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How we Hire for Sweat Equity (Part 2)…

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Next → How we Hire for Sweat Equity (Part 2)… Posted on April 7, 2011 by Travis Biziorek. Firstly, these high demand developers probably are near impossible for me to get. I’m not FaceBook or Twitter and have a s**t-ton of potentially imminent IPO stock options to offer someone. equity in the company.

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The Greenshoe = how to repay all those that helped along the way.

Scalable Startup

Imagine if you’re in Silicon Valley right now with no equity in a tech startup, but associated with several people getting six figure “bonuses” because they somehow wound up with some stock in one. The Greenshoe is an over-allotment of stock options, up to 15% of the total offering at time of IPO.

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The Greenshoe = how to repay all those that helped along the way.

Scalable Startup

Imagine if you’re in Silicon Valley right now with no equity in a tech startup, but associated with several people getting six figure “bonuses” because they somehow wound up with some stock in one. The Greenshoe is an over-allotment of stock options, up to 15% of the total offering at time of IPO.

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Cash-strapped? How to pay for services with your startup’s equity

The Next Web

From Silicon Valley to Peoria, Illinois, cash-strapped startups look for inventive way to finance their business – often handing out equity to employees, consultants, vendors, and other service providers. Pitfalls in sharing equity. While equity can be a great tool for compensating early on, the drawbacks are significant.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

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However, my two initial co-founders were not technical and couldn’t contribute significantly during the initial year plus of development. This resulted in a recapitilization of the equity away from 33% each (in my favor) and then the ultimate dismissal of one of the co-founders prior to the A-round. How To Get There.