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STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS NOVEMBER 8, 2010 Splitting Startup Equity for Your Piece of the Pie One of the first tough decisions that startup founders have to make is how to allocate or split the equity among co-founders. MORE >>	FELD THOUGHTS JULY 29, 2011 Finance Fridays: Getting Started – Allocating Equity and Founder’s Investment Finance Friday’s gets off the ground with today’s post by introducing you to an imaginary startup, the entrepreneurs that we’ll being following throughout the series, and their first challenges: splitting up the founders’ equity and addressing the case where one of the founders provides the initial seed capital for the business. MORE >>	RECENT POSTS MAY 23, 2012 \| CROWDSPRING BLOG What Small Businesses Can Learn From The World’s Best Brands MAY 23, 2012 \| ARCTICSTARTUP Atomico Buys 20% Of Klarna For €11 Million MAY 22, 2012 \| ARCTICSTARTUP It's Ok For Founders To Cash In, But There Shouldn't Be Any Reason To Hide It MAY 18, 2012 \| BEN'S BLOG Is Now the Time to Hire MBAs? MAY 18, 2012 \| FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG Facebook Pulls Off Largest Tech IPO Ever MAY 17, 2012 \| THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. A framework to think about pricing seed, angel, and venture capital rounds
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STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS JULY 24, 2011 Equity Compensation at a Startup is a Big Gamble CEO brought in to replace the founder, 5 - 10% CTO, CFO, VP of Marketing or Sales, 1.5 - 3% Chief Engineer or Architect, 1 - 1.5% MORE >>	ASK THE VC APRIL 19, 2012 Does Being The First Full-Time Paid Employee Affect That Founder’s Equity In The Company? Question: I am one of three founders of a company. The question is, does being the first full-time paid employee affect that founder’s equity in the company? I can see two sides to this issue. Assuming this is the case, I think you can comfortably separate out the equity as a separate concept. MORE >>	GRASSHOPPER HERDER FEBRUARY 8, 2011 What is the best way to divide up ownership in a startup? When considering this issue, many people will focus on incentivizing the founders as well as issues of equality and equity. would recommend a deep understanding how roles and responsibilities will be divided prior to discussing the equity split. Finding Co-Founders Investment co-founders equity vesting schedule MORE >>	SOCAL CTO APRIL 18, 2012 CTO Salary and Equity Trends 2009-2011 Or they are looking at Hiring a CTO and want to see what salary and equity ranges look like. Powered by Tableau I'm showing snapshots below. MORE >>
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STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2012
Founder's Dilemmas: Equity Splits

The following is an excerpt from HBS Professor Noam Wasserman’s new book, The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup. The book taps Noam’s analyses of data on 10,000 founders, plus the personal stories of Evan Williams of Twitter, Tim Westergren of Pandora, and two dozen other founders. MORE >>

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SOCAL CTO | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2011
Equity for Early Employees in Early Stage Startups

I was asked by a reader how much equity he should give out to early employees and to service providers in a very early stage startup. Founders vs. Early Employees To help with this discussion, let me start with a definition of "early employee." Same Value for Sweat Equity as Investment Dollars? n = (1.2 - 1)/1.2 =.167. MORE >>

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SOCAL CTO | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2011
CTO Equity and Compensation at Venture Backed Companies

Todd Gitlin of Safire Partners was nice enough to compile some data on CTO Equity and Compensation at Venture Backed Companies for the LA CTO Forum and present last year. The data is a bit tough to deal with via a post, so I've shared it two ways: You can find a PDF with some analysis at: CTO Equity Compensation PDF. MORE >>

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HIGH CONTRAST | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2010
Startup Founder Agreements

Simeon, can you tell us how you structure ownership and control so you can fire your co-founders if necessary? The first part will dispel some myths, address the lifecycle of founder agreements and the key compensation and control parameters in them. Let’s start by dispelling some myths: There is a standard founder agreement. MORE >>

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A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2011
How To Allocate Founder and Employee Equity

