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Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers

SoCal CTO

Understand where they were in terms of being able to pay or was this equity-only (sweat equity only). In my view, the very fact that they feel that the technical development of a web startup is only worth a couple percent speaks volumes. How To Find A Programmer To Build Your Startup Idea Another option is sweat equity.

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How to Hire for Sweat Equity…

www.drowningamerican.com

Next → How to Hire for Sweat Equity…. Here is the original post: Early Stage Web Application Start-Up Seeking Developer/Designer. What We’re Doing: We’re currently setting the groundwork for an innovative educational web application that will eventually fuse with social networking. Skip to primary content.

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Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

"I'm looking for a partner / cofounder who can not only head the technical aspects and build a working model of the site, but someone with the connections to put a great development team together when we need it. I've recently received several emails from people looking for a technical cofounder for their startup. Go to user groups.

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How we Hire for Sweat Equity (Part 2)…

www.drowningamerican.com

Next → How we Hire for Sweat Equity (Part 2)… Posted on April 7, 2011 by Travis Biziorek. The first time we hired partners for Kibin was way back in late 2009. Early Stage Web Start-Up Seeking Developers. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Post navigation. ← Previous.

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How To Find A Programmer To Build Your Startup Idea

socialmatchbox.com

How To Calculate Whether A Freelance Web Application Programmer Is Asking For Too Much Step 1: Use the Indeed.com Salary Tool to Search for Their Job Title By Salary Level. In a search done today, a web developer in Washington, DC should make anywhere from $70,000 to $120,000 per year. Another option is sweat equity.

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Building a sweat equity team

discuss.joelonsoftware.com

where I can learn about how to build a sweat equity team? Rather, it is a proposal for sweat-equity investors. Make sure you treat people as partners, not as paid help. Equity partners need to have a hand in guiding the enterprise. But this proposal isnt for angel cash investors. The gist: 1.

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When Is the Right Time to Pay Yourself a Salary?

Up and Running

But, think small: According to The Next Web, more than half of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs pay themselves less than $50,000 a year. “Ensure that everyone you employ and partner with is taken care of financially before you pay yourself.” When you are confident you can and have paid everyone else.

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