Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2016

The allocation of shares among the founders, and the number and size of outside investments, will tells volumes about the health, stability, and management of the business. Calculate employee stock option values and vesting times, as well as salary. How complex is the capitalization table?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2022

Old co-workers or new friends with complementary skills usually make the best partners. Giving equity is realistic, but base it on contribution and role, with vesting after time and milestones. Later you need specialists and managers. The founder’s title and role dilemma. Recognize that the best people don’t work for free.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2015

The allocation of shares among the founders, and the number and size of outside investments, will tells volumes about the health, stability, and management of the business. Calculate employee stock option values and vesting times, as well as salary. How complex is the capitalization table?

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

George Deeb is the Managing Partner at Chicago-based Red Rocket Ventures , a startup consulting and financial advisory firm based in Chicago. So, a CEO or CTO, would get a much higher stake than an office manager or a graphic designer, as an example. How do you manage your equity split in your company?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

And even this can’t stop their employees from fleeing after two years of vesting to move on to the next hot startup. ” I spend more time helping manage Upfront Ventures so that we as a firm are better prepared as a team to succeed vs. just any individual. For investors life is no different.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2018

Now is the time to talk to a qualified attorney, and get some discipline in place for the following strategies: Manage founder’s shares like gold with partners. Even though initial stock has no market value today, it is extremely valuable in dividing equity ownership between co-founders, investors, and early partners.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 1, 2015

If you’re giving a large percentage of your company to someone (and yes, two percent is large), you’re entering into a contract that’s really a whole lot like marriage in that it creates a long-term relationship between you and the employee or partner. The longer employees stay, the more of their stock options they “vest.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

I myself recently covered the topic when I spoke about why GRP Partners invested in Ad.ly. GRP Partners invested in GoTo.com which rebranded as Overture. I find it totally acceptable because I believe Robert has high integrity and manages church / state issues himself. Who decides? If he didn’t, I would unfollow him.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MAY 27, 2019

So if you’re a technical founder you should generally be partnering with a non-technical founder. One person might be good at systems, the other might be happier managing customers. NZ Sales Manager. What if your business has no technical aspect at all? Getting the right fit. NZ Entrepreneur. Australian Sales Leader.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

It’s hard enough to get a job at a venture capital or private equity firm; it’s even more complex to join as a Partner. Sean Seton-Rogers, Partner, Profounders Capital, breaks the conversation into three areas: Control: voting/veto for new deals, share of management company. So assessing fit is critical.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 25, 2024

Board members or lead investors as coaches If you take smart money from a good angel or venture organization, the lead investor usually becomes your board member and has a vested interest in your success. And some will willingly work for stock options, an amount to be negotiated based upon time spent and stage of corporate development.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2015

It’s disconcerting for most to realize that these shares are initially worth nothing, and the challenge is to get that value up as quickly as possible, without losing it just as quickly to investors, lazy partners and taxation. This is the purpose of a vesting schedule, which issues allocated stock over time.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

If you decide to become a sportsbook operator, the best way for you to be a successful bookie is to partner with an organization that provides everything you require. You want to look for a company that serves as your partner. Per head companies that have a vested interest in your success is an excellent place to start.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2019

Old co-workers or new friends with complementary skills usually make the best partners. Giving equity is realistic, but base it on contribution and role, with vesting after time and milestones. Later you need specialists and managers. The founder’s title and role dilemma. Recognize that the best people don’t work for free.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Eric Paley , managing partner at Founder Collective , told me that they had implemented a city-wide program in Boston to help local university students get internships at local tech startups. And they have a vested interest in this success. The key is to be able to keep the best ones local.

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Reid Hoffman

DECEMBER 10, 2020

If I’m going to find out that a set of founders lack integrity, don’t behave like partners, take on unacceptable risks that might harm their customers or society, or simply aren’t the kinds of people I want to spend a decade with, I want to know those facts before I start down the path of evaluating that investment. I think David’s wrong.”.

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Hunter Walker

JULY 2, 2022

We have a generation of professionals who grew up on dating apps, where ghosting has been accepted as an annoying, but common, phenomenon,” he [Keith Wolf, a managing director, Murray Resources] said. “I Get them on your benefits, start vesting their stock and so on. Involve Their Family/Partners.

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Board Effect

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Often, this happens because someone has a vested interest such as money, status, knowledge or reputation that places them in a position where the position calls the objectivity of their decision-making into question. A conflict of interest can occur when one party stands to benefit because of their position with another party.

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www.informationarbitrage.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Home About Press IA Capital Partners Archives After 17 years in M&A, Derivatives and Trading, Im spending my time with young entrepreneurs in and around financial technology and digital media. So why do inexperienced (as entrepreneurs), ultra-skilled CTOs fall into the trap of engaging a business partner too early? Lack of confidence?

