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

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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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Everything you ever wanted to know about advisors: Part 2.

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Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS Everything you ever wanted to know about advisors, Part 2 by Nivi on February 27th, 2008 Here are more frequently asked questions about advisors. But investors don’t take these mock advisory boards seriously. Venture Hacks Good advice for startups.

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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. Do they know your space?

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Everything you ever wanted to know about advisors, Part 1

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

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We entrepreneurs constantly try to refine our product or model, so it is only natural to think that we should refine ourselves. 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