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The Equity Equation

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Could you spend the remaining 10% on killer developers and sales guys? That’s a core argument for early-stage high-value angels, seed funds, and Y Combinator. Ask the Attorney” – Founder Vesting. Is selling 30% of your shares to a top-tier firm the most effective way to spend your shares? Should you take it?

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How to pick a co-founder

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Be especially careful with the “sales&# guy here. What you don’t know Business founders who don’t code use bad proxies for picking technical co-founders (&# 10 years with Java!&# ). Technical founders who don’t sell also use bad proxies (&# Harvard MBA! Build in founder vesting (a.k.a.

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