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Should You Co-Found Your Company With a Software Development Shop (2 of 2)?

David Teten

incubators, e.g., the many options in New York. intrapreneurs, e.g., the employee of GE who is tasked with launching a new business. An intrapreneur is the extreme; usually an intrapreneur’s employer owns 100% of the new business that she creates. The question is: how should they be compensated when cofounding a company?

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Our categorization is not a technical one. This structure allows for alignment on the front end, and real-time flexibility for performance metrics,” says Samira Salman , a family office investor and advisor. . Early-stage: Cofounder with engineering/ product background from top-tier university or major technology company.