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Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers

SoCal CTO

I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. And I tried to evaluate the idea and figure out: What did the founder really need here? Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? And do I fit as a Part-Time CTO , Technology Advisor , CTO Founder , Acting CTO ?

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Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

- Make sure you go through the 32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder. Here are a few perspectives on the topic of finding technical cofounders: In Building a sweat equity team , Joel on Software tells us: You simply need to network. Do you have dollars to pay for development? Go to user groups.

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Head, Heart, and Hands: 3 Essentials for Startup Success

Up and Running

First-time entrepreneurs and small business founders often feel anxious when they think about all the factors that play into getting their idea off the ground. Tim Berry, the founder of Palo Alto Software and Bplans, says there is no better starting point than looking in the mirror. But where to begin? Practical ways to get started.

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Startups: It’s not Thelma & Louise

Austin Startup

Many people have reached out sharing knowing and kind words about our journey and choice to wind down our venture, as well as their appreciation for my choice to pull back the curtain on what is statistically a common road for many founders. It details a landscape founders like me are excited to sink their teeth into? Of course not!

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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

I recently sat down with Matt Coffin , the founder of LowerMyBills, which sold for $400 million but was very nearly a bankruptcy only a few years early, and talked “startups.&#. Lean startup: o It’s situational so some businesses are operationally/people intensive, high LTV (lifetime value) means you can spend more upfront.

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Piercing the Corporate Veil of Sweat Equity

grasshopperherder.com

Piercing the Corporate Veil – Sweat Equity Consulting. « Thanks but No Thanks – Things to Avoid When Recruiting Co-founders Why is Cyber Squatter a Bad Word? But much like becoming a co-founder, getting paid sweat equity is essentially becoming an investor in the company. Jan 20 -->.

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Things to Avoid When Recruiting Co-founders

grasshopperherder.com

If you’re waiting for a technical co-founder to put up a landing page with signup form, you’re lazy. Show Metrics If you ask me to be a co-founder or even just a consultant, you’re essentially asking me to invest in your company with my time. I just need a co-founder to web enable it!" Names redacted.)