www.startuplessonslearned.com

MAY 4, 2012

Founders Dilemmas: Equity Splits. The following is an exclusive excerpt which sets up a common pitfall regarding equity splits. In Noam’s dataset, 73% of founding teams split equity within a month of founding, a striking number given the big uncertainties early in the life of any startup. Lessons Learned. by Eric Ries.

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blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth. Two years ago I got the bug to do an online recruiting startup and I began the hunt to find a technical co-founder - a software engineer who works for no cash - to help me build my dream website. I learned something: technical co-founders are a myth. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Real Advice.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Finance | Tuesdays. Advisor. ); STARTUP. Financing a Small Business. Financing A Small Business. Personal Finance. Should You Share Equity with Consultants? To grow his cash-strapped start-up, Parker ended up sharing equity -- not only with employees, but also with consultants and vendors. Franchises.

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David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

Many are reporting that they’re seeing a more diverse pool of applicants than traditional equity VCs… even though virtually none have a particular focus on women or underrepresented founders. I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 30, 2014

Marry technology skills with marketing or finance or operating skills for an effective blending of complementary skillsets. By identifying the necessary roles, you can figure out how many cofounders you need. This will all become an important factor later when you consider how to split up tasks and equity. How to go about it?

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Altgate

DECEMBER 15, 2010

It is a pretty narrow filter of the 750+ companies that completed the 2010 CompStudy survey, but there are 55 rounds of financing to look at…enough to be a meaningful dataset I think. link] Matt Mireles As a first time non-technical CEO who started off solo, having 2 technical co-founders is awesome. Is it worth it or not?

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clicksend.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 26, 2010

The number two thing is lack of a technical co-founder. Partner with a Programmer After they have their big idea, most non-technical founders set forth to find an engineer to form a partnership. To find a programmer who will simply share equity with you, you need two things. First, you need a very good pitch.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

“In a lot of the industries in which I ended up launching companies, there was a pre-existing profile of what a successful entrepreneur should look like—typically a young, white male with a technical, finance, or political background,” says Aguirre de Carcer. While private equity has a history in the U.S.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

You have your general management meeting and in your general management meeting you talk about product development, about marketing and about finance. Well yeah, you could potentially find a cofounder. After that, I did it for a private equity firm then we became a part of a larger corporation. How do you split equity?

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David Teten

OCTOBER 3, 2018

I have no financial interest in DC Finance or any of their conferences, but I will be speaking at some of their events.). If you use registration code 207 , it will facilitate their tracking. (I The New York Family Office Real Estate Investment Conference , October 23rd, at Shearman & Sterling LLP, NYC. Register here. Register here.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

For nearly 15 years I had analytical, numbers-driven jobs in finance and banking, working for some of the world’s largest banks. But I didn’t start immediately; I didn’t know optics well, and I assumed that if there was to be a technical solution it would come from somebody who did. Image Credit: Matthew Multerer.

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venturehacks.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Two founders works because unanimity is possible, there are no founder politics, interests can easily align, and founder stakes are high post-financing. He can be technical, but he must be able to wield the tools of influence. Technical founders who don’t sell also use bad proxies (&# Harvard MBA!&# ). Date first.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Blogs (VC): Antonio Rodriguez [link] – A very technical VC at Matrix partners who can actually code. Blogs (web development): Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots – [link] Company blog of thoughtbot covering Ruby on Rails, HTML, CSS, Javascript, databases, and mobile development.

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