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Advice for CTO Founders: Don't Let Business Kill the Business

www.informationarbitrage.com

It is gently laying the foundation for a subsequent financing, helping the CTO set sensible milestones to be achieved that can demonstrate execution skill and release cycle management. They might give them too much stock, and even have that stock not subject to vesting provisions. Camaraderie? Perhaps all of the above. Camaraderie?

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A Part-Time CTO - In-House or Outsource?

blog.aparttimecto.com

A development partner is an consulting company that works very closely with you, similar to an internal development staff. They are looking at a long term relationship and are more likely to take a craftsman approach your product development.

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Will Millennials Change Manufacturing?

Duct Tape Marketing

Dark, dirty and dangerous — mention the 3Ds of old-time manufacturing and HR managers shudder. Employers need to provide education and upskilling opportunities, and employees need to learn new skills and competencies to manage their careers into the information age.” The largest generation in the U.S.

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Making Decisions in Context

Austin Startup

Set any vesting schedules and expiration dates on roughly similar terms, if for no other reason just so you can track all of them correctly. Are the logistics manageable? Is there a development step that you must take to fulfill demand for a particular use case, and, if so, how does that cost get absorbed?

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

David Teten

If the founders believe in our abilities to build the product as a top-of-industry shop, then they should see the structure as a lower risk one (no need for cash to pay for the product) and one where the product should, in theory, come out stronger — as we now have skin in the game. 5% vest at clickable prototype.

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Beware The Consultant

infochachkie.com

Beware The Consultant John Greathouse – Posted in: Cash Flow Management , Launching Venture , Strategic Planning. Such positions include: PR, Sales, Product Development, Lead Generation, Strategic Planning, Fund Raising, etc. Cash Flow Management (4). Thanks for visiting! John, Which website Rincon or Revupnet?

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What to do when you get screwed

The Startup Toolkit

A friend had an amicable breakup with a cofounder who wanted to leave and gave him a full extra year of vested equity as a token of goodwill for all his hard work. Say you have a 50/50 cofounder on standard 4 year vesting who does an amazing job helping you get v1 of the product out, and then colossally screws you at the end of year 2.