Agile VC

DECEMBER 4, 2014

I like to say that “there are only co-founders” — it’s extraordinarily rare for a successful business to have just a sole founder. But not all co-founders are equal in terms of title, ownership, responsibilities, and so forth. Sometimes co-founders put off the equity split question for some time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

In a moment of crisis, you may be tempted to take on the first person expressing interest as a co-founder. This would be a mistake, and could easily cost you your startup. In reality, the pressures of a relationship break up more startups, or vice versa, than running out of money. Most startups can’t afford that.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

This would be a mistake, and could easily cost you your startup. First you have to be clear on who you are, and who you can co-exist with, what complementary skills and resources you need, and what decisions in the business you are willing to relegate. Most startups can’t afford that. We both have the same vision.”

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www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

Next → How to Hire for Sweat Equity…. We’ve consulted and implemented projects for companies from Fortune 100 firms to small (successful) startups. We currently work for a top financial services firm while we focus the majority of our efforts on our startup. All they do are tech startups and they know their stuff.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Deciding whether to increase money or trade equity in the business for much needed assistance, could be a tough call. I raised money and traded equity, but with my venture, I had to make one of the toughest decisions, to build it with some assistance of co-founders. Find the right co-founders.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2010

This would be a mistake, and could easily cost you your startup. First you have to be clear on who you are, and who you can co-exist with, what complementary skills and resources you need, and what decisions in the business you are willing to relegate. Most startups can’t afford that. We both have the same vision.”

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Editor’s note: Understanding how to divide founder equity at a startup can be tricky, even to the point of reaching emotional riffs between founders. Below, Lee Hower offers advice for approaching these equity discussions objectively and properly.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Sometimes even the most dedicated, uber-competent entrepreneur doesn’t have everything it takes to ensure startup success. Finding that ideal startup partner can be as elusive as finding a compatible mate. who is the founder of Inside Edge Solutions, on the faculty of Washington University in St.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Sometimes even the most dedicated, uber-competent entrepreneur doesn’t have everything it takes to ensure startup success. Finding that ideal startup partner can be as elusive as finding a compatible mate. Kaviani co-founded CoFoundersLab less than two years ago with the aim of bringing entrepreneurs together to launch startups.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2023

He knows that quality of startup hiring is linked to the tone the founder sets for the company. The goal in startup hiring, he says, is to make people feel they can’t walk away. Going from coaching to running a beverage startup has been a natural transition. Photo by nappy: [link]. “I It works. “We

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www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Startup Advice. Home ▶ Businesses ▶ Startup Business Advice ▶ Current Page How To Find A Technical Cofounder For Your Online Business Idea. This article should also serve as a starting guide for programmers who are approached about becoming technical co-founders. Copywriting Tips. Social Media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2017

In a moment of crisis, you may be tempted to take on the first person expressing interest as a co-founder. This would be a mistake, and could easily cost you your startup. In reality, the pressures of a relationship break up more startups, or vice versa, than running out of money. Most startups can’t afford that.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2019

In a moment of crisis, you may be tempted to take on the first person expressing interest as a co-founder. This would be a mistake, and could easily cost you your startup. Even if the endpoint is the same, there are many different roads to get there, and it’s hard for a startup to be on two roads at once.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 12, 2016

by Anand Srinivasan, founder of LeadJoint.com. Founders need to work on a ‘compartmentalization strategy’ that breaks down their business dream into small components that can be smaller business ideas by themselves. Find a cofounder. Finding a cofounder is hard work and does not happen easily.

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Up and Running

JUNE 23, 2015

Meg Wirth and Allyson Cote, founders of Maternova. However, these can be difficult to obtain and ship, and this is exactly where social enterprise startup Maternova has made—and continues to make—inspirational strides. “It took an enormous investment of sweat equity on both our parts,” Allyson admits.

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Gust

APRIL 11, 2014

Let’s get right down to business: Dilution of founders’ and other early shareholders’ equity in startups is frequently a subject of intense interest and debate. The simplest illustration is the first VC funding round of a new startup. Expert commentators including David S.

