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Remind Me Why I Love You? (Why “In Person” is Everything)

Both Sides of the Table

I left the meeting and had to attend a 3-hour board meeting where two founders have been fighting and each want the other one fired. I developed a list of questions to ask you next time we speak?—?especially You left the meeting dreaming about money and finally having resources to do all of the things you wanted to do. Was that a blip?

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Beware of Premature Merge Elation

Both Sides of the Table

years ago and told me, “I just got offered the chance to buy this company because the founder doesn’t want to continue. I can save tons of development time and I think I can buy it for all equity. Sometimes this involves co-CEO’s. A close friend of mine in LA who is 3 years into his startup called me about 2.5

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Unintended Consequences: When SAFE and Convertible Notes Go Awry

Pascal's View

Andrew Krowne and I recently co-wrote an article in Tech Crunch , Why SAFE Notes Are Not Safe for Entrepreneurs. The CEO/founder often has leeway to influence or negotiate the cap value (especially when the headline cap is softened by a discount).

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How to pick a co-founder

venturehacks.com

SUPPORTED BY Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS How to pick a co-founder by Naval Ravikant on November 12th, 2009 Update : Also see our 40-minute interview on this topic. Picking a co-founder is your most important decision. One founder companies can work, against the odds (hello, Mark Zuckerberg).

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2021 Predictions

Eric Friedman

The idea of Twitter reincarnating the “verified” program under the launch of a creator economy support system would re-invigorate developers, be an easy way to start to KYC people and integrate with payment gateways (hello Square – they know people over there. 5/ The rise of operator angels + micro VCs explodes in 2021.

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

thestartuplawyer.com

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. You can start by examining every aspect of the co-founder relationship. Don’t leave anything out just because you and your co-founders already talked about it.

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Should You Share Equity with Consultants?

www.inc.com

Research & Development. Chip Morse , cofounder and partner with Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton P.C., If youre offering the consultant stock options, youll also want to take into consideration what the exercise price is going to be and how long the options will be outstanding. TECHNOLOGY. Internet and Online Business.