Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2012

Those at the other extreme don’t look up from the grindstone long enough to notice whether all their work is producing sweat equity or just sweat. Taking that first salary after a long dry spell is an inspiring moment, and a great celebration with friends. Starting a business may be fun, but it’s not easy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2016

That’s why all those so-called million dollar ideas I hear about as an investor don’t get me excited, and entrepreneurs find that working twenty hours a day often generates nothing more than sweat, instead of the desired sweat equity. Celebrate the ability to pay yourself a salary.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2015

That’s why all those so-called million dollar ideas I hear about as an investor don’t get me excited, and entrepreneurs find that working twenty hours a day often generates nothing more than sweat, instead of the desired sweat equity. Celebrate the ability to pay yourself a salary.

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discuss.joelonsoftware.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Movie: "Make Better Software" is a 6 movie course designed to help you as you grow from a micro-ISV to a large software company. where I can learn about how to build a sweat equity team? where I can learn about how to build a sweat equity team? Rather, it is a proposal for sweat-equity investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Those at the other extreme don’t look up from the grindstone long enough to notice whether all their work is producing sweat equity or just sweat. Taking that first salary after a long dry spell is an inspiring moment, and a great celebration with friends. Starting a business may be fun, but it’s not easy.

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femgineer.com

JULY 18, 2010

HOME About the Femgineer Speaking Engagements Reading List Recruiting Startup Engineers With the startup market taking off, there is always a clamor to find good engineers, developers, and designers. Sweat equity or salary? Here are some things to think about for those on the recruiting side: 1.

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www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Design Articles and Tutorials. Graphic Design Theory. Design Downloads. Web Design. Otherwise, you will have to offer actual compensation (read salary) in addition to corporate shares. If you don’t have the money to provide even a reduced salary up-front, find investors. Privacy Policy. Terms of Use.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Co-founder and CEO Kyle Wong, who was featured on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 List, says the company’s MVP was built using “sweat equity.” That same year, I started a web development and CRO-focused design agency. I think my cost—office, salaries, and everything else—was about $40,000 or $50,000 a month.”.

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grasshopperherder.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Piercing the Corporate Veil – Sweat Equity Consulting. But much like becoming a co-founder, getting paid sweat equity is essentially becoming an investor in the company. If you did, why would you be consulting for sweat equity instead of investing as a VC or for yourself? GrasshopperHerder.com.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Co-founder and CEO Kyle Wong, who was featured on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 List, says the company’s MVP was built using “sweat equity.” That same year, I started a web development and CRO-focused design agency. I think my cost—office, salaries, and everything else—was about $40,000 or $50,000 a month.”.

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grasshopperherder.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Saying things like, “You’ll earn a salary, as soon as we close our funding round,&# make me throw up slightly in my mouth. Don’t Bullshit Me I know about the famous “ reality distortion field.&# Unless your name is Mesmero the Magnificent, it’s probably not going to work on me.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Don’t exacerbate the issue by needing to figure out how to deal with large equity deadweight on your hands (investors won’t like that the #2 stakeholder is absent, even estranged, from your company). So, the best way of dealing with this issue is to take a long, long vesting period for all major sweat equity founders.”.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

2010-06-19) # What about design mockups using eg. for anyone needing user interface, design and branding for their project visit my portfolio: [link] we love to build bold identities for fresh ideas. What I do like is the coming up with the idea and mapping out the development part. I love your posts Derek, you really GIVE. Insightful.

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