Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Those at the other extreme don’t look up from the grindstone long enough to notice whether all their work is producing sweat equity or just sweat. Of course, never forget those ongoing perspiration items that seem to haunt you every day: Create intellectual property. You knew all along that you could do it.

Sweat Equity 222

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Viral Salary 222

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. Rest assured that potential investors will ask for names, and place some calls. Quantify existing skin-in-the-game, by insiders and outsiders, including sweat equity and capital. Skip the technical jargon and hyperbole. Focus is the keyword here.

Business Plan 283

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 283

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. Rest assured that potential investors will ask for names, and place some calls. Quantify existing skin-in-the-game, by insiders and outsiders, including sweat equity and capital. Skip the technical jargon and hyperbole. Focus is the keyword here.

Business Plan 290

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 290

Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. Rest assured that potential investors will ask for names, and place some calls. Quantify existing skin-in-the-game, by insiders and outsiders, including sweat equity and capital. Skip the technical jargon and hyperbole. Focus is the keyword here.

Business Plan 182

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 182

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. Rest assured that potential investors will ask for names, and place some calls. Quantify existing skin-in-the-game, by insiders and outsiders, including sweat equity and capital. Skip the technical jargon and hyperbole. Focus is the keyword here.

Business Plan 186

Business Plan Exit Strategy Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 186

infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

One startup I joined was very proud that they had been ‘accepted’ as a client by a prestigious Silicon Valley law firm whose name rhymes with a type of pasta (they are lawyers after all, so I have to be careful here…). The firm, (did I mention that the name rhymes with a type of pasta?) Remember – your adVenture’s time is precious.

Equity 40

Equity Silicon Valley Cofounder Technical Review 40

grasshopperherder.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Piercing the Corporate Veil – Sweat Equity Consulting. But much like becoming a co-founder, getting paid sweat equity is essentially becoming an investor in the company. All names redacted.). If you did, why would you be consulting for sweat equity instead of investing as a VC or for yourself?

Sweat Equity 41

Sweat Equity Equity Cofounder Non-Compete 41

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2013

Unfortunately, a startup with no brand name and no intellectual property is a sitting duck for the big slow company, as soon as they see you gaining a bit of traction. Investors expect the founder and other principals to have “skin in the game,” over and above “sweat equity.” “We have the first-mover advantage.”

Sweat Equity 277

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Viral 277

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Unfortunately, a startup with no brand name and no intellectual property is a sitting duck for the big slow company, as soon as they see you gaining a bit of traction. Investors expect the founder and other principals to have “skin in the game,” over and above “sweat equity.” “We have the first-mover advantage.”

Sweat Equity 238

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Startup Viral 238

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2011

Unfortunately, a startup with no brand name and no intellectual property is a sitting duck for the big slow company, as soon as they see you gaining a bit of traction. Investors expect the founder and other principals to have “skin in the game,” over and above “sweat equity.” “We have the first-mover advantage.”

Sweat Equity 246

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Viral Social Network 246

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2010

Unfortunately, a startup with no brand name and no intellectual property is a sitting duck for the big slow company, as soon as they see you gaining a bit of traction. Investors expect the founder and other principals to have “skin in the game,” over and above “sweat equity.” “We have the first-mover advantage.”

Sweat Equity 130

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Startup Viral 130