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Why I left Wall Street to figure it out.

Austin Startup

This was my time at a Wall Street firm that had hired me after I applied for their Junior Stockbroker position, a little while after I graduated from college. In 3 days, my articles of incorporation as a Delaware C-Corp came by email. I heard them but said nothing. And the thought will not leave. Wow, I just incorporated a company!

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Should You Share Equity with Consultants?

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Email address: Home. Back in 1997, Randy Parker was staring at a blank whiteboard, wondering where hed find the money to hire the employees and consultants he needed to build his new product. "We Create an options pool, if nothing more than in your mind, so you have some parameters to work within," Durkin says.

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Designing the Ideal Board Meeting – The Board Meeting

VC Adventure

One of the key functions of a board is to hire and fire the CEO. There are, of course, some items that the board has specific decision making authority over (buying another company, increasing the option pool, signing leases of a certain size, etc.). Most decisions are delegated to the CEO and management team.

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The Option Pool Shuffle

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SUPPORTED BY Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS The Option Pool Shuffle by Nivi on April 10th, 2007 “Follow the money card!&# – The Inside Man, Three-Card Shuffle Summary: Don’t let your investors determine the size of the option pool for you. Don’t lose this game. share to $1.00/share:

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Startups: Cut the Wheat from the Chaff on Quora

VC Cafe

Google Apps – email, calendar, mailing lists. SendGrid – email delivery. link] – email. How do bootstrapped companies hire talent? Lighthouse – bug tracking. Tender – customer support. Basecamp – project management. Campfire – code-aware chat. PBwiki – knowledge base.

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Using warrants to pump up your VC valuation

www.mattbartus.com

You have a 20% option pool, so you know this will take your ownership down from 80% to 60%, and the VC will get 25%. Option Pool. Option Pool. ” Share this: Facebook Twitter Email Reddit StumbleUpon. What questions should I ask the lawyers I am considering hiring? Send to Email Address.

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Everything you ever wanted to know about advisors, Part 1

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If you have additional questions, email us at ask@venturehacks.com. This is the advisor paradox : hire advisors for good advice but don’t follow it, apply it. Your task is to hire the maverick advisors in the crowd. Hiring advisors is an ongoing effort. Then hire him if you like the results. Part 2: Deck.