Early Stage Hiring Management Vesting 
SoCal CTO
SEPTEMBER 27, 2011
I was asked by a reader how much equity he should give out to early employees and to service providers in a very early stage startup. Founders vs. Early Employees To help with this discussion, let me start with a definition of "early employee." I'll get to service providers in a later post.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 22, 2020
Early stage burn rates over $50K per month, or a runway of less than six months may indicate an inefficient or desperate startup. The allocation of shares among the founders, and the number and size of outside investments, will tells volumes about the health, stability, and management of the business.
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Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 18, 2023
Early stage burn rates over $50K per month, or a runway of less than six months may indicate an inefficient or desperate startup. The allocation of shares among the founders, and the number and size of outside investments, will tells volumes about the health, stability, and management of the business.
This is going to be BIG.
NOVEMBER 28, 2021
After 80 long days in the NICU, my 10 week early daughter Mirren has finally come home. We’re overjoyed and we’ve begun the task of learning how to manage all the logistics of her care—while somehow doing the bare minimum of that for ourselves. Plus, you can allow people to vest into the program.
Steve Blank
MAY 19, 2015
Organizational debt is all the people/culture compromises made to “just get it done” in the early stages of a startup. While he kept bringing the conversation back to their big valuation I tried to steer the conversation back to how they were going to deal with: training the influx of new hires – in both culture and job specific tasks.
View from Seed
JANUARY 5, 2016
Even experienced startup execs who have hired and built teams sometimes find there are nuances to learn between building a team within a larger company versus hiring the first dozen folks in a startup. To people and culture management in general? A middle manager layer after that? It’s a moving target.
The Next Web
AUGUST 26, 2013
Today, in steps 10-12 I want to discuss with you raising your first round of money, hiring to develop and maintain your company culture, as well as defining your role in the management of your startup. Before you start talking to large VCs, find some early stage investors. But never give away shares without vesting.
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