Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2020

With one of the many new tools , and a dose of sweat equity, you can create a website for almost nothing -- and you are on your way to success with ecommerce, your latest invention or personal services. Use multiple social-media channels, blogging, email and voicemail to build the same image and responsiveness as larger competitors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2012

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. Other ways to be visible include writing a blog, speaking at local groups, and issuing press releases which are related to the market need rather than the product you are producing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

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. Other ways to be visible include writing a blog, speaking at local groups, and issuing press releases which are related to the market need rather than the product you are producing.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

After all, sweat equity can make up for a trim marketing budget, but it would be hard to make up for cuts in product development and customer service without sacrificing customer experience. Instead, I had to scrape and claw my way through the pre-launch, startup process, and scale of my business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

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. Other ways to be visible include writing a blog, speaking at local groups, and issuing press releases which are related to the market need rather than the product you are producing.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 6, 2020

It’ll cost you some sweat equity and time, but the extra income will help you chip away debt. To keep reading about personal finance, keep scrolling through our blog for more articles. Understand that failure to make payments can result in the foreclosure of your home. Start a Side Business.

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socialmatchbox.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Another option is sweat equity. It is important to realize that most people who are willing to work for sweat equity are not a) the best, b) in demand, and c) going to put their heart and soul into your project. Motivation to work for sweat equity is something else that founders tend to take for granted.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 29, 2010

We regularly ran into Robert Scoble and other major blogs, and they were very keen on listening to us. Unsurprisingly, this seems to weed out the less passionate people, while encouraging others to put in sweat equity in their own ideas. This is something I feel we Europeans aren’t very good at.

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discuss.joelonsoftware.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

where I can learn about how to build a sweat equity team? Rather, it is a proposal for sweat-equity investors. Andrew Badera Thursday, October 09, 2008 Deleting … Approving … I quite agree, Andrew, that the equity partners need to have a hand in guiding the enterprise. The key here is motivation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2013

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. Starting a business may be fun, but it’s not easy. Marketing is top priority.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2012

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. Starting a business may be fun, but it’s not easy. Marketing is top priority.

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Agile VC

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Founding splits typically acknowledge that more senior folks or folks in C-level positions will have a larger founders’ equity percentage than more junior or staff-level co-founders. In other cases, some co-founders might forgo salary early on (if their personal circumstances permit) to earn an additional share of “sweat” equity.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 10, 2016

If you are reading this blog, you are quite likely to either be running your own business or aspiring to own one. Before you start pitching clients for work, you will either need to launch your own free blog or contribute on third party blogs as a guest blogger. by Anand Srinivasan, founder of LeadJoint.com.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2016

With one of the new free tools and a dose of sweat equity, you can create a website for almost nothing -- and you are on your way to success with ecommerce, your latest invention or personal services. Use multiple social-media channels, blogging, email and voicemail to build the same image and responsiveness as larger competitors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

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. Starting a business may be fun, but it’s not easy. Marketing is top priority.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 12, 2016

Almost each one of us reading this blog has a business idea that we are convinced can be the next big thing. In the early stages of business, sweat equity can often be a good substitute for cash. by Anand Srinivasan, founder of LeadJoint.com. What stops a majority from moving ahead to the execution stage is funding.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 5, 2010

He writes a refreshingly approachable fitness blog. I have a ready excuse for squeezing in a little “sweat equity” — I need to get in shape to know my customers’ issues. This is a guest post by Mike Schoeffler, founder of iPhone running application Roadbud. But take this too far and your productivity drops off the cliff.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

Fancy websites are expensive, but blogs and Facebook pages are free. Businesses can be built on sweat equity. He has published extensively on branding, and often shares his thoughts on the Logogarden.com blog. You may want office space outside of your home, but you may not need it to start.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

SM is cheap, fast, flexible, powerful and, with an investment of sweat equity, can bring meaningful returns to a small business. Encourage others to blog, to tweet, and to share content and ideas via your own SM pages. Get started.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2014

Owning a business requires plenty of “sweat equity,” and initially often results in working far harder than you’re being compensated for—and earning less than if you worked for someone else! appeared first on Bplans Blog. What made you determine it was time to start paying yourself a salary? Share it in the comments below. .

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Gary first came to internet stardom with his video blog Wine Library TV. Now Gary has launched his second blog named garyvaynerchuk.com where he dispenses business advice and comments on emerging technologies and cultural trends. Gary’s ultimate goal is to one day own the New York Jets.

