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OCTOBER 16, 2010

L et’s face it: with the amount of information we get on a daily basis through browsing and reading news, RSS, Twitter, Facebook and other sources, it’s becoming increasingly harder to cut the wheat from the chaff. Basecamp – project management. How do bootstrapped companies hire talent? 5 engineers.

Option Pool 88

Option Pool Analytics LLC Startup 88

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

SUPPORTED BY Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS The Option Pool Shuffle by Nivi on April 10th, 2007 “Follow the money card!&# – The Inside Man, Three-Card Shuffle Summary: Don’t let your investors determine the size of the option pool for you. Don’t lose this game.

Option Pool 68

Option Pool Pre-Money Valuation Dilution Warrant 68

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DECEMBER 9, 2012

This is the advisor paradox : hire advisors for good advice but don’t follow it, apply it. Your task is to hire the maverick advisors in the crowd. Hiring advisors is an ongoing effort. Then hire him if you like the results. 6 responses so far · Comments RSS. Venture Hacks Good advice for startups.

Advisory Board 50

Advisory Board Cap Table RSS Cofounder 50

www.startupnorth.ca

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Being an early hire at a startup gives an individual the ability to make tremendous impact on an organization as it grows – and both the founders and those hires should know it.” This should force companies to think about building value with each early hire, and not just filling a position. Manager or Junior Engineer 0.2 – 0.33

Employee 41

Employee Founder Salary Equity 41

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

SUPPORTED BY Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS How to pick a co-founder by Naval Ravikant on November 12th, 2009 Update : Also see our 40-minute interview on this topic. but it’s manageable. Geeks can always be hired. Venture Hacks Good advice for startups. Build in founder vesting (a.k.a.

Cofounder 101

Cofounder Founder Technical Cofounder Technical Review 101