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. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Both are networks. Success is the right balance of both for fun and profit. Reign-in expenses. MORE >>

Investors like to see that you have committed personal funds as well as “sweat equity,” and they like to see real progress at this level. If your business is a new job site for boomers, you need to establish yourself as the expert on this subject in the press, on social networks, and join related organizations. Sell one. MORE >>

Tipsandtrip was born from an idea of social media consultant  Juliette Bellavita and  Blogo.it Sweat Equity: Juliette and Marco put in a bit of work during weekends as project managers, designers, developers, sysadmins, etc. The app obviously geolocalizes every info and integrates with Facebook and other social networks. MORE >>

Don’t exacerbate the issue by needing to figure out how to deal with a large equity deadweight on your hands (investors won’t like that the #2 stakeholder is absent, even estranged, from your company). So, the best way of dealing with this issue is to take a long, long vesting period for all major sweat equity founders. About. MORE >>

If you’re negotiating my equity percentage by nickels and dimes, I probably don’t want to work with you. If you offer me 1% of the equity, I’ll do 1% of the work. Such a network ideally should maintain its own cloud and bank. Additional problem is catalyzing the network 5. Names redacted.) Totally agree. MORE >>