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How to Divide Equity to Startup Founders, Advisors, and Employees

thinkspace.com

I was originally hired as a contractor, developing a SaaS app from scratch, including DB design and coding. Along the way, I was hired full time (I believe about 8 months after I started), a coder from India was hired and another contractor was added to the team. omissions/lies on the part of founders & investors. .

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15 steps to launch your own tech startup: Part 3

The Next Web

Finding co-founders is hard, and I would never recommend to hire a co-founder – usually you start a business with people you know for years (as there is already an existing level of trust there and you also know they are capable of fulfilling their duties). They should be able to hire great designers to help build a better product.

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How much should you pay an executive in a startup company?

Startup Company Lawyer

Additional detail is provided on compensation for the Board of Directors, general organizational changes over time and other compensation trends. The survey consists of a Web-based questionnaire, which can be filled out by a single member of a company’s executive team and takes approximately 45-60 minutes to complete.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

Inevitably, the excuses begin: I need to hire people to build the product. In later posts I’m going to get into more detail on specific topics like hiring, raising money, what types of ideas have the potential to get big, finding your founders, and the like. Like I said, forget everything else and just get your product out the door.