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What to expect before accepting the offer to become Engineer #1 at a startup

The Next Web

They were referring to non-founder engineers, most commonly the first hire for technology businesses. From the perspective of my outside friends, why are employees that so clearly impact the growth trajectory of a company look like they’re getting screwed? These common shares are granted to founders from the beginning, not employees.

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Cash-strapped? How to pay for services with your startup’s equity

The Next Web

From Silicon Valley to Peoria, Illinois, cash-strapped startups look for inventive way to finance their business – often handing out equity to employees, consultants, vendors, and other service providers. However, if you are thinking about compensating non-employees with equity, make sure to consider the following points: 1.

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Should You Share Equity with Consultants?

www.inc.com

Sales & Marketing | Wednesdays. Employee Benefits. SALES & MARKETING. 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 The Goods: Your Business Toolbox | Thursdays. Finance | Tuesdays.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Point Nine Capital uses 15Five for continuous employee feedback. I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales. Many VC funds rely on general-purpose CRM and sales funnel solutions like Copper , Pipedrive, Salesforce , Streak , and ZenDesk. She is a model for us all!

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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. Having just moved to Austin from Boston, she thought adding African car sales could help, maybe thinking Africans looking for used cars can use it to find car deals.

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How to pick a co-founder

venturehacks.com

The best sellers can sell to customers, partners, investors, and employees. Be especially careful with the “sales&# guy here. Geeks can always be hired. Got hire a geek to get your code done, and after you’ve got the first round of clients, work on insourcing the developers and building a scalable version.

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Founders versus early employees

www.startupnorth.ca

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.