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Early Stage Advisor Equity Grants

Eric Friedman

An underutilized action by founders is canceling their vesting due to lack of interaction or help with your company. Lean on the questions and comments here as a way to provide a framework for the conversation, a guide for equity and vesting, and a place you can both reference. How does vesting equity with an advisor work?

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CTO Equity - Negotiation After Funding

SoCal CTO

Find a lawyer and someone who does CTO searches for VC backed companies in your area. The search person likely won’t charge you if you have a strong enough background, i.e., later would provide value to them. For me – I would definitely start by soul-searching – do I want to still be involved? What are the specifics of the 2%?

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CTO Equity - Negotiation After Funding

SoCal CTO

Find a lawyer and someone who does CTO searches for VC backed companies in your area. The search person likely won’t charge you if you have a strong enough background, i.e., later would provide value to them. For me – I would definitely start by soul-searching – do I want to still be involved? What are the specifics of the 2%?

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Why Your Business’s Purpose Should Be More Than Making Money

Up and Running

We have gotten used to treating one another as a means to our vested interests, thereby plaguing the very essential humanitarian value of mutual ethics, respect, love, and compassion. If your business doesn’t already have a designated cause, an excellent idea is to involve your employees in the search for one. Ending poverty?

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5 Types of Video That Improves Marketing Content

Duct Tape Marketing

Search engines continue to reward businesses with video on their homepage with additional traffic. Of course, you have a vested interest in selling your business as the best business out there in your field. 5 Types of Video That Improves Marketing Content written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing.

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The Most Important Skill You Never Learned – Expert Tips To Solve Problems like Top Strategy Consultants  

YoungUpstarts

Experts’ rich and detailed mental models often constrain their ability to understand problems and search for solutions when working in new territory. Consultants aren’t immune to bias, but, as outsiders, they don’t have a vested interest in solutions and recommendations. In other words: experts become trapped by their expertise.

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The Case for In-Stream Advertising

Both Sides of the Table

At the time Google said it was against sponsored links because it confused the person searching for content – one of the main arguments people are again using about in-stream advertising. John Batelle profiles this well in his book The Search. Are you horrified when you search for an address in Google Maps and ads pop up?