socialmatchbox.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Founders seem to take for granted exactly how in demand a good programmer is. Simultaneously, founders tend to take for granted how in demand bad programmers are too. Another option is sweat equity. Motivation to work for sweat equity is something else that founders tend to take for granted.

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Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The presentation was on outsourcing generally, not just software engineering and the audience was very early stage companies (some yet to be founded). But did you know that founder Markus Frind has just 3 employees for his $10MM+ revenue business? I’d love to get involved in Founders Institute. Start a blog.

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Austin Startup

JULY 23, 2010

No, not related to the famous Wendy’s founder.) You see, in addition to being a fine example of a veteran software engineering leader, my neighbor Dave Thomas is also one of the top trainers in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (or BJJ) that you will find anywhere. My next door neighbor is Dave Thomas. (No,

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K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Manu Kumar is Founder and Chief Firestarter at K9 Ventures. Kumar was the Founder, President and CEO of SneakerLabs, a company which developed software and services for web-based customer interaction. What kinds of investments do they like making, and how do they see themselves in the VC landscape?

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blog.nahurst.com

JULY 19, 2010

This covers one of the most common situations I encounter: For a pre-funding web startup whose team includes only a non-technical cofounder, how much equity should an incoming technical cofounder get? This is an area that varies widely and can significantly impact how much equity a technical cofounder receives (if they take more salary).

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Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

Certainly not to say they couldnt have raised more cash and built this in to a bigger company, but was nice to have the option of going either way and doing what was right for the founders and employees. They have a standard presentation on bootstrapping, which they present around the country.

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www.metamorphblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Home About Contact Home About Contact The Metamorphosis Becoming an Entrepreneur, by Matt Mireles Startup Lessons for the Proto-Founder I started SpeakerText in October 2008 during the financial apocalypse. You need a Co-Founder, not an Engineering Bitch. Date for a bit, then split the equity. No one funded us.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 29, 2012

When I met Instagram, Kevin (the founder) had great numbers, but he wasn’t even thinking about revenue. I invested in a company called Yobongo – the founder blew me away, he ended up selling his company and I made most of my money back. Lots of founders are college dropouts. Single founders almost never get funded.

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blog.launchbit.com

MARCH 8, 2012

The original intention was to get at whether the type of compensation offered would dramatically change a persons intent to sign on with the non-technical founder. The question itself didnt attempt to ask whether equity or salary was preferred. Another respondent told me personally he would only consider joining up if he got equity.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

By contrast, as a venture capitalist, I can report that almost all of our portfolio companies are desperate to hire talented software engineers, and eager to hire in a range of other roles. Just like me, they’re distressed about the poor economy and jobs situation.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Find Questions, Topics and People Add Question Add Question Non-Technical Co-Founders Co-Founders Technical Co-founders Finding Co-Founders Startups & "How Important Are Ideas?" " Web Development Startups Solo Founders I am a creative guy with a startup idea. This person does not exist.

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techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Convertible Equity, A Better Alternative To Convertible Debt? As a refresher, a convertible note is a loan that automatically converts into equity upon the closing of a Series A round of financing. In the end, Ressi says that Convertible Equity allows startups and investors to have their cake and eat it too. Smartphones.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

Brunner (@heatherjbrunner) | Twitter Preston James Co-founder & CEO DivInc Preston is at the center of everything Diversity & Inclusion in Austin. Eugene Sepulveda (@EugeneAustin) | Twitter Ingrid Vandervelt CEO & Founder EBW2020 Ingrid Vanderveldt is the Chairman and CEO of Empowering a Billion Women by 2020 (EBW2020).

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

But what I think was hard, and it was something he couldnt consider was that it would be harder to find a *maintaining* programmer, and how much it would cost to run the software, because of technical details he didnt understand. Programmers, and certainly not the visionary founders, are the most qualified for that task. #6 Insightful.

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