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Opinion: It’s a startup world

NZ Entrepreneur

Startup founders are our ambitious problem solvers. Startup founders are driven to solve problems and make a difference – many want to literally change the world. Sometimes that will include pivoting the company, sometimes that will see the chair step in to act as CEO so the founder can fully recharge. Risk and reward.

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The Corrosive Downside of Acquihires

Both Sides of the Table

I’m supposed to believe that my best innovation can only come from scores of startup founders who just made millions and have now become CVOs at my company? Chief Vesting Officers)? Usually the location of the engineers matters great so having offshore engineering makes acquihires unlikely. The Aqui-hire Business.

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Soundbites from the future

Start Up Blog

These founders are imbuing their new businesses with the values of our time. A community who vest their interests in each other. It’s the one thing that can’t be outsourced, offshored or automated. Now days starting a new business is as simple as a mouse click and a few phone calls – Instapreneurs.

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Should You Co-Found Your Company With a Software Development Shop (2 of 2)?

David Teten

What are the terms of their relationship with the founder? I’ve also asked this question on Quora.There, I ask for advice on how to best structure this for all parties: The development shop, the founders (outside of the dev shop), and potential outside investors. What are the timelines? The discounts? The cliffs? The fine print?

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Debt, Equity and a Third (and Fourth) Thing that Might Work Better

Software By Rob

Not only are you getting financing with little risk, but with customer financing you have someone in the industry with a vested interest in your product succeeding. 10k can pay for a senior offshore developer ($15/hour) full-time for 4 months. Think 1-3 person teams who release v1.0 in 4-6 months (mostly SaaS startups and MicroISVs).

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