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5 Equity Distribution Parameters For Key Contributors

Startup Professionals Musings

The next default of waiting until later is equally bad, since partners who bow out early will still expect an equal share of that first billion you make later. Level of responsibility and time allocated. The CTO of many technical startups was the original founder. Now comes the reality check.

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5 Keys To Negotiating Your Fair Share Of Any Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

The next default of waiting until later is equally bad, since partners who bow out early will still expect an equal share of that first billion you make later. Level of responsibility and time allocated. The CTO of many technical startups was the original founder. Now comes the reality check.

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5 Criteria For Splitting Equity In Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

The next default of waiting until later is equally bad, since partners who bow out early will still expect an equal share of that first billion you make later. Level of responsibility and time allocated. The CTO of many technical startups was the original founder. Now comes the reality check.

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How Much Founder Stock Should You Offer Co-Founders?

Startup Professionals Musings

The next default of waiting until later is equally bad, since partners who bow out early will still expect an equal share of that first billion you make later. Level of responsibility and time allocated. The CTO of many technical startups was the original founder. Now comes the reality check.

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Corporate Acquisitions of Startups: Why Do They Fail?

Steve Blank

Companies manage these three types of innovation with an innovation portfolio – they build innovation internally, they buy it or they partner with resources outside their company. Corporate business development and strategic partner executives are flocking to Silicon Valley to find these five types of innovation.

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Are You Getting Your Fair Share Of Startup Equity?

Startup Professionals Musings

The next default of waiting until later is equally bad, since partners who bow out early will still expect an equal share of that first billion you make later. Level of responsibility and time allocated. The CTO of many technical startups was the original founder. Now comes the reality check.

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Is Going for Rapid Growth Always Good? Aren’t Startups So Much More?

Both Sides of the Table

The constraint between good ideas and growth operates in both directions. After all, growth equals high valuations and loads of venture capital! Instant growth = huge valuation from follow-on investors = big VC mark-up on our quarterly reports = LP interest. Ryan Lissack is the CTO of Maker Studios. Growth, again.