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DECEMBER 4, 2014

Editor’s note: Understanding how to divide founder equity at a startup can be tricky, even to the point of reaching emotional riffs between founders. Across both the startups I’ve personally been involved in (PayPal and LinkedIn) and the startups in which I’ve been an investor, I’ve seen a broad range of co-founder equity splits.

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Equity Founder Sweat Equity Cofounder 315

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JANUARY 11, 2017

These corporate VC activities go hand in hand with other strategies of large companies including internal R&D, IP licensing, M&A, etc. . A startup can benefit in various ways from having a strategic investor involved in their company, but there are plenty of drawbacks too, both commonly known and more subtle.

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Strategic Investors Post-Money Valuation Seed Stage Cofounder 120

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AUGUST 2, 2017

The physical office hasn’t been rendered obsolete by any means, but IP video conferencing has fundamentally changed how and with whom many people work on a daily basis. There are countless B2B startups that are enabling this digital transformation and how consumers experience the Everyday Economy.

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Seed Stage Portfolio Cofounder B2B 273