Question: Most VCs commented that they can not fund current cap table where the CEO and COO would get 10% equity once fully vested while the current investors have 80%. Also, I have been offered 10% equity with 4 year vesting and 1 year cliff. At Equity angel ceo early stage equity ownershipLast years revenue was $52k. MORE >>

Standards arehigher; people are more sympathetic to what youre doing; the kindof people you want to hire want to live there; supporting industriesare there; the people you run into in chance meetings are in thesame business. They might accidentally hire someonebad, but its not going to kill the company. Want to start a startup? Maybe. MORE >>

Only Hire A+ People Who Punch Above Their Weight Class. There are people who tell startups that they should hire the most senior people that they can find.  I’m a big believer in only hiring A+ team members.  Hiring the big gun will often still be one weight class above where you want to hire. Your solution? MORE >>

Startup Equity For Employees. Salary vs Equity. The re-heating of the venture funded tech market has pushed a heat up of the hiring market, and Im getting more calls from friends asking for help understanding startup stock (equity) offers. Salary vs Equity. get asked all the time: how much equity should I expect? MORE >>

Bootstrapping avoids all the cost, pain, and distractions of finding angels or VCs, and allows you to keep control and all your hard-earned equity for yourself. Every outside hire increases your cost and risk. Hire experts, not help. startup control equity bootstrapping Rich Christiansen business Think minimum spending. MORE >>