Before factoring in dilution from investors, the founders should end up with about 50% of the company, total. It never makes sense to give anyone equity without vesting. Nobody who is not working full time counts as a founder. I'm not going to reblog the entire answer here. I'd encourage you to go read Joel's answer. MORE >>

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Guide to Finding a Technical Co-Founder VINICIUS VACANTI | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2010
How Do I Know You Are Mr. Right (Co-Founder)? FAIRSOFTWARE'S BLOG | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2010
How to structure equity for the founders MCSTARTUP BLOG | TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2008
Entrepreneur Startup Share Depends on Contribution STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2012
Founder's Dilemmas: Equity Splits WWW.STARTUPLESSONSLEARNED.COM | FRIDAY, MAY 4, 2012
Startup Equity For Employees WWW.PAYNE.ORG | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
Startup CTO Salary and Equity Data SOCAL CTO | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2011
Founder Agreements – Vesting, Vesting and more Vesting HIGH CONTRAST | SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010
Eight Tips To Successfully Bootstrap Your Business STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2010
Book: The Founder’s Dilemmas FELD THOUGHTS | SUNDAY, MAY 6, 2012
Most Entrepreneurs Should Never Bring On Investors STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
Mentor Secrets for Keeping Your Startup Alive STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2011
The Co-Founder Mythology BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | MONDAY, MAY 9, 2011
Adding a Co-Founder In 140 Characters Or Less FAIRSOFTWARE'S BLOG | THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2010
A VC: Employee Equity: How Much? WWW.AVC.COM | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
Make Sure Sweat Equity Vests GET VENTURE | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2010
Converts versus equity deals CHRIS DIXON | TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2010
8 Key Questions to Break Thru Entrepreneur Hype STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2011
Lockdown Lost-Founder IP THE STARTUP LAWYER | TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2010
7 Startup Co-Founders That Can Lead to Conflict STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2011
How Much Equity a Technical Cofounder Should Get - Nathan Hurst's Blog NATHAN HURST | MONDAY, JULY 19, 2010
Limit an Investor Pitch to 10 Pages and 10 Minutes STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 2011
What is TheFunded Founder Institute? STARTUP COMPANY LAWYER | MONDAY, MAY 4, 2009
Raising Financing: Convertible Debt vs. Equity INSTIGATOR BLOG | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2010
Splitting Up Founder Equity - Focus on the Risk MCSTARTUP BLOG | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2008
How much equity for investors and employees? DONDODGE.TYPEPAD.COM | SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 2011
A man, a mop, a year, and an app – Joseph Hill on Aeir Talk THE STARTUP TOOLKIT | SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2011
Do My Early Stage Investors Own Too Much Of The Company? ASK THE VC | FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 2012
Top Startup Mistake 8: Misunderstanding Equity UP AND RUNNING | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2010
Questions To Ask Yourself Before You Ask For Money STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 2010
Ten Quotes That Indicate Your Arrogance is Showing STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 2011
The Forgotten Founder: YouSendIt’s Khalid Shaikh FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2012
How to pick a co-founder VENTUREHACKS.COM | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2010
Size of Pie, a.k.a. What Type of Entrepreneur Are You? ONLYONCE | THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2011
How to make failure sustainable (and career entrepreneurship possible) THE STARTUP TOOLKIT | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2011
Pay for Publicity with Equity FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2011
8 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Size Investment Limits STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2011
Co-founder dilution STARTUPCFO | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2010
7 Ways to Raise Money Without Giving Up Equity CURRENTLY OBSESSED | SUNDAY, MAY 8, 2011
Venture Geeks Launches New Startup Accelerator Program in Tel Aviv VC CAFE | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2011
10 Frequently Asked Questions about Startups and Why You Should Give a Damn INSTIGATOR BLOG | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2010
Finding Your Co-Founders TECHCRUNCH.COM | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2010
Some Startup Tips from mybloglog founders STEVE POLAND | FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2009
Guide to Finding a Technical Co-Founder | Vinicius Vacanti VINICIUS VACANTI | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2010
