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The Equity Equation

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The Equity Equation. As this nuclear winter of venture hacks continues, I thought you might enjoy our thoughts on Paul Graham’s The Equity Equation. ” Read the rest of The Equity Equation first; it is great. You have to pay market rates regardless of the equity equation. Venture Hacks Good advice for startups.

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Startups: Cut the Wheat from the Chaff on Quora

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L et’s face it: with the amount of information we get on a daily basis through browsing and reading news, RSS, Twitter, Facebook and other sources, it’s becoming increasingly harder to cut the wheat from the chaff. How do bootstrapped companies hire talent? How do bootstrapped companies hire talent?

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The Option Pool Shuffle

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SUPPORTED BY Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS The Option Pool Shuffle by Nivi on April 10th, 2007 “Follow the money card!&# – The Inside Man, Three-Card Shuffle Summary: Don’t let your investors determine the size of the option pool for you. Don’t lose this game.

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Using warrants to pump up your VC valuation

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You have a 20% option pool, so you know this will take your ownership down from 80% to 60%, and the VC will get 25%. Option Pool. Option Pool. In Equity , Investors , Negotiating , Term Sheets Equity , Negotiating , Valuation , VCs. Equity for Consultants - Keep. Equity (5).

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Founders versus early employees

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The Adventure of a Lifetime 17 Pithy Insights for Startup Founders 17 Pithy Insights for Startup Employees Venture Hacks > Hiring Venture Hacks > Employees Venture Hacks > The Option Pool Shuffle Paul Graham > The Equity Equation [link] boris It's important to note that those options grants are AFTER a Series A funding.

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How to pick a co-founder

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SUPPORTED BY Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS How to pick a co-founder by Naval Ravikant on November 12th, 2009 Update : Also see our 40-minute interview on this topic. Learn more about: Founders 40 responses so far · Comments RSS # scott edward walker · Nov 12, 2009 Great post. Learn more.

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Everything you ever wanted to know about advisors: Part 2.

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Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS Everything you ever wanted to know about advisors, Part 2 by Nivi on February 27th, 2008 Here are more frequently asked questions about advisors. Finally, there is a beauty to paying in equity rather than an equivalent amount of cash. Equity is the gift that keeps on giving.