Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Yet, according to many sources , over 90 percent of all businesses are started and grown with no equity financing, and many others would have been better off without it. In fact, most of the rich entrepreneurs you know actively turned away early equity proposals. Need expensive resources up front. You need a prototype.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Yet, according to many sources , over 90 percent of all businesses are started and grown with no equity financing, and many others would have been better off without it. In fact, most of the rich entrepreneurs you know actively turned away early equity proposals. Need expensive resources up front. You need a prototype.

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Gust

DECEMBER 15, 2013

Yet, according to many sources , over 90 percent of all businesses are started and grown with no equity financing, and many others would have been better off without it. In fact, most of the rich entrepreneurs you know actively turned away early equity proposals. Need expensive resources up front. You need a prototype.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2016

Every startup founder loves to prompt for questions from investors and potential key team members about their vision, and the huge opportunity that can be had with their disruptive technology. Most founders like to talk about their many months or years of sweat-equity , but cash invested is a stronger commitment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2015

Every startup founder loves to prompt for questions from investors and potential key team members about their vision, and the huge opportunity that can be had with their disruptive technology. Most founders like to talk about their many months or years of sweat-equity , but cash invested is a stronger commitment.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 29, 2010

To my surprise, the ideas and technology behind that startups were not superior to the ones we have in Finland. More events, money and startups, means more competition, making it all the more necessary to stand out by hiring outstanding people, being more ambitious, more risk-taking. company and creating jobs.

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chrischandler.name

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

If you’ve considered finding and asking a developer for his or her time in exchange for sweat equity, I’m going to strongly advise you against it. Worse yet, they make you appear an amateur with little understanding of how the technology field and development works. So when is equity OK?

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discuss.joelonsoftware.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

where I can learn about how to build a sweat equity team? Rather, it is a proposal for sweat-equity investors. Mark Walsen Mark Walsen Thursday, October 09, 2008 Deleting … Approving … I think you would be better off hiring people, rather than trying to convince them to work for free in exchange for equity.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

And just like millions of people have put their love lives in the hands of technology, you can now find your business soul mate online. LESONSKY : Then why not go it alone and hire the skills you need? Technology is a highly competitive industry with a race to market. And don’t divide the equity too early.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

A strong advisor can walk you in the door to the same number of companies as 2–3 new sales hires. in company equity is normal at this stage, with the higher end of the range reserved for leaders of industry who bring more to the table than connections. Never discount the power of a warm intro.

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femgineer.com

JULY 18, 2010

If you’re a founder who is still trying to grasp the product roadmap and create a company vision its probably not a good time to hire an engineer. Sweat equity or salary? By letting them learn and play with new technologies from time to time. The key is to balance it out.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

And just like millions of people have put their love lives in the hands of technology, you can now find your business soul mate online. LESONSKY : Then why not go it alone and hire the skills you need? Technology is a highly competitive industry with a race to market. And don’t divide the equity too early.

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Instead of hearing from your long lost third-cousin, you will be inundated with an avalanche of ‘congratulatory’ emails, calls and letters from people who want to relieve you of the burden of your hard-earned equity round. Many such ‘congratulations’ will come from consultants. Pyramid Power. link] Luis Rivera. link] Luis Rivera.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 23, 2011

An entrepreneur starts a company in classic " bootstrap " fashion - with a combination of sweat equity and their own financial resources. A " black swan " investor appears out of the blue and backs the company - less impressed by the technology than by the talent, desire, and grit of the entrepreneur.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Gadea leveraged his connections in Silicon Valley to seed viral distribution of the product, which, in turn, generated the revenue to hire engineers and scale the company. is a SaaS tool that companies can use to assess engineers before they hire them. Vested Technology spent $17k on their MVP. spent $1k on their MVP.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 6, 2013

Technology has redefined how we prospect for jobs, meet business contacts, and interview. Sassani, the CEO and founder of ZOZI.com, shared a story that demonstrates the new model of networking, “One of my most recent hires was a new public relations person named Tian Lee. I hired her on the spot.” This is where it gets tricky.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Gadea leveraged his connections in Silicon Valley to seed viral distribution of the product, which, in turn, generated the revenue to hire engineers and scale the company. is a SaaS tool that companies can use to assess engineers before they hire them. Vested Technology spent $17k on their MVP. spent $1k on their MVP.

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philipsmith.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Two Tales of "Working For Equity". Working for equity only is, realistically, the way most startups have to get going. a year burn rate and your equity is worthless due to numerous recapitalizations and bridge loans from investors then either you don't get it or I'm stupid to do it. » January 23, 2010.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 10, 2016

Thanks to Carl Mazzanti, eMazzanti Technologies. #4 It can be overwhelming to keep tabs on everything, but if you hire the right people to help you out, things go much smoother. All the sweat equity that comes with being an entrepreneur is all worth it when you see your business grow into the vision you had when you started.

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www.thestartup.eu

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Sweat Equity: Juliette and Marco put in a bit of work during weekends as project managers, designers, developers, sysadmins, etc. Related to this post I also suggest 1) the StartupTools wiki (started by the awesome guys at Songkick) [link] 2) an post I read last night about how to hire a programmer to make your idea happen ( [link] ).

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

How can I go about looking for a (very) good programmer willing to do this as sweat equity? You can find a technologist to join you as a partner, for half of the company’s equity. Or you can find seed-stage investors who will give you the money to hire a developer. So you see my dilemma.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Don’t exacerbate the issue by needing to figure out how to deal with large equity deadweight on your hands (investors won’t like that the #2 stakeholder is absent, even estranged, from your company). So, the best way of dealing with this issue is to take a long, long vesting period for all major sweat equity founders.”.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Post-Mortem Title : My eHarmony for Hiring Failure. Don’t exacerbate the issue by needing to figure out how to deal with a large equity deadweight on your hands (investors won’t like that the #2 stakeholder is absent, even estranged, from your company). No separation between the technology organization and the product organization.

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Up and Running

JUNE 26, 2017

Oh, and more importantly, businesses only care about new technology if it directly brings them more money. Mark Cuban has famously said, “Sweat equity is the best startup capital.” You might even want to hire a professional! Who do you know that can help you? Nearly everyone wants to help and add value where they can.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Derek Sivers about me blog books email list contact How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen 2010-06-19 Do you have an idea for a website, online business, or application, but need a programmer to turn that idea into reality? Say, “We are hiring a developer to create only the beginning of an application. Hire one from each.

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Ben's Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Every good technology company needs great people. The best companies invest time, money, and sweat equity into becoming world-class recruiting machines. Is it fair game to hire employees from your friend’s company? Girlies with boyfriends are the kinds I like, I’ll steal your honey like I stole your bike. When is it OK?

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