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1TeamWeb Taps Out the Competition

Austin Startup

One is through an outstanding teaching tool that he developed called the BJJ Technique Catalog, or BJJ Tech. But, the other way Dave has found to add a dimension of his software product development and startup experience into the mix is through the development of the web service, 1TeamWeb.

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Building a sweat equity team

discuss.joelonsoftware.com

where I can learn about how to build a sweat equity team? Rather, it is a proposal for sweat-equity investors. In particular, I want to bring on a full-time marketing person, and a full-time developer. The challenge here is to find candidate sweat equity partners who: 1. The key here is motivation.

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7 Practical and Powerful Tips To Accelerate Online Networking

Duct Tape Marketing

Consider developing a web page. Many open source applications (i.e. So blogging is a bit like sweat equity: you need to make sure you can glean a return in ways that are not directly deposited in your bank account. Set a networking goal (i.e. at specific companies, industries etc.). Build Your Online Profile.

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How To Find A Technical Cofounder For Your Online Business Idea

www.virtuosimedia.com

Developers. Gather quotes from multiple (at least 3) development companies for building a minimum feature prototype. Do an initial financial projection based on competitors’ prices, your development costs, and the advertising costs to see if your product is financially viable. Newsletters. Write For Us. User Interface.

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Piercing the Corporate Veil of Sweat Equity

grasshopperherder.com

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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Why Startups Fail - 20 Top Reasons Gleaned from 32 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

www.chubbybrain.com

That also backfired on service development since we had to focus on current problems instead of adding new functionalities. 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).

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

Say, “We are hiring a developer to create only the beginning of an application. Heres the source code,” make sure you finish with something like, “For completion of this project, please have this up and running on a development webserver I can access to test its functionality as described.” The requirements are as follows.”