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CTO Equity - Negotiation After Funding

SoCal CTO

Now, they were able to raise enough money in the last 3 months to launch a product along with all the necessary software development to launch a pilot program for validating the idea. Do they recognize any Startup Founder Developer Gap ? During all this time, valuation pitched to the investors was in the $1M – $3M range.

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CTO Equity - Negotiation After Funding

SoCal CTO

Now, they were able to raise enough money in the last 3 months to launch a product along with all the necessary software development to launch a pilot program for validating the idea. Do they recognize any Startup Founder Developer Gap ? During all this time, valuation pitched to the investors was in the $1M – $3M range.

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Entreprenuer Network

SoCal CTO

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.

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Twitter Link Roundup #92 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Interesting but punitive provision in Skype’s option plan allowing repurchase of even vested options at grant price – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Tech Start-Ups Struggle With Followup Fund-Raising – [link].

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

David Teten

Should you co-found your company with a software development shop? I’ve talked with a number of software development shops who are eager to get into the business of cofounding companies, i.e., getting product revenue and equity instead of just consulting revenue. 5% vest at clickable prototype. 5% launch of v1.

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Unique Careers: Jenn Labin on hiring entrepreneurs at heart

Transformify

The sponsor is a person who is not a direct manager but has a vested interest and is willing to help. Our software development team has achieved gender parity which is rare. Sponsorship. An advocate or sponsor within the organisation is introduced to each veteran. About the author.

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Debt, Equity and a Third (and Fourth) Thing that Might Work Better

Software By Rob

Not only are you getting financing with little risk, but with customer financing you have someone in the industry with a vested interest in your product succeeding. This situation is so unbelievably advantageous to a startup it’s like strapping rockets to your running shoes.

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