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New Web Order - Finding a Technical Co-Founder

nikcub.appspot.com

The sites to consider to find potential developers are: Elance - This is the original offshore/contract development site and has been around since the late 90s. Once you have put in the effort and found a potential technical co-founder, be generous with equity distribution.

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Shark Tank Season 4 week 8 breakdown

Lightspeed Venture Partners

She is looking to move production offshore where costs will drop to $11.36, but has not done so yet. She agreed to invest at the terms that were asked for, $65,000 for 25% of the company, and to help with production and distribution. He sought $25k for 15% equity in the company. wholesale, a very slim margin. This was charity.

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Transcript of How to Turn Your Product Idea Into a Business

Duct Tape Marketing

So one of the challenges I suppose is somebody creates a good product, maybe they raise the money in a Kickstarter kind of way, but distribution is really going to make the difference. What’s the best path for that kind of maker to circumvent the traditional distribution channels?

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In 15 Years From Now Half of US Universities May Be in Bankruptcy. My Surprise Discussion with @ClayChristensen

Both Sides of the Table

Obviously that barrier has been brought down with low-cost ability to capture, stream and distribute content over the Internet. He believes that one of the financial metrics taught at business schools and reinforced by Wall Street has accelerated offshoring of industries. “Online education is truly going to kill us.”

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

I too am looking for someone to work with that knows the manufacturing and distribution end of a solid product. This resulted in a recapitilization of the equity away from 33% each (in my favor) and then the ultimate dismissal of one of the co-founders prior to the A-round. Twitter is an excellent distribution channel for us. (B)

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Finding Your Co-Founders

techcrunch.com

In later posts I’ll get more specific on how to figure out if the folks you’re meeting are the right people to work with, and also how to deal with issues like splitting equity and paying yourselves before raising funding. Height has a pretty tight, normal distribution. link] start up « Orthoblaino’s Blog [.]

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

Im a UX and front end designer bootstrapping my own products with pure sweat equity at night but always looking for someone else to partner with(engineer/programmer)to bring these ideas life. Dont make cheap skate equity offers, with programmer getting equity share of first employee and salary of founder(nothing or next to nothing).