or biz marketing guy – go to meetups / conferences that those people would go to. I’m studying design. Will developers and designers provide services for a piece of the company? To what extent could I trust web design companies? Product, product, product!