venturehacks.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The best sellers can sell to customers, partners, investors, and employees. Breakups are hard If you’re going to fall out with your co-founder, do it early, recover the equity into the option pool to keep the company going, and recruit someone else great to fill the missing slot. Build in founder vesting (a.k.a.

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Steve Blank

JULY 19, 2010

As a board member I negotiated with founding CEO’s over vesting when I thought it was their time to go. I’ll offer that both entrepreneurs and VC’s have the wrong model for founding CEO equity compensation. They also know that most founding CEO’s don’t scale past the early stage. That’s the source of the trouble.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

I often talk with entrepreneurs who are kicking around their next idea. When I hear entrepreneurs say that they’re kicking around ideas with friends I ask, “have you legally registered a company?&# Get customer input. Interview customers to better articulate their problems. Start building your team early.

Founder Vesting 365

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venturehacks.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Entrepreneurs should think about unbundling money and value add. But entrepreneurs should understand that the top firms pick the best companies, they don’t make the best companies. That’s a core argument for early-stage high-value angels, seed funds, and Y Combinator. Ask the Attorney” – Founder Vesting.

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