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Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers

SoCal CTO

Understand where they were in terms of being able to pay or was this equity-only (sweat equity only). And he was still in the process of raising additional capital, so it was equity only. There are cases where I will do equity-only deals. Likely the effective hourly rate as an equity-only CTO Advisor is pretty low.

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What is Sweat Equity Worth?

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What is Sweat Equity Worth? Determining how to value sweat equity is key when negotiating with investors and employees. Entrepreneurs often ask me how to value the sweat equity invested in their startup. Market value doesn't equal the sum of sweat equity invested by you and your partners.

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8 Keys To Starting A Venture With Minimal Equity Loss

Startup Professionals Musings

With one of the many new tools , and a dose of sweat equity, you can create a website for almost nothing -- and you are on your way to success with ecommerce, your latest invention or personal services. Use your equity for key executives and business partners. Bootstrapping doesn’t mean that you don’t share equity.

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8 Questions You Should Ask Before You Join A Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Most founders like to talk about their many months or years of sweat-equity , but cash invested is a stronger commitment. These questions are the key ones in every due diligence effort, always done by accredited investors, but almost never done by key employees and new partners.

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8 Red Flags To Evaluate Before Pledging To A Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Most founders like to talk about their many months or years of sweat-equity , but cash invested is a stronger commitment. These questions are the key ones in every due diligence effort, always done by accredited investors, but almost never done by key employees and new partners.

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How to Hire for Sweat Equity…

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Next → How to Hire for Sweat Equity…. That being said the following is available to the right candidate: • 3-5% equity in the company (based on experience). • $50,000/year salary once we obtain funding (target: January, 2010). And now I’m trying to get my own team, and have them work for equity.

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7 Startup Partner Pairings That You Are Apt To Regret

Startup Professionals Musings

If you think about it, you should realize that not everyone is ‘ideal partner material.’ Most of us learn that fact from other partner relationships, like dating and marriage. It works much better when one partner is the visionary, and the other is the pragmatic “get it done today” kind of person. It usually doesn’t work.

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