View from Seed

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Below, Lee Hower offers advice for approaching these equity discussions objectively and properly. In addition to being a co-founder of NextView Ventures, Lee was an early member of PayPal and a founding team member at LinkedIn, so he speaks as both a former entrepreneur and a VC. Capital Investment & Sweat Equity.

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Agile VC

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Founding splits typically acknowledge that more senior folks or folks in C-level positions will have a larger founders’ equity percentage than more junior or staff-level co-founders. In other cases, some co-founders might forgo salary early on (if their personal circumstances permit) to earn an additional share of “sweat” equity.

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Agile VC

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Founding splits typically acknowledge that more senior folks or folks in C-level positions will have a larger founders’ equity percentage than more junior or staff-level co-founders. In other cases, some co-founders might forgo salary early on (if their personal circumstances permit) to earn an additional share of “sweat” equity.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

link] valto This will be very interesting to see, if entrepreneurs as “investors” will be different than “traditional investors”. anyway for the american economy as a whole it would be a disaster if your entrepreneurs started dreaming small. in britain your considered an entrepreneur if you start a corner shop, which isnt good.

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