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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

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www.startupnorth.ca

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Home Events Contact Jobs StartupIndex Founders versus early employees by David Crow on September 10th, 2009 in Resources Not everyone can be a founder. 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.”

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venturehacks.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

In practice, you raise money or hire an employee because you need to, not because you want to. Say the equity equation tells you to pay a prospective hire above market. You should still pay the hire a market rate and save the company some equity. Say the equity equation tells you to pay a prospective hire below market.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

Angels whove made money in technology are preferable,for two reasons: they understand your situation, and theyre asource of contacts and advice. The contacts and advice can be more important than the money. Now the group is looking for moremoney: they want enough to last for a year, and maybe to hire acouple friends.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

www.payne.org

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

5 Stock vs Options. The re-heating of the venture funded tech market has pushed a heat up of the hiring market, and Im getting more calls from friends asking for help understanding startup stock (equity) offers. Companies allocate a pool of stock (usually called the Incentive Stock Option pool, or ISO pool) to grant to employees.

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venturehacks.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Breakups are hard If you’re going to fall out with your co-founder, do it early, recover the equity into the option pool to keep the company going, and recruit someone else great to fill the missing slot. Geeks can always be hired. Build in founder vesting (a.k.a. About Us Were Nivi ( bio ) and Naval ( bio ). Learn more.

Cofounder 101

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thinkspace.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Chris Dixon wrote a blog post about “ The one number you should know about your equity grant “ The one number you should know about your equity grant is the percent of the company you are being granted (in options, shares, whatever – it doesn’t matter – just the % matters). Percent of the outstanding option pool: meaningless.

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Scott Edward Walker

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

The goal for every startup seeking funding is to find superstar investors (“A” investors – as opposed to “B” or “C”) who can add substantial value via their domain expertise, their contacts and/or their experience. Simply put, some money is more valuable than other money; for example, Sam Altman ’s money is more valuable than your dentist’s.

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venturehacks.com

MARCH 21, 2008

Advisor compensation Whether you’re hiring a normal advisor or super advisor: Advisory shares are usually issued as common stock options. The options typically vest monthly over 1-2 years with 100% single-trigger acceleration and no cliff. Many advisors want options they can exercise immediately —that’s fine.

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