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Most Common Early Start-up Mistakes

Both Sides of the Table

Moonlight Responsibly - If you are still employed please be very careful not to use your company’s resources to produce your product and please do not work on your next idea during business hours. That’s the difference between a founder and a non-founder. DO NOT start with product, start with the market.

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How to pick a co-founder

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SUPPORTED BY Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS How to pick a co-founder by Naval Ravikant on November 12th, 2009 Update : Also see our 40-minute interview on this topic. Picking a co-founder is your most important decision. It’s more important than your product, market, and investors.

Cofounder 101
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The New Deal – A Founding CEOs Value is Non Linear

Steve Blank

The customary vesting model has founders vest their stock over 4-years , and when the founding CEO gets in over their head the VC’s bring in professional management. They also know that most founding CEO’s don’t scale past the early stage. More often than not the founding CEO leaves the company.

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The Equity Equation

venturehacks.com

That’s a core argument for early-stage high-value angels, seed funds, and Y Combinator. Ask the Attorney” – Founder Vesting. How to pick a co-founder. All our products. Pitching Hacks , Cap Table , and Co-founder Interview. Venture Hacks Good advice for startups. SUPPORTED BY. venturehacks.

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