Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Compatible work styles. Marty Zwilling.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

You’ve got a great idea and domain expertise, but limited money and insufficient technology resources. Should you co-found your company with a software development shop? Not surprisingly, the list above also is ranked from least to most equity stake in an investment for the investor, relative to the cash they invest.

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

Michael’s last gripe is that “software engineers don’t work for free.” ” I believe that by this he means they want cash rather than equity. “Business people” and “software people” are misnomers. I absolutely want cofounders when the time comes. I refused and he left.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Someone who is egotistical enough to call themselves a rockstar, yet humble enough not to want 99% of the equity? Developer, engineer, CTO, or technical co-founder? Then with the simple product built, if you can prove it has legs, finding a developer to come aboard and build it out will be easy. Rockstar v.

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