Austin Startup

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Rule Number One: the best help for start-ups comes from proven leaders who don’t need cash from your seed capital and genuinely want to help ideas they believe in. Another red flag is when a SIC member asks for equity in your company upfront, without any performance vesting standards. This is a bad deal for you, if you take it.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

George Deeb is the Managing Partner at Chicago-based Red Rocket Ventures , a startup consulting and financial advisory firm based in Chicago. If people are funding the business, they should get a premium because at the end of the day, cash funding founders are acting no different than a seed stage investor.

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David Teten

MAY 7, 2019

You must have a strong product management pedigree. See Ready to Join a New Management Team? We agree on an equity split, vesting, and initial compensation structure. We agree that upon raising capital, each team member will earn $X, perhaps with an automatic bump to $Y upon achieving agreed-upon milestones.

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David Teten

JULY 10, 2019

You must have a strong product management pedigree. See Ready to Join a New Management Team? We agree on an equity split, vesting, and initial compensation structure. We agree that upon raising capital, each team member will earn $X, perhaps with an automatic bump to $Y upon achieving agreed-upon milestones.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2019

Startup employees calculated that a) their hard work could change the odds and b) someday the stock options they were vesting might make them into millionaires. The stock trickled out over four years, as you would “vest” 1/48 th of the option each month. It’s called Growth capital. Today that’s less true.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Just ensure you understand your numbers and manage them well. $50 Entrepreneurs always struggle with competing priorities and manage expenses very closely. What you measure, you manage). Facebook is simple / AdWords is harder but works. LinkedIn might work. 50 dollars for a qualified lead might be a good target. Hope that helps.

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