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25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time

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Go vest yourself. So, the best way of dealing with this issue is to take a long, long vesting period for all major sweat equity founders. Author : Jordan Cooper. Believing that any startup won’t have to deal with stock vesting issues is totally unrealistic. Finances were just one part of the story.

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Kevin Rose's 10 Tips for Entrepreneurs

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7: Invest in Advisors : Give away a small amount of stock to advisors (which they can vest after a few years) who you can call on in a pickle or for general advice as issues arise. Photo credit: althecat See Also The Startup Financing Dating Game: Courting Potential Investors Be Prepared! Any words, thanks, Elyssa Pallai.