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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…

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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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How we Hire for Sweat Equity (Part 2)…

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Next → How we Hire for Sweat Equity (Part 2)… Posted on April 7, 2011 by Travis Biziorek. Early Stage Web Start-Up Seeking Developers. Musings on Life and the American Dream. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Post navigation. ← Previous. You can read more about that here.

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Why We Shouldn’t Be In Love With Startups 

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For instance, I saw a local, Seattle startup with a high-value exact-match domain name that (if they launched in this segment) would have put them in direct competition with the likes of Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud. Yes, I love the idea of a baby, but I prefer to spend my time with something a bit more mature.

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Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

The bad news is that Finding Developers is Tough Here in Los Angeles and even people willing to pay have a hard time finding Web Development in Los Angeles. Here are a few perspectives on the topic of finding technical cofounders: In Building a sweat equity team , Joel on Software tells us: You simply need to network.

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Why We Shouldn’t Be In Love With Startups 

ReadWriteStart

For instance, I saw a local, Seattle startup with a high-value exact-match domain name that (if they launched in this segment) would have put them in direct competition with the likes of Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud. Yes, I love the idea of a baby, but I prefer to spend my time with something a bit more mature.

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New on TNW Guides – How to Use Sweat Equity to Fund Your Startup [Sale Price]

The Next Web

How can you look at someone who comes on during year number two and say that they are entitled to anywhere near the same amount of equity as you have, after you’ve put blood, sweat and tears into your company? How to Use Sweat Equity to Fund Your Startup is the newest release on TNW Guides.