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Free Startup Docs: How Much Equity Should Advisors Get?

techcrunch.com

It’s an age-old scenario: You’re building a company, you have a product idea, and you’ve got the framework laid out in your head, but you want some expert advice and guidance on how to take the next steps. So, you go out to find a veteran entrepreneur, ask her to be an advisor in your fledgling company … and then what?

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Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S

www.geekwire.com

ENTREPRENEURS. According to the Dow Jones research, 43 early-stage funds raised $3.1 Madrona’s new $300 million fund — while the largest in the firm’s history — certainly qualifies in the early-stage group. But Seattle entrepreneur Aaron Roberts, a former engineer… Read More.

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Revisiting the Software Design Manifesto (and what's changed since.

Startup Lessons Learned

I thought a good place to start was with the origins of the idea that "software design" should be considered a discipline in its own right, on par with computer science, software engineering, and computer programming. Here we have the beginnings of a theory of design for software. But what about Commodity?

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. David Teten , Versatile’s founder, was previously a Partner with HOF Capital and ff Venture Capital, two early-stage New York VC firms. in idea-stage and side-hustle founders using a Convertible Income Share Agreement, or CISA.

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Welcome to the Era of Decentralization

Hippoland

This is an exciting time to be a software entrepreneur and investor. When most people think back on the late 90s, they think the dot com era was exciting because it put tech entrepreneurship on the map in a big way, and lots of entrepreneurs made a ton of money. But, let’s first take a step back in time.

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Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?

www.quora.com

5 Comments 30 Answers Tristan Kromer , I help entrepreneurs find co-founders. I do disagree about two other points: First, this isn't the "quora rockstar engineer" perspective. It's my perspective as well and I'm not a software engineer let alone a rockstar. Obviously not.

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Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors

mashable.com

This dynamic births serial entrepreneurs and motivates angels and venture capitalists to pull their friends into investment deals. For the first-time entrepreneur or founder looking for seed stage funding, this circle can be especially difficult to penetrate.