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Why is there such a large founder to early employee equity drop-off? - Quora

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The barrier between entrepreneur and money (incubators, angels, etc.) Connections seems to make the most sense with serial entrepreneurs (or someone who had prior success). Many startups these days are first-time entrepreneurs. The risk to the entrepreneur is that he loses several tens of millions of dollars in opportunity cost.

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

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trav (2010-06-19) # This is GPS for would-be web entrepreneurs lost in a sea of ideas with no sailors to steer their imaginary ship. Weve built Sandcastle specifically for an entrepreneur with an idea, who is not a developer. Sandcastle is a software development service for entrepreneurs. Should be read by any web entrepreneur.