Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2013

The intent of this question is to determine the level of commitment of founders, both cash and “sweat equity,” and how much others have already invested into this plan. As an employee, you salary will likely be low, your job security low, so the job title better be large, and the stock options better be large.

Due Diligence 253

Due Diligence Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Burn Rate 253

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

The intent of this question is to determine the level of commitment of founders, both cash and “sweat equity,” and how much others have already invested into this plan. As an employee, you salary will likely be low, your job security low, so the job title better be large, and the stock options better be large.

Due Diligence 244

Due Diligence Sweat Equity Burn Rate Intellectual Property 244

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

The intent of this question is to determine the level of commitment of founders, both cash and “sweat equity,” and how much others have already invested into this plan. As an employee, you salary will likely be low, your job security low, so the job title better be large, and the stock options better be large.

Due Diligence 237

Due Diligence Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Entrepreneur 237

Gust

DECEMBER 8, 2013

The intent of this question is to determine the level of commitment of founders, both cash and “sweat equity,” and how much others have already invested into this plan. As an employee, you salary will likely be low, your job security low, so the job title better be large, and the stock options better be large.

Due Diligence 174

Due Diligence Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Burn Rate 174

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2010

The intent of this question is to determine the level of commitment of founders, both cash and "sweat equity,” and how much others have already invested into this plan. As an employee, you salary will likely be low, your job security low, so the job title better be large, and the stock options better be large.

Due Diligence 229

Due Diligence Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Startup 229

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

For most of us, though, the idea of investors or even securing financing may as well go the way of the corporate ladder. With a bank account full of someone else's money, it's hard not to feel flush with cash and have a false sense of security. Businesses can be built on sweat equity. Become a compelling story yourself.

Sweat Equity 231

Sweat Equity Startup Angel Investor Seed Money 231

Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2014

The famed venture capitalist Peter Thiel once declared that the salary an entrepreneur collects from their startup is about a lot more than dollars and cents—it sets the precedent for the guiding force behind the company, among both internal staffers and equity shareholders. When you’ve raised the funding you need to grow.

Salary 119

Salary Sweat Equity Silicon Valley Sales Cycle 119

Pascal's View

AUGUST 12, 2009

Washington needs to recognize, first and foremost, that entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, institutional investors, market markers, and underwriters all seek to be rewarded for committing risk capital (which includes sweat equity) to making these highly risky ventures successful.

IPO 28

IPO Silicon Valley Merger Sweat Equity 28

Business Plan Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Investors at any stage like to see that you have committed personal funds in addition to sweat equity. However, you may be able to secure letters of intent, customer surveys, or even customer endorsements based on mockups that you have shown them. If your product is not developed, you will need some sort of mockup.

Sweat Equity 71

Sweat Equity Founder Cofounder Valuation 71

femgineer.com

JULY 18, 2010

Sweat equity or salary? But there is still the overhead of testing, scaling, and securing. There are a lot of engineers out there who have been burned by founders who pull and push them in a variety of directions. Yes, building software is cheap and fast unlike other products.

Engineer 41

Engineer Software Review Startup Technical Review 41

Scott Edward Walker

JUNE 23, 2011

As I discussed in my recent post “ How To Hire a Superstar Engineer for Your Startup ,” startups may not give employees “sweat equity” in lieu of any ongoing cash payment/salary; nor may startups defer wages and other compensation. Securities Laws.

Accredited Investor 82

Accredited Investor Sweat Equity Los Angeles Finder 82

Gust

MAY 24, 2012

As a quick review, most startups begin life as corporations with a single class of equity securities, referred to as Common Stock , issued to founders, employees, and outside service providers. Options and warrants, when issued, are also typically exercisable for shares of Common Stock.

IPO 159

IPO Equity Common Stock Stock 159

Up and Running

MAY 30, 2013

A secure and persevering spirit will be an essential factor in your success. Much has changed since Edison’s day, but sweat equity is still the most effective kind of startup capital. Go back to the drawing board and come up with an idea you can truly commit to. Become fiercely committed to seeing your goals through.

Sweat Equity 96

Sweat Equity Italy Startup United States 96

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. And they hire very aggressive securities attorneys to represent their interests. The typical wisdom regarding the appropriate financing course for a new company goes as follows: 1.

Angel Investor 112

Angel Investor Venture Capital Sweat Equity Cram Down 112

www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Internet Security. However, I would consider working at a discounted rate for equity in an idea that I believed showed merit and profitability potential. It’s simply an untenable situation to expect the technical co-founder to assume the full burden of risk through sweat equity. XML Tutorials. Programming Tools.

Technical Cofounder 41

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Technical Review NDA 41

grasshopperherder.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Piercing the Corporate Veil – Sweat Equity Consulting. But much like becoming a co-founder, getting paid sweat equity is essentially becoming an investor in the company. If you did, why would you be consulting for sweat equity instead of investing as a VC or for yourself? GrasshopperHerder.com.

Sweat Equity 41

Sweat Equity Equity Cofounder Non-Compete 41

grasshopperherder.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Q: “When will you have funding secured?&# If you’re negotiating my equity percentage by nickels and dimes, I probably don’t want to work with you. If you offer me 1% of the equity, I’ll do 1% of the work. " – [link] AdviceInvestors are great at dealing with equity. Learn from [.]

Cofounder 47

Cofounder NDA Founder Sweat Equity 47

Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

I recruited a top-flight engineer and serial entrepreneur to build our MVP, on equity?—?and As we self-funded on a tiny amount of cash, sweat equity and vision, we also worked in a methodical manner, moving the ball down the field week by week. and every other team member the same way. Do I think we’re still better?

Silicon Valley 54

Silicon Valley Startup B2C Sweat Equity 54

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 20, 2010

But if you are willing to put in a little bit of sweat equity then you'll stand miles apart from your SEO competitors. [Does the above seem like a lot of work even if it is straight forward? I know we look for short cuts. There is no such thing in real life. Not a bad trade off, right?]. #2. " Use it to identify opportunities. "What

Analytics 90

Analytics Search SEO Metrics 90

Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 9, 2019

During the early days, these are your key contributors and they must be willing to put as much sweat equity into the organization as you are. VCs tend to gain most of their returns through carried interest- a percentage received as compensation from the profits of a hedge fund or private equity. You Trust Your Team.

Programming 40

Programming Sweat Equity Startup Private Equity 40

Designmantic Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Brin was a college graduate who, with his partner Larry Page secured funding to launch ‘Google’; a search engine that would eventually be considered as one of the most valuable brands in the world according to Forbes.com. Sweat equity is the most valuable equity there is. Sergey Brin – Co-founder of ‘Google’.

Small Business 40

Small Business Cofounder Sweat Equity .Net 40

Small Business Force

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Professional investors, be they angels, venture capital or private equity firms are always looking at far more deals than they could invest in. For a startup, how much “skin-in-game” do you and your team have, either in sweat equity or real cash invested. So, at the end of the day, you are selling.

Sweat Equity 20

Sweat Equity Private Equity Valuation Equity 20

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. First it makes it prohibitively risky to develop software intellectual property as a means to build equity — because your competitor could just give it away! A lot of the stats weren’t surprising.

Venture Capital 62

Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Im a UX and front end designer bootstrapping my own products with pure sweat equity at night but always looking for someone else to partner with(engineer/programmer)to bring these ideas life. Dont make cheap skate equity offers, with programmer getting equity share of first employee and salary of founder(nothing or next to nothing).

CTO Hire 84

CTO Hire Hiring Software Review Technical Review 84