Up and Running

JULY 11, 2017

The worst-case scenario is ignoring the warning signs and launching something that is unsafe or has failings that significantly damage your reputation. These types of miscalculations are often very hard for senior managers, venture capitalists, or even entrepreneurs themselves to discern. Find yourself at the bleeding edge?

Technical Review 80

Technical Review Development Team Review Differentiation Leadership 80

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

If you join a fund, you’ll invest your financial capital, but far more importantly, your reputational capital. Sean Seton-Rogers, Partner, Profounders Capital, breaks the conversation into three areas: Control: voting/veto for new deals, share of management company. These are many of the steps I went through when I joined HOF Capital.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Partner 60

www.thedailymuse.com

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

The real value of a lawyer at the incorporation stage isn’t really in preparing the actual documents, but in helping you figure out what you need (LLC vs. corporation, what sort of vesting schedule makes sense, and so on). 3 Signs Your Employees Think You Suck as a Manager. The Bad Habit Thats Killing Your Reputation at Work.

Hiring 56

Hiring LLC Intellectual Property Private Equity 56

OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Policies are an important part of managing employees. When you fire an employee immediately before a major block of stock options vest, what’s the right thing to do? Vest the options. Beyond Policy. Similarly, contracts are an important part of running the commercial side of the business. Fess up, quickly and thoroughly.

Vesting 59

Vesting Stock Options Green Stock 59

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

has built its reputation working with companies through challenging times, helping to analyze business opportunities and maximize tax savings. In today’s business world, success and influence are in the hands of those who share their ideas, not those who hold them close to the vest. Share Your Knowledge.

Vesting 168

Vesting Security Reputation Entrepreneur 168

Up and Running

APRIL 29, 2011

It’s been a crazy, busy, amazing ride and I have never been happier that I decided to join (plus I’m pretty sure this means some of my stock is now vested, so, woot!). Please hit me up for debates about influence, reputation, trust, and, although I hate the term, personal branding any day of the week. About the Author.

Social Media 83

Social Media Vesting Startup Media 83

This is going to be BIG.

JULY 16, 2012

In February, I got contacted by a former management consultant who was now working in an operations role for a high profile startup. Whether or not the second wanted to pull the trigger, the last thing you want to get is a reputation for not having your stuff together on a first impression. In fact, both companies came off poorly.

Hiring 148

Hiring Software Review Technical Review Startup 148

The Next Web

AUGUST 14, 2013

Always have a vesting schedule. If you have to raise on a story but don’t have the reputation, something’s wrong. Being good at engineering has nothing to do with being good at product management. (You can choose not to be profitable, but it must be your choice, not something forced on you by the market).

Startup 161

Startup Ruby Technical Review Vesting 161

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

And if trouble withinvestors is one of the biggest threats to a startup, managing themis one of the most important skills founders need to learn. One of the dangers of taking investment from individual angels,rather than through an angel group or investment firm, is that theyhave less reputation to protect.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

Hunter Walker

OCTOBER 22, 2021

I was trying to recruit a product manager from Google to transfer over but he told me he’d actually already decided to leave the company to found a startup. He introduced me to a colleague working in Google’s marketing team that he thought would be an excellent product manager if someone would give him the opportunity.

Hiring 147

Hiring Vesting Salary Naming 147

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The danger here is that you ruin your reputation. Poor Investor Management As a founder, you have to manage your investors. How hard you have to work on managing investors usually depends onhow much money youve taken. It happens so oftenthat weve reversed our attitude to vesting. Thats supposed to be yourjob.

Startup 108

Startup Software Review Hiring Detroit 108

Transformify

MAY 10, 2023

Government Concerns and Interests Governments have a vested interest in properly regulating the employer-employee relationship and safeguarding the rights of workers. Profit or Loss: Does the worker's management of the work influence their profit or loss? Special Skills : Is specialized knowledge or skill required for the work?

United States 52

United States Government California Vesting 52

discuss.joelonsoftware.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Im confident that this business will be able to compensate these two additional principles along the way, after initial risk of investing their time, and will later reward their vesting with an exit strategy. This isnt really a start-up team-- Ive been doing the business for 14 years.

Sweat Equity 40

Sweat Equity Equity Angel Investor Affiliate 40

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 10, 2011

Finding a programmer who will work in exchange for a vested interest is difficult; the alternative is to have and be willing to fork out dollars constantly for work you want done on your website. Growth is Not Always Good Most companies want to grow, as did we, but growth should be planned so that it can be managed when you get there.

Technical Review 71

Technical Review PPC Due Diligence Exit Strategy 71

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

Eric Ries : An indelible part of your reputation and this is laying the foundation for whatever the future of this company is going to be. He was the co-founder of Intel and he probably wrote some of the very best books on modern management. He wrote a book called High Output Management. We got everyone to their next vest.

Silicon Valley 60

Silicon Valley Hosting Cofounder Employee 60

www.quora.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Early employees are paid a salary from day 1, don't have to have the reputation/connections to raise money, take on much less risk, and often have much more information about the company (team so far, financials, product traction/progress) when they decide to join than the founders do when they found the company.

Equity 40

Equity Employee Founder Cofounder 40

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2012

If you are recognized as an expert in the business area of your startup, with a good reputation, and you know all the key vendors and customers, your value is huge. Even still, regardless of the initial equity split, you should seriously consider vesting your founders shares over at least two years. Domain expertise and connections.

Intellectual Property 252

Intellectual Property Equity Cofounder CTO Hire 252

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

If you are recognized as an expert in the business area of your startup, with a good reputation, and you know all the key vendors and customers, your value is huge. Even still, regardless of the initial equity split, you should seriously consider vesting your founders shares over at least two years. Domain expertise and connections.

Equity 228

Equity Intellectual Property Cofounder CTO Hire 228

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

And.NET’s languages (C#, IronPython, managed C++, etc.) The VAST majority of what you’re dealing with (HTTP, MIME, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, relational databases, page template, authentication, session management, caching, etc.) Do you manage to hire any programmers in the first place. are also reasonable and flexible.

Java 107

Java PHP Software Review Coder 107