The Startup Lawyer

APRIL 12, 2010

1) Does your startup have more than 1 founder? 2) Are you (and/or one of your co-founders) working on your startup full-time? 4) Is your startup hiring developers or designers? 5) Is your startup granting stock options or other equity compensation? Answer the following questions and tally up your total score. (1)

Stock Options 94

Stock Options IP Cofounder Venture Capital 94

The Startup Lawyer

APRIL 12, 2010

1) Does your startup have more than 1 founder? 2) Are you (and/or one of your co-founders) working on your startup full-time? 4) Is your startup hiring developers or designers? 5) Is your startup granting stock options or other equity compensation? Answer the following questions and tally up your total score. (1)

Stock Options 89

Stock Options IP Cofounder Venture Capital 89

Up and Running

JANUARY 5, 2018

Jet.com founder Marc Lore ascended to CEO of Walmart’s US e-commerce operations, and since joining has taken the company on an e-commerce/apparel acquisition spree. While Walmart hasn’t acquired in this area yet, its internal initiatives and IP show interest. Walmart’s $3.3B Increase in-store efficiency.

Acquisition 94

Acquisition Hawaii Partner Non-Compete 94

SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

They can call a meeting with all the stakeholders in the room and then just let them fight it out – this is design by committee and it rarely yields anything beyond mediocrity. They had a couple experienced co-founders, including the now legendary Reed Hastings, but the problem was that they were stuck at about 300,000 customers.

Product 60

Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer 60

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

And since a startup thatsucceeds ordinarily makes its founders rich, that implies gettingrich is doable too. A lot ofwould-be startup founders think the key to the whole process is theinitial idea, and from that point all you have to do is execute.Venture capitalists know better. Ideally you want between two and four founders.

Startup 105

Startup Cofounder Software Stock 105

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Whats is the best way to find a co-founder for your startup? If you’re looking for a designer, engineer, or biz marketing guy – go to meetups / conferences that those people would go to. However, one of my co-founders doesn’t seem to be as motivated as the rest of us. I’m studying design.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

You may know him as the founder of Soylent, the nutrition company he started in his kitchen and scaled nationwide. Many of you will know Robert as the founder of Soylent, which he started out of his kitchen and then grew into a nationwide phenomenon. We can't change the past, but we do have a say in the future if we're willing.

Technical Review 68

Technical Review Software Review Finance Technology 68

ConversionXL

MAY 2, 2019

It uses standard prices based on a user’s IP address and generates an estimate of what they might fetch as a host. CXL has written about ecommerce product pages and related elements many times before: Product page design and UX. Everything is built around that, including: Customized information. This is a tool specific to Airbnb.

eCommerce 133

eCommerce Conversion Hosting Sales 133

grasshopperherder.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

« Thanks but No Thanks – Things to Avoid When Recruiting Co-founders Why is Cyber Squatter a Bad Word? Some have been as co-founder, most have been as a consultant with the possibility of becoming an paid employee, “as soon as we close our funding round.” The Value of Entrepreneurship » -->.

Sweat Equity 41

Sweat Equity Equity Cofounder Non-Compete 41

www.currentlyobsessed.com

MAY 28, 2010

Deals come in all shapes and sizes, and seed stage funds like First Round Capital and programs like TechStars provide flexibility Explosive growth companies and multi-time successful founders get atypical deals The other terms (besides valuation) matter too! i never thought about it like investing in stocks before.

Valuation 42

Valuation Channel Pre-Money Valuation Term Sheet 42

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

In my ongoing quest to get you good transcripts of the wonderful interviews we’ve done in the past, I present you with one amazing interview here with Tom McInerney – a friend, co-investor, former entrepreneur turned angel investor and “wizard of Oz&# behind the scenes at the uber hot startup Klout.

Angel Investor 302

Angel Investor Cofounder Southern California .Net 302

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

.” Hackernews list of “Tools of the Trade” for startups - includes over 150 SaaS tools used by startups, and over 150 comments with interesting insights from founders. Design/Front End: Twitter Bootstrap : Include this in your website, and you are half finished. LiveRoad : A Great IDE for design is very helpful.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53