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The Long Arc of Startup Teams: How Founders’ Approach to Talent Evolves

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For instance, key early hires may be approaching the latter years of vesting on initial option grants or may have stepped up into much greater responsibilities, so additional grants may be appropriate — or else you should start planning for that contributor or executive’s exit.

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Startup Shootaround: Making Sense of Voice Technology

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With texting and SMS and chat, for instance, there’s less vested interest in the conversation and how the other person feels. With regards to speech versus text, I think it breaks away a lot of social and emotional barriers to use spoken messages instead of written. It can invite a lot of bad behavior.

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How to Divide Founder Equity: 4 Criteria to Discuss

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Co-founder equity should have vesting periods (or lapsing repurchase rights) so if a co-founder departs substantially earlier than others, their stake in the business is accordingly smaller. Ideation/IP.

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