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What to Look For in a Business Partner

Up and Running

When I was going through the co-founder “dating” process, I’d found a potential partner through my network who seemed to be perfect. At the end of the month, we’d evaluate the partnership and discuss equity. Finding the right business partner for me. As the month drew to a close, I found myself increasingly uneasy.

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Convertible Equity, A Better Alternative To Convertible Debt?

techcrunch.com

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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Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

"I'm looking for a partner / cofounder who can not only head the technical aspects and build a working model of the site, but someone with the connections to put a great development team together when we need it. I've recently received several emails from people looking for a technical cofounder for their startup.

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Giving Tuesday: How BoardEffect Is Giving Back to Nonprofits

Board Effect

BoardEffect was founded in 2007 by a team of web developers that served nonprofits and educational institutions. The web developers determined to make the duties of the wonderful people they worked with easier by making a program to help them lead their organizations more efficiently and effectively.

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Startup Investor Makes a Deal: Engineers for Equity

mashable.com

“Once that product is built, you will probably have given away a lot of equity.&# Kayserian sees what he calls “angel developing&# as a way for entrepreneurs to accomplish the same end — a product — without giving up control of their companies in the process. Have an account?

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How To Build a Web Development Team Without Technical Expertise

www.collegemogul.com

Startup Advice: Lessons Learned from Building a Development Team View What links here Posted by Fan Bi on July 19th, 2009 Over the past few months, I’ve explored a bunch of different ways to develop a website without a web developer on the Blank Label team. On a bootstrapped budget free is great.

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A Crash Course In Startup Labs: What Every Tech Entrepreneur Needs To Know

YoungUpstarts

A Startup Lab invests guidance, strategy, and takes equity in a carefully selected collection of early and seed stage startups. Led by a powerful team of entrepreneurs that takes a major role in the entire lifespan of the seed stage startup, a Startup Lab provides the backbone for its startups by building and developing a strong foundation.