Am I a Founder? The Adventure of a Lifetime. « Steve Blank STEVE BLANK | THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2009
Startup Lessons for the Proto-Founder WWW.METAMORPHBLOG.COM | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2010
Traits to Look for in a Non-Technical Founder LAUNCHING TECH VENTURES | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2011
Understanding the Dreaded Investor Due Diligence STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2010
Startup Investor Makes a Deal: Engineers for Equity MASHABLE.COM | THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2011
How to determine the right equity structure for your startup VC READY BLOG | MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2009
How to determine the right equity structure for your startup VC READY BLOG | MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2009
How to determine the right equity structure for your startup VC READY BLOG | MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2009
2011 CompStudy Survey Now Open ALTGATE | THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2011
Social Media BRANDing – 5 tips to make it work ACTIVE GARAGE | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2010
Should Founders Be Allowed to Take Money off the Table? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
Are founders really 1000x more valuable than their employees? VENTURE HACKS | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2011
SBA Helping Owners Tap Their Real Estate Loans for Equity FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2011
What They Eat at Y-Combinator and Other Secrets of Top Incubators as Revealed at the Founder Conference’2010 FAIRSOFTWARE'S BLOG | THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 2010
Memo to CEOs & Founders: Stop Being Such Cheap Bastards TECHCRUNCH.COM | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2010
You’re Just the Founder STEVE BLANK | THURSDAY, MAY 20, 2010
Is Convertible Debt Preferable to Equity? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 2010
DealMarket.com – Making Private Equity A Big Deal YOUNGUPSTARTS | THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2011
@altgate » Blog Archive » Outsourcing For Startups ALTGATE | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2010
Changing Equity Structures for Early Startup Employees WWW.INSTIGATORBLOG.COM | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2010
How to I split equity with my partners? MCSTARTUP BLOG | SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 2011
Equity is the currency of early stage businesses. BERKONOMICS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2010
How to Get Money from Founders Fund FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2011
Pre-Money Valuation vs Number of Founders | @altgate ALTGATE | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2010
If You Need Angel Investors, Avoid These Startups STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2011
Avoiding Founder Failure: 26 Quick Tips and Real Data ONSTARTUPS | MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2012
Owning equity in your company should be as common as owning equity in your home CHRIS DIXON | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
Excerpt from "Do More Faster" - Avoid Co-Founder Conflict by Dharmesh Shah READWRITESTART | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2010
Things to Avoid When Recruiting Co-founders GRASSHOPPERHERDER.COM | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2011
Founders, Ownership and Prenuptials BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2009
No, I Won't Be Your Technical Co-Founder ARCTICSTARTUP | MONDAY, MAY 14, 2012
Debt, Equity and a Third (and Fourth) Thing that Might Work Better SOFTWARE BY ROB | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009
The first Israeli Super-Angel Seed Fund Launches with $25 Million VC CAFE | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2010
Gordon Gekko 2.0: Flipping is GOOD. (aka Memo to Jason Fried. 500 HATS | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2009
Legal Documents for Your Startup with Founder's Workbench READWRITESTART | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2010
Love & Money: Partnership/Co-Founder Deathtrap BABBLING VC | SUNDAY, MAY 15, 2011
Repurchase agreements: what you should know before you sign HIGH CONTRAST | FRIDAY, MAY 7, 2010
Avoid the 50/50 co-founder model - here's why JOEL.IS | MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2012
The Technical Co-Founder Search WEB 2.0 DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS LESSONS | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2010
Two is a good number of founders LIGHTSPEED | MONDAY, MAY 14, 2012
Legal Basics: The Corporate Charter and Bylaws VC READY BLOG | THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2009
What is Sweat Equity Worth? WWW.ENTREPRENEUR.COM | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
False dichotomies in convertible note vs equity seed rounds GABRIEL WEINBERG | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2010
Working for Equity Instead of Cash GENYLABS.TYPEPAD.COM | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
Startup CTO SOCAL CTO | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

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