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The Corrosive Downside of Acquihires

Both Sides of the Table

Chief Vesting Officers)? Many buying companies price these deals on the basis of $1 million per engineer on the team for an early-stage deal. And wants to structure a huge payout for the employees that will remain. I know many rank-and-file employees. The Aqui-hire Business. But evidence suggests otherwise.

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

David Teten

intrapreneurs, e.g., the employee of GE who is tasked with launching a new business. I’ve been looking for suggestions for an initial deal structure that is appropriate for the theoretical case of a trusted dev shop putting in $100k in market-value of services over a 6 month period in time. 5% vest at clickable prototype.