Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 27, 2016
With a large number of unknown investors demanding details, you are highly exposed to potential competitors. Keep all IP details close to the vest. Crowdfunding platforms don’t have the facilities to handle non-disclosure agreements that you might expect from every professional investor.
Austin Startup
AUGUST 20, 2017
Set any vesting schedules and expiration dates on roughly similar terms, if for no other reason just so you can track all of them correctly. Is there a development step that you must take to fulfill demand for a particular use case, and, if so, how does that cost get absorbed? Keep the valuations consistent with company progress.
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Tim Keane
JANUARY 12, 2010
These include: · Vesting of Founder Stock. Especially in situations where the founders have a large position and are key employees, it is not uncommon for investors to request that they agree to have some portion of their holdings vest on a schedule.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 5, 2011
It has the dual technology patrons and yet the consistent story I get is that they’re not actively out embracing the startup community, helping local successes emerge, getting comfortable with the symbiotic benefits of some employees going to startups that innovate at a different pace and then buying up local teams, talent & IP.
infochachkie.com
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
Given all the demands on your time, the hours spent educating a consultant regarding your business are costly. IP) is an ugly thing at a startup. The lack of rules and structure causes many entrepreneurs to work incessantly. It requires you to expend your two most valuable resources, your time and your money.
maplebutter.com
JANUARY 8, 2013
Then decide if you can build more value on either end of that process to demand a higher premium. You can always change the pricing to meet demand and optimize for pricing yield. I did over $12,000 USD in sales in the Q1 of 2011, i’m being outweighed by the demand, i feel the time has come for me to get few investors onboard.
blog.expensify.com
APRIL 24, 2012
there are start ups who are legitimately using.net because they don’t need to look directly into the tcp/ip stack. Purchase IP from the vendors. It was just the command shell that demanded backward slashes. of course, you’re allowed to have your opinions. it’s easy to stand against something. What did we do?
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