bizthoughts.mikelee.org

MARCH 8, 2012

BizThoughts Thoughts about business, technology, the web & entrepreneurship About Booklist Contact Nov 15 2011 Finding a Technical Cofounder By Mike Lee Categories: Entrepreneurship , Leadership Since I have a technical background, I get about one offer a month to join some engineering team, or to be a technical cofounder.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 19, 2009

Almost all of it is in one giant fixed-cost bucket: salaries. Lean Startup Wiki - including a complete list of local meetups and meetup organizers. I want to talk specifics, and when you come right down to it, most technology startups dont have a very interesting cost structure. And all of that cost was caused by one activity: hiring.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Everyone from the receptionist to engineers is selling. Voluntary salary reduction program. Ive also used the voluntary salary reduction tool - its particularly useful as a way to get passionate employees who dont have a lot of personal expenses to buy into the mission of the company at a deep level. Everybody should be selling.

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www.payne.org

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

From Payne.org Wiki. 7 Salary vs Equity. Salary vs Equity. Most startups look at your compensation as a total package: stock plus salary. Since cash is precious at most startups, many will try to negotiate your salary down, arguing that equity is making up for any salary hit you might be taking. 3 Dilution.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

If getting VC or angel money is one of the ways that will help you avoid failure, why not check out the free Funding Recommendation Engine here ? #20 created a vastly higher cost structure; I had 80 people mostly on base salaries under $100,000 and was bringing in revenue at the rate of $20 million annually. During this year they.

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Cofounder Startup Technical Cofounder CTO Hire 89

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 19, 2009

A more rational career path for money-making is one that rewards effort, in the form of promotions, increased security, salary and status. A more rational career path for money-making is one that rewards effort, in the form of promotions, increased security, salary and status. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Bring your questions.

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