Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
If you’re an early employee at a startup, one day you will wake up to find that what you worked on 24/7 for the last year is no longer the most important thing – you’re no longer the most important employee, and process, meetings, paperwork and managers and bosses have shown up. I know a change is going to come. Loss of status ?
Gust
APRIL 9, 2014
Equity dilution works when the same pie is divided among more people. Over time, other people receive pieces of equity in exchange for work (employee stock options), money (seed, angel and venture investors), services (attorneys, directors, etc.).
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Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 6, 2013
it’s the most expensive dilution you’ll ever face. But not anal if one founder who shares equity graciously with early employees who are treated as “co-founders” My idea startup team is heaving on tech personnel but also has strong product management. Quick summary: Be careful not to have too many co-founders.
www.avc.com
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
Employee Equity: How Much? The most common comment in this long and complicated MBA Mondays series on Employee Equity is the question of how much equity should you grant when you make a hire. Once you have assembled a core team that is operating the business, you need to move from art to science in terms of granting employee equity.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 14, 2017
As a starting point the board is intended to have legal and financial responsibilities to a few key constituencies: shareholders, debt holders, creditors, employees, government and major parties with whom the business operates. Often we are asked to get involved in executive-level recruiting. ICOs certainly have a place in startup financing.
Up and Running
JULY 1, 2020
You may grow to tap new markets or increase sales in your current markets. While it’s called a business plan, it can be written and utilized to successfully enter a new market, launch a product, or weigh the potential of adding an employee. This will also be the roadmap for your existing employees to execute that plan.
Hearpreneur
JANUARY 30, 2022
Face-to-face engagement is important, especially at vital points in the sales cycle or while creating relationships. 6- Recruit and retain employees. So many people are starting their own businesses that employees are becoming scarce. Cross-training existing employees will help cover staffing shortages in the interim.
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