Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2022

It’s not the end of your career, your reputation has not be sullied, and there are still seats on rocketships waiting for you. The ‘average’ startup offers a 90 day period post employment where you have to exercise any vested stock options before forfeiting them back to the company. Extend Your Stock Option Exercise Period.

Stock Options 94

Stock Options Vesting Stock Valuation 94

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

One of the dangers of taking investment from individual angels,rather than through an angel group or investment firm, is that theyhave less reputation to protect. 5 ] Another danger of less known firms is that, like angels, they haveless reputation to protect. vesting would in that situation force founders to toe the line.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

Eric Friedman

JUNE 27, 2016

This is the classic “hire people smarter than you” which is harder said than done. Total = 0.75% for 3 advisors that vest as you see fit to help you over the next 1–4 years (more on vesting below). Vesting Schedules. Advisors typically ask to vest in equal installments over 48 months. 25% for regular advisors, .25-.50%

Equity 98

Equity Vesting Cap Table Common Stock 98

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Standards arehigher; people are more sympathetic to what youre doing; the kindof people you want to hire want to live there; supporting industriesare there; the people you run into in chance meetings are in thesame business. They might accidentally hire someonebad, but its not going to kill the company. Idont think theres an answer.

Startup 108

Startup Software Review Hiring Detroit 108

Up and Running

JULY 11, 2017

The worst-case scenario is ignoring the warning signs and launching something that is unsafe or has failings that significantly damage your reputation. To avoid disasters like the Galaxy Note 7, it is important to be brutally honest in your technical feasibility assessment to determine if your hoped-for technology is at the bleeding edge.

Technical Review 80

Technical Review Development Team Review Differentiation Leadership 80

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

has built its reputation working with companies through challenging times, helping to analyze business opportunities and maximize tax savings. Hire Someone to Watch Your Money. In today’s business world, success and influence are in the hands of those who share their ideas, not those who hold them close to the vest.

Vesting 190

Vesting Security Reputation Entrepreneur 190

Transformify

MAY 10, 2023

Government Concerns and Interests Governments have a vested interest in properly regulating the employer-employee relationship and safeguarding the rights of workers. Remember, misclassification can lead to fines, reputational damage, restrictions on hiring contract workers, and potential limitations on operating in certain regions.

United States 52

United States Government California Vesting 52

discuss.joelonsoftware.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Im confident that this business will be able to compensate these two additional principles along the way, after initial risk of investing their time, and will later reward their vesting with an exit strategy. This isnt really a start-up team-- Ive been doing the business for 14 years. The key here is motivation.

Sweat Equity 40

Sweat Equity Equity Angel Investor Affiliate 40

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

If you join a fund, you’ll invest your financial capital, but far more importantly, your reputational capital. If you are one of six in the LP relationship area, you will have less leverage than if you are a new hire with the only European LP relationships. – Share and vesting of Carry. – Key man clause.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Partner 60

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

And these are people that we spent so much time to hire. We went through hundreds of thousands of resumes to hire those 1,900 people and we do so much to bring them in and to have to say goodbye to them, I'd say that was the hardest part. A lot of people are literally doing if for their brand reputation but they didn't.

Silicon Valley 60

Silicon Valley Hosting Cofounder Employee 60

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 10, 2011

Finding a programmer who will work in exchange for a vested interest is difficult; the alternative is to have and be willing to fork out dollars constantly for work you want done on your website. If you can’t do it, hire someone who knows what they are doing. Suddenly, our operational risks “creeped” into becoming reputational risks.

Technical Review 71

Technical Review PPC Due Diligence Exit Strategy 71

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Update: The end is near, Expensify is hiring a.NET programmer! As you might know, we’re hiring the best programmers in the world. If you are a startup looking to hire really excellent people, take notice of.NET on a resume, and ask why it’s there. Expensify Blog. Expense Reports That Don't Suck. Sjoerd Franken.

Java 107

Java PHP Software Review Coder 107

Up and Running

JANUARY 25, 2017

Users love the concept, and we’re getting a lot of organic support to launch quickly so that employers and applicants can enjoy an easier hiring process.”. Make a mark on the world, do the right thing, and let your hard-earned reputation connect the dots. There were a few problems with his response. Just don’t ever give up.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Cofounder Security Partner 60

www.quora.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Early employees are paid a salary from day 1, don't have to have the reputation/connections to raise money, take on much less risk, and often have much more information about the company (team so far, financials, product traction/progress) when they decide to join than the founders do when they found the company.

Equity 40

Equity Employee Founder Cofounder 40