Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 1, 2023
I always tell entrepreneurs that two heads are better than one, so the first task in many startups is finding a cofounder or two. Giving a cofounder a salary won’t get you the “fire in the belly” you want. Each cofounder should get equity for value, based on these key variables: Lived a key role in a previous startup.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 9, 2020
Investors may not be called co-founders, but they always get equity, commensurate with their share of the total costs anticipated, or share of the current valuation. The CTO of many technical startups was the original founder. Naïve cofounders have found themselves squeezed out in some well-known cases, including Facebook.
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Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 28, 2023
In business, and in your personal life, the ability to anticipate and overcome criticism is one of the biggest differentiators between leaders, who make things happen, and followers, who may have great ideas but never seem to get things to go their way. Bacharach, Cornell Professor and cofounder of the Bacharach Leadership Group.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 5, 2020
In business, and in your personal life, the ability to anticipate and overcome criticism is one of the biggest differentiators between leaders, who make things happen, and followers, who may have great ideas but never seem to get things to go their way. Bacharach, Cornell Professor and cofounder of the Bacharach Leadership Group.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018
Investors may not be called co-founders, but they always get equity, commensurate with their share of the total costs anticipated, or share of the current valuation. The CTO of many technical startups was the original founder. Naïve cofounders have found themselves squeezed out in some well-known cases, including Facebook.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 4, 2014
Investors may not be called co-founders, but they always get equity, commensurate with their share of the total costs anticipated, or share of the current valuation. The CTO of many technical startups was the original founder. Naïve cofounders have found themselves squeezed out in some recent cases, including Facebook.
blog.launchbit.com
MARCH 8, 2012
cofounders. technical cofounder. Why you can(t) recruit a technical cofounder. We know, however, that at some point, especially if you yourself are not technically-savvy, there will be a time where getting some technical expertise on the team is essential to continue progressing. Viewed times.
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