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www.mattbartus.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

I can’t tell you how often a client calls me up and says something like this: “Matt, we have this great new consultant who is going to make introductions to us to [pick type of business partner]. We will grant him/her X% fully diluted shares up front, and every time he/she makes an introduction, he/she will vest in 100 shares.”

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

There are several factors that should be considered when finding the right VCs for your startup, and Atlas Venture partner Fred Destin reminds us this morning of another significant one - how a VC manages reserves. You need intellectually honest, courageous and aligned partners to do this well.". What are reserves?

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Leadership & Managing | Tuesdays. LEADERSHIP & MANAGING. Managing Creativity. Durkin , managing partner with the Boston -based law firm Lucash, Gesmer & Updegrove LLP. Chip Morse , cofounder and partner with Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton P.C., FROM OUR PARTNERS. ); ); ); ADVERTISEMENT. Leadership.

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Tim Keane

DECEMBER 14, 2009

  He is a partner in a pretty much exclusively software seed stage fund, Y Combinator that you can read more about.    vesting (of founders stock) is a way for founders to protect themselves from one another.    vesting (of founders stock) is a way for founders to protect themselves from one another. 

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The Equity Kicker

MARCH 25, 2014

‘Carried interest’ is the name given to the profit share schemes that investors in venture capital funds, typically called ‘LPs’, use to incentivise the partners at at the funds in which they invest. Hurdle rates stipulate that the Manager delivers a minimum return before any carry gets paid out.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 2, 2017

These are actual results a startup Ringadoc got from their partner program. Chris Samila , Partnerships Manager at Optimizely shares: “We saw building and supporting a partner ecosystem as a massive opportunity. So we started building out the partner program.”. These 3 forces are important for partner strategy.

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OnlyOnce

APRIL 27, 2021

1 member of the management team. Expect to hear things like “Aren’t we partners in this business?” Seats don’t turn over often. And they take a while to fill, as CEOs are thorough in their recruitment and selection process. My new mantra for Startup Boards is simple: 1-1-1. Then 1 independent for every 1 investor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Old co-workers or new friends with complementary skills usually make the best partners. Giving equity is realistic, but base it on contribution and role, with vesting after time and milestones. Later you need specialists and managers. The Founder’s title and role dilemma. Recognize that the best people don’t work for free.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2010

Will they tailor your vesting to your contribution as a founder? And some larger funds that specialize in later stage deals may have a partner or two who likes to invest at this stage. Will The VC Tailor Your Vesting to Your Contribution? What startup stage do they typically invest in? Do they “get&# Customer Development

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Early Growth Financial Services

JANUARY 20, 2015

This guest post was contributed by Daniel Peters and Stefan Smith, Partners at Locke Lord LLP. Emerging business founders often acquire their stock through a restricted stock purchase arrangement providing for time-based vesting. However, this common structure may set the stage for an unwelcome and unexpected tax bill down the road.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 2, 2017

These are actual results a startup Ringadoc got from their partner program. Chris Samila , Partnerships Manager at Optimizely shares: “We saw building and supporting a partner ecosystem as a massive opportunity. So we started building out the partner program.”. These 3 forces are important for partner strategy.

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blog.aparttimecto.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Un-knowledgeable - Since it’s just you and your partners, you might not be making the best choices. They may make certain concessions or decisions that could hinder the flexibility of your application There is also a hybrid variant of #2 and #3 above that I’ll call a development partner.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2017

Old co-workers or new friends with complementary skills usually make the best partners. Giving equity is realistic, but base it on contribution and role, with vesting after time and milestones. Later you need specialists and managers. The founder’s title and role dilemma. Recognize that the best people don’t work for free.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 7, 2017

If you take smart money from a good angel or venture organization, the lead investor usually becomes your board member and has a vested interest in your success. The one warning: avoid those looking to become partners, asking for larger portions of equity than, say, 5% when they contribute no cash to the enterprise.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2013

Old co-workers or new friends with complementary skills usually make the best partners. Giving equity is realistic, but base it on contribution and role, with vesting after time and milestones. Later you need specialists and managers. The Founder’s title and role dilemma. Recognize that the best people don’t work for free.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Organizational leadership is rarely vested in the lone genius, a.k.a. All of these require strong interpersonal relationships with your manager, colleagues, mentors, and other influencers both inside and outside of your organization. To lead, you need followers and colleagues who trust you. Follow the relationship recipe.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 2, 2018

Dark, dirty and dangerous — mention the 3Ds of old-time manufacturing and HR managers shudder. Employers need to provide education and upskilling opportunities, and employees need to learn new skills and competencies to manage their careers into the information age.” The largest generation in the U.S.

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www.thedailymuse.com

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

You don’t want a senior partner preparing documents for an incorporation, nor do you want a third-year lawyer negotiating with a seasoned venture capitalist for you. A junior lawyer at a small firm in a smaller city may charge $150 an hour, while senior partners in big firms in major cities have been known to charge over $1,000 an hour.

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