Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2021

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. Starting a business may be fun, but it’s not easy. A business model that works. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs.

Sweat Equity 400

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Startup Viral 400

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. Starting a business may be fun, but it’s not easy. A business model that works. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs.

Sweat Equity 251

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Startup Viral 251

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. Starting a business may be fun, but it’s not easy. A business model that works. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs.

Sweat Equity 256

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Viral 256

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. Starting a business may be fun, but it’s not easy. A business model that works. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs.

Sweat Equity 222

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Viral Salary 222

grasshopperherder.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Saying things like, “You’ll earn a salary, as soon as we close our funding round,&# make me throw up slightly in my mouth. If I can steal your idea by just hearing it, there is no defensible business model there. Don’t Bullshit Me I know about the famous “ reality distortion field.&#

Cofounder 47

Cofounder NDA Founder Sweat Equity 47

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

created a vastly higher cost structure; I had 80 people mostly on base salaries under $100,000 and was bringing in revenue at the rate of $20 million annually. The ArsDigita of Greylock, General Atlantic, and Allen had nearly 200 with lots of new executive positions at $200,000 or over, programmers at base salaries of $125,000, etc.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

The programmer will probably not understand your business model, and therefore cant help you point out anything that doesnt make sense in the requirements. Dont make cheap skate equity offers, with programmer getting equity share of first employee and salary of founder(nothing or next to nothing). Insightful.

CTO Hire 84

CTO Hire Hiring Software Review Technical Review 84