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Business Plan Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Investors at any stage like to see that you have committed personal funds in addition to sweat equity. If your product is not developed, you will need some sort of mockup. Personal Investment. First, if you aren’t willing to assume any of the risk, neither will investors.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 6, 2013

Know The Blogging Basics. If you’re blogging to build your network or profile, remember attention spans have decreased and multitasking has increased, so keep your content short and concise. Enable social sharing on all posts and post not only on your blog but also on your social media channels. This is where it gets tricky.

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grasshopperherder.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

BLOG About Contact Subscribe to Feed end #menug -->. Piercing the Corporate Veil – Sweat Equity Consulting. But much like becoming a co-founder, getting paid sweat equity is essentially becoming an investor in the company. I was once asked to sign a one year non-compete agreement as a sweat equity consultant.

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Altgate

MAY 1, 2009

I’m a visual person so here’s how I see it: Entrepreneurs start companies and the founders (“F&# in my chart) invest capital which they grow with sweat equity and then limited partners (“LPs&# ) invest capital via VCs which in turn grows the pie to the eventual “exit&# (which comes in the form of M&A or IPOs).

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Co-founder and CEO Kyle Wong, who was featured on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 List, says the company’s MVP was built using “sweat equity.” CXL started as just a blog—and just me—in 2011,” recounts CEO Peep Laja. Pixlee is a visual-marketing platform that helps companies connect with influencers. CXL Institute spent $200k on their MVP.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 23, 2011

An entrepreneur starts a company in classic " bootstrap " fashion - with a combination of sweat equity and their own financial resources. The typical wisdom regarding the appropriate financing course for a new company goes as follows: 1.

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chrischandler.name

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

If you’ve considered finding and asking a developer for his or her time in exchange for sweat equity, I’m going to strongly advise you against it. I've also expressed similar sentiment in this blog post [link]. That being said, let’s talk about money. This is your only chance to get in.

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www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Corporate Blog. It’s simply an untenable situation to expect the technical co-founder to assume the full burden of risk through sweat equity. Having a blog, being a public speaker, be prompt in communication, and being able to explain complex ideas in a simple manner are all valuable assets. About Virtuosi Media.

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Note: All of my advice in this blog is that of a layman. Very interesting article, at my Firm we share many of your insights, starting by performance based compensation (often linked to sweat equity). I am flattered that you posted parts of my article on your blog. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A. link] Luis Rivera.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Co-founder and CEO Kyle Wong, who was featured on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 List, says the company’s MVP was built using “sweat equity.” CXL started as just a blog—and just me—in 2011,” recounts CEO Peep Laja. Pixlee is a visual-marketing platform that helps companies connect with influencers. CXL Institute spent $200k on their MVP.

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

Years and years of research and sweat equity went into cracking the code, and the results are magical. Dennis and team have identified over a dozen different dimensions of the Foursquare product that must interact with each other in precisely optimal ways to achieve user delight. A gigantic market. At a macro level, over 4.6B

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 10, 2016

I’m allowed to write my own blogs, and collaborate with other brilliant people who I WANT to, not who I HAVE to. All the sweat equity that comes with being an entrepreneur is all worth it when you see your business grow into the vision you had when you started. I get to do it all and I love that!

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grasshopper.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Grasshopper Blog. Getting Paid in Equity: A What to Do Guide. Equity-based pay is often used by the founders of young start-ups who want to grow their businesses but cannot offer big salaries to qualified professionals. Sweat Equity Or Equity With Compensation? Grasshopper.com. How it Works. July 29, 2010.

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www.thestartup.eu

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Sweat Equity: Juliette and Marco put in a bit of work during weekends as project managers, designers, developers, sysadmins, etc. MyGengo.com and Tolingo.de. 24h turnaround and a great service. Total cost: $100. Hosting: pay-as-you-go cloud servers, mostly free in the beginning. Debug/usability: UserTesting and $100. Total: $8,350.

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grasshopperherder.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Reply Feature Overload » Blog Archive » QUESTIONS FOR A CO-FOUNDER says: January 18, 2011 at 1:40 pm [.] 2) And a patent just issued on core method: USPTO Patent #7,870,067 issued 1/11/’11 3) And a bunch of erudite crapola on my blog getting some serious egghead interest recently.

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philipsmith.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Recently I was offered the opportunity to help a company and the opening gambit from the CEO was "well, we can only pay equity and in your own blog you say that's OK" Er, yes, but when it turns out that you have a staff of 15, all on salaries, a $3.5m Subscribe to this blogs feed. Blogs and Sites I Like.

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