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Business Plan Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Milestones That Friends, Family, and Founders Care About Before Investing. The most important principle of startup fundraising that every entrepreneur needs to know is: raise enough capital to achieve a set of milestones that will allow the company to attract the next round of investment. Startup Funding' Personal Investment.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 23, 2019

I think this is important for startups. Sweat Equity. “I Your first proof of concept can be done without a technical co-founder or a lot of money. “I’ve mentioned a number of times that I started my company remotely and from a small, inexpensive town. Inexpensive Freelance Labor.

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The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

. – Don’t compromise on quality for co-founders and other permanent decisions. And that includes the choice of co-founder. Yet founders want to move fast and there is an inevitable tension between speed and quality. Yet founders want to move fast and there is an inevitable tension between speed and quality.

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grasshopperherder.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

That’s why it’s a startup. If you can’t describe how we’d work together, maybe you should join my startup and I’ll be the CEO. If you’re waiting for a technical co-founder to put up a landing page with signup form, you’re lazy. Names redacted.) Ideas are a dime a dozen.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

It’s for founders who are totally committed to it, for investors who spend money and, later, for the most important trusted key employees. I like this summary by Asheesh Avani, who’s a brilliant strategist and a true expert on the ins and outs of small business and startup financing. A co-owner is a long-term relationship.

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Up and Running

JUNE 7, 2013

In the startup world, you hear the title “co-founder” a lot more than “founder.” Even when someone says the latter, oftentimes you come to find out the person is forgetting to mention the “co” part, because in actuality, there are others involved. In 2009 I co-founded an online venture with two other partners.

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Be The Beatles Not The Flock Of Seagulls John Greathouse’s Bio ConTraps Part 2 ConTrap Part 3 ConTrap part 4 Startup Children Pt 2 Startup Children Pt 5 Startup Children Pt 3 Startup Children Pt 4 Decision Making 101 Talks: Jason Nazar on how to Persuade. Hands-on startup advice for emerging entrepreneurs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

I am looking for funding of $50K in startup funds, and would like to partner with the right investor to provide this and other future funding as needed. I would like my sweat equity and existing IP to be the risk that I incur without also risking an asset that could easily represent the majority of my total assets.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Mike Arsenault and his two co-founders—all with technical backgrounds—built their MVP while working full time for other SaaS companies. “We We also got lucky and qualified for some startup benefits with companies like Rackspace, who covered our infrastructure costs for the first year,” continues Arsenault. “We

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Analyzing 32 Startup Failure Post-Mortems to Find the 20 Top Reasons that Startups Fail. We’d previously highlighted the top startup failure post-mortems of all-time here (32 in total) written by a group of startup entrepreneurs gracious enough to share their lessons learned from their startup’s failure.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Mike Arsenault and his two co-founders—all with technical backgrounds—built their MVP while working full time for other SaaS companies. “We We also got lucky and qualified for some startup benefits with companies like Rackspace, who covered our infrastructure costs for the first year,” continues Arsenault. “We

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grasshopperherder.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Piercing the Corporate Veil – Sweat Equity Consulting. « Thanks but No Thanks – Things to Avoid When Recruiting Co-founders Why is Cyber Squatter a Bad Word? But much like becoming a co-founder, getting paid sweat equity is essentially becoming an investor in the company.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time. Update – As a followup, we analyzed all of these startup failure post-mortems to identify the top 20 reasons for startup failure. Also worth a read after you review these startup failure post-mortems. Post-Mortem Title : How My Startup Failed.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 9, 2019

Early on in any startup is more often than not filled with the unknown. There’s a ton of questions, but one thing is for certain: it is thrilling to see your little startup start to come into its own. Funding has only become more difficult to pursue and isn’t always a viable option for early-on founders to pursue.

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Designmantic Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Even the most successful names in business began their journeys to greatness through startups. This post emphasizes how some of the biggest brands of today initially began their journeys as small startups and became major players in the corporate world. Sergey Brin – Co-founder of ‘Google’. Tony Hseih (CEO of Zappos).

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Researchers divided the portfolio companies into six stages and startups are still operating a loss in each of the first four. Been there Done that This is very depressing for all future founders, or even currently early stage founders. Startups that DO receive VC money ultimately atrophy. dasein Yeah, I agree.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

If you live in an area that has "hacker" or "startup-weekend" type events where idea people are teamed with developers, it can be great way to get some free (or low cost) experience in what it is like to work with a team of developers, narrow the scope of your project, and understand what it takes to get to v1.0

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