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The Equity Equation

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The Equity Equation. As this nuclear winter of venture hacks continues, I thought you might enjoy our thoughts on Paul Graham’s The Equity Equation. ” Read the rest of The Equity Equation first; it is great. You have to pay market rates regardless of the equity equation. by Nivi on July 19th, 2007. Summary: 1.

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Founders versus early employees

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Home Events Contact Jobs StartupIndex Founders versus early employees by David Crow on September 10th, 2009 in Resources Not everyone can be a founder. But for every founder, there is an early employee that takes near equal risks in joining an early-stage company. David Beisel We need to celebrate the employees at startups.

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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.

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Using warrants to pump up your VC valuation

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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. In Equity , Investors , Negotiating , Term Sheets Equity , Negotiating , Valuation , VCs. Equity for Consultants - Keep. Equity (5).

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How to pick a co-founder

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SUPPORTED BY Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS How to pick a co-founder by Naval Ravikant on November 12th, 2009 Update : Also see our 40-minute interview on this topic. The best sellers can sell to customers, partners, investors, and employees. Venture Hacks Good advice for startups. Learn more.

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Everything you ever wanted to know about advisors: Part 2.

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Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS Everything you ever wanted to know about advisors, Part 2 by Nivi on February 27th, 2008 Here are more frequently asked questions about advisors. Or they bring you a handful of great employees. If you pay in equity, you pay once and keep getting served ad infinitum.