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CTO Equity - Negotiation After Funding

SoCal CTO

Now, they were able to raise enough money in the last 3 months to launch a product along with all the necessary software development to launch a pilot program for validating the idea. Do they recognize any Startup Founder Developer Gap ? During all this time, valuation pitched to the investors was in the $1M – $3M range.

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CTO Equity - Negotiation After Funding

SoCal CTO

Now, they were able to raise enough money in the last 3 months to launch a product along with all the necessary software development to launch a pilot program for validating the idea. Do they recognize any Startup Founder Developer Gap ? During all this time, valuation pitched to the investors was in the $1M – $3M range.

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Entreprenuer Network

SoCal CTO

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.

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Twitter Link Roundup #92 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Interesting but punitive provision in Skype’s option plan allowing repurchase of even vested options at grant price – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Tech Start-Ups Struggle With Followup Fund-Raising – [link].

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

David Teten

You’ve got a great idea and domain expertise, but limited money and insufficient technology resources. Should you co-found your company with a software development shop? They’re well aware of the conventional VC bias against funding companies which externally develop their technology, but they do have relevant skills.

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Unique Careers: Jenn Labin on hiring entrepreneurs at heart

Transformify

It’s a good question because we operate in technology space and diversity of thought is important to our clients as are all other aspects of diversity hiring. The sponsor is a person who is not a direct manager but has a vested interest and is willing to help. What does it mean to you? Sponsorship. About the author.

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Why We Prefer Founding CEOs

Ben's Blog

The macro reason: that’s the way most of the great technology companies have been built. At Andreessen Horowitz, our primary goal is to invest in the great technology franchises. Second, for folks keeping score at home, this phenomenon appears to extend beyond high-technology companies. The innovation business.