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FELD THOUGHTS JULY 29, 2011 Finance Fridays: Getting Started – Allocating Equity and Founder’s Investment Finance Friday’s gets off the ground with today’s post by introducing you to an imaginary startup, the entrepreneurs that we’ll being following throughout the series, and their first challenges: splitting up the founders’ equity and addressing the case where one of the founders provides the initial seed capital for the business. MORE >>	SOCAL CTO FEBRUARY 22, 2011 CTO Equity and Compensation at Venture Backed Companies The data is a bit tough to deal with via a post, so I've shared it two ways: You can find a PDF with some analysis at: CTO Equity Compensation PDF. MORE >>	RECENT POSTS MAY 23, 2012 \| CROWDSPRING BLOG What Small Businesses Can Learn From The World’s Best Brands MAY 23, 2012 \| ARCTICSTARTUP Atomico Buys 20% Of Klarna For €11 Million MAY 18, 2012 \| BEN'S BLOG Is Now the Time to Hire MBAs? MAY 18, 2012 \| FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG Facebook Pulls Off Largest Tech IPO Ever MAY 17, 2012 \| THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. A framework to think about pricing seed, angel, and venture capital rounds MAY 17, 2012 \| READWRITESTART Can the Go Daddy Girls Convince You They're Serious?
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A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY APRIL 14, 2011 How To Allocate Founder and Employee Equity It never makes sense to give anyone equity without vesting. The thing I love the most about Joel's post is he throws darts into a lot of conventional wisdom about founder equity allocation. particularly like his notion that the person with the idea should not command a premium on equity allocation. Great post by Joel. MORE >>	SOCAL CTO FEBRUARY 22, 2011 Startup CTO Salary and Equity Data The data is a bit tough to deal with via a post, so I've shared it two ways: You can find a PDF with some analysis at: CTO Equity Compensation PDF. MORE >>	STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED APRIL 24, 2012 Founder's Dilemmas: Equity Splits Setting the early equity split in stone is one of the biggest mistakes founders can make. Having the real facts helps us ask better questions. MORE >>	NATHAN HURST JULY 19, 2010 How Much Equity a Technical Cofounder Should Get - Nathan Hurst's Blog Nathan Hursts Blog Thoughts on Software, Technology, and Startups « Back to blog Im on the technical side of entrepreneurship in NYC. MORE >>
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Founder's Dilemmas: Equity Splits

Founders Dilemmas: Equity Splits. The following is an exclusive excerpt which sets up a common pitfall regarding equity splits. In Noam’s dataset, 73% of founding teams split equity within a month of founding, a striking number given the big uncertainties early in the life of any startup. Founders Dilemmas: Equity Splits. MORE >>

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THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2010
Convertible? Equity? What kind of coin should you use to scratch off a lottery ticket?

We negotiated fair deals—all equity—in a timely manner. When Fred Wilson was an angel investor in my company, he told me that he didn’t want to take equity risk and get debt in return—and so we changed over to equity from a convert to make sure he was in. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology Nice work if you can get it. MORE >>

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DONDODGE.TYPEPAD.COM | SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 2011
How much equity for investors and employees?

Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing Thoughts on business and technology Home Archives Profile Subscribe About Me « Boston VCs gets first look at Y Combinator Demo Day | Main | Digg-nation is HUGE! Community is more powerful than money or technology » August 11, 2007 How much equity for investors and employees? Good luck! MORE >>

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VC DEAL LAWYER | THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2010
If You Provide a Strategic Technology or Outsourced Service, Consider Taking Some Equity in Your Fee Structure

Almost every bank, accounting firm, law firm and company that provided a technology or a service was looking for a warrant or the ability to swap some fees for equity. In 1999, Venture Law Group’s equity investments apparently generated $30 million and in the next year, $100 million. . Taking equity in clients faded. MORE >>

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Top 30 Startup Technology and Product Posts for September 2010

Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. Coworking Spaces - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , September 2, 2010 I've never been much of a fan of incubators. CompStudy 2008 Report on Equity and Cash Compensation at Technology Startups. MORE >>

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