www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

I wassurprised recently when I realized that all the worst problems wefaced in our startup were due not to competitors, but investors.Dealing with competitors was easy by comparison. Your natural tendency when an investor says yes willbe to relax and go back to writing code. They were helpful in negotiating deals, for example.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

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.     We worked all day building market strategies for customers while we tried to embody our expertise on software that would expand the company's reach.  Starting Startups.   Amen.

Burn Rate 60

Burn Rate Angel Groups Seed Stage Startup 60

Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Set any vesting schedules and expiration dates on roughly similar terms, if for no other reason just so you can track all of them correctly. Make your choices only after you’ve done some due diligence with other companies where they’ve served. More complicated enterprise software applications are a good example of that.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Software Review Cap Table Securities and Exchange Commission 48

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Also worth a read after you review these startup failure post-mortems. A month ago, half way through my angel funds raised from family members, I decided to review the progress I’ve made and figure out what still needs to happen to make this a viable business. Go vest yourself. You should sign up for our newsletter here.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

Professor VC

OCTOBER 11, 2010

While the flick has gotten rave critical reviews (93% on Flixster), the question of what percentage of the movie is true has also gotten a lot of discussion in the blogosphere. Also, be sure to include vesting for all founders. This is a good review of the movie and both books. The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Post a Comment.

Social Network 28

Social Network Networking Software Review San Jose 28

Up and Running

MAY 3, 2012

What I am seeing is too many poorly-skilled young people lacking business acumen and trying their hand at starting their own business, when their time could be much better spent on other pursuits such as learning to code. The signs to me are all too obvious from our conversations. It is not a victimless pursuit for all and sundry.

Entrepreneur 82

Entrepreneur Technical Review Silicon Valley Lean 82

venturehacks.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

What you don’t know Business founders who don’t code use bad proxies for picking technical co-founders (&# 10 years with Java!&# ). Build in founder vesting (a.k.a. Given the choice of settling for a sub-optimal co-founder situation, continuing to search, going alone, or giving up, what should people do?

Cofounder 101

Cofounder Founder Technical Cofounder Technical Review 101

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

There are different ways to go about this, and a quick search online will reveal a wide range of fancy software’s and services available. These situations generally call for something more than an Excel spreadsheet – software programs which track assets automatically according to current market rates (Oracle is a popular choice).

Security 60

Security SBA Software Review Warrant 60

Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

That’s when you find one or more (future) customers that help fund your product development in exchange for input into the process and free or highly discounted use of the software. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself.

Equity 42

Equity Software Review RSS Widget 42

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

But he has helped put Boulder on the consciousness of so many young, aspiring entrepreneurs in search of somewhere other than the San Francisco Bay Area to work & live. It’s clear that America has a vested interest in promoting entrepreneurship in many regions in the country to stimulate innovation & job creation.

Seattle 317

Seattle Silicon Valley Technical Review Los Angeles 317

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

The right sort of person is so passionate about coding, they can’t be stopped from doing it. But every day spent in that kitchen is a day NOT spent in a real kitchen, learning how to cook real food, and write real code. I currently work in information security, and I help teach developers how to write better, more secure code.

Java 107

Java PHP Software Review Coder 107

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 3, 2009

At IMVU , these were quite common (after all, were shipping code 50 times a day). They are collected and reviewed after an appropriate interval (e.g. In response to Sean - Intel still runs a very formal process of setting expectations, evaluating employees and reviewing progress on a quarterly basis. love your openness at IMVU.

Employee 146

Employee San Francisco Lean Software Review 146

Ben's Blog

APRIL 28, 2010

Knowledge of exactly what’s strong and weak about the code base. In retrospect, it seems totally natural that Larry Ellison transformed Software Development Labs from a consulting business into a software company called Oracle. Knowledge of every product and technology decision that gets made.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 78

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Our startup made software for making online stores. We knew that ifonline shopping ever took off, these sites would have to be generatedby software, so we wrote some. Slowness in Launching Companies of all sizes have a hard time getting software done. Itsintrinsic to the medium; software is always 85% done.

Startup 108

Startup Software Review Hiring Detroit 108

venturehacks.com

MARCH 21, 2008

The options typically vest monthly over 1-2 years with 100% single-trigger acceleration and no cliff. Although the advisor is on a vesting schedule, you should expect them to add most of their value up-front—that’s normal. Does this stake need to have vesting schedule? Read some fun reviews of this site. Learn more.

Advisory Board 44

Advisory Board Cap Table Vesting Equity 44

www.metamorphblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Experienced, talented software engineers have lots of options in life, and most of them involve getting paid. Originally, SpeakerText was going to be a tool for journalists (I was a journo) to automatically transcribe and search within their audio interviews. Huge upfront software licensing fees. Vest, young man.

Founder 51

Founder Startup Cofounder Vesting 51

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! So you try to pay equal attention to both of those on both sides of the software. There is absolutely a need and a place for new business development, the typical demand gen motions, you know, to kind of Google search and all the other things that you might be doing.

Marketing 75

Marketing Differentiation B2C PR 75

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Search for: Videos. Don’t wait to fill the void before letting him go (but obviously get all the code / usernames / password). Sometimes I use Balsamiq, sometimes I code a prototype, doesn’t matter – just create something, then tell the world. I think quick, do something, then review what I’ve learned. Maple Butter.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44