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Silicon Valley Frontlines: Two Tales of "Working For Equity"

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Compensation-wise the biggest challenge is insuring people are respectful of my time and skills (when they don't write real checks for hourly or project work they don't tend to be quite as diligent on this as one would like!). Someone in my network forwarded an email to me from a recruiting firm that is quite active in the Valley.

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On the Road to Recap:

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In late 2015, many public technology companies saw a significant retrenchment in their share prices primarily as a result of a reduction in valuation multiples. In Q1 of 2016 there were zero VC-backed technology IPOs. They use the reputation of the other investors as a proxy for due diligence.

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Everything you ever wanted to know about advisors: Part 2.

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If you have more questions, email us at ask@venturehacks.com. The company is acquired, recapitalized, or otherwise restructured and the advisors are no longer useful or desired. Read some fun reviews of this site. Search Twitter Venture Hacks on Facebook Our Daily Digest Sign up via email or RSS. See Part 1 for the rest.