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Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers

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Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Did they really need a Startup CTO or Developer or both? Did they have a Weak Development Team ? He needed some kind of CTO and as well Developers. These “startups” are almost always mostly-non-technical founders offering 1-2% premoney for a “lead developer” position.

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Digital Revenue Expert – Vince Thompson

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Today I lead a small consultancy that helps advertising supported develop and scale the revenue producing sides of their businesses. I usually.just focus on revenue. My management book, Ignited, was released in 2007 and serves a guide and champion for middle managers. How do you explain your personal brand to people?

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Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles?

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skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles? About 18 months ago, the entire group began to mention that they were having more difficulty finding good developers. Im part of a CTO group that meets once a month to discuss various topics.

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CTO Salary and Equity Trends 2009-2011

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You then make selections around aspects like Founder Status, Job Title, Headcount, Revenue, Development Stage, Capital Raised, Funding Round, etc. If you get too specific, then the counts will get very small and may not be the best comparison. You can also enter salary and equity data to see where you stand.

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How Investors Think About Valuation of Pre-Revenue Startups

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There's a lot out there around Customer Development - read Steve Blank : Entrepreneurship as a Science – The Business Model/Customer Development Stack - Steve Blank , October 25, 2010 Checklists for Chaos, The Path to Success - Steve Blank , October 28, 2010 and reading about Lean, MVPs, etc. What are they really looking for?

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Open Source Business Model

SoCal CTO

However, Elgg could power 100,000 networks and it would make no difference - there is no revenue stream as we give everything away under a GPL license. There are quite a few other Software Development Companies in Southern California working on open source and/or freemium business models. I understand his frustration.

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Equity for Early Employees in Early Stage Startups

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I've talked about this topic before in How Investors Think About Valuation of Pre-Revenue Startups. If this is a junior level developer, then likely you can provide significantly less equity. You can also take a look at StartupRoar 's topics: Startup Valuation , Pre-Money Valuation , and Early Stage Valuation.