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How to Evaluate an Offer from a Startup Incubator

The Startup Lawyer

Thus, if your startup is willing to give a couple points to a few advisory board members, determine how much the incubator’s mentorship (and introductions) equates to an advisory board and assign a percentage. Other incubators may want to set up an option pool.

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Everything you ever wanted to know about advisors, Part 1

venturehacks.com

Some entrepreneurs set up quarterly advisory board meetings and that probably works well for them. But we find savvy entrepreneurs tend to be transactional—they ping their advisors as needed and skip the advisory board meetings. SKMurphy » Common Questions about Advisory Boards. // Nov 24, 2008 at 7:27 pm. [.]

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Venture Deals 4e German Edition

Feld Thoughts

This third body is often referred to as an advisory board (Beirat), sometimes also as a supervisory board (Aufsichtsrat). Employee option pool: The framework conditions for employee option pools remain a major problem in Germany.

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Be careful about equity and options!

Berkonomics

That size of grant would take much or most of the option pool. All other grants usually are much lower, allowing for the typical 15% pool to last for quite a while in most companies. We will cover board members and advisory board members at a later time. Director level employees are typically granted ½%.

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How to Divide Equity to Startup Founders, Advisors, and Employees

thinkspace.com

Equity for Board of Directors and Advisory Board. Typically for an Advisory Board it ranges from 1/10th of percent to 1/2% and for Board of Directors from 1/2% to 2%. Percent of the outstanding option pool: meaningless. Strike price of options: meaningless. Responsibilities 6 0 0 6 36.

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Why Co-Founders Are a Startup's Biggest Liability | The Startup Lawyer

thestartuplawyer.com

Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder. He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder.

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Careful about equity and options in early stage businesses

Berkonomics

That size of grant would take much or most of the option pool. All other grants usually are much lower, allowing for the typical 15% pool to last for quite a while in most companies. We will cover board members and advisory board members at a later time. Director level employees are typically granted ½%.