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How do I find a technical co-founder?
One of my friends is starting a company and he's looking for a technical co-founder to work with him to build a web app. Where should he look for technical co-founder?
Some more details: He is a ...
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How to find potential co-founders for a startup?
I've been working on a bootstrapped startup for about 2 years now. I've been working on it solo to this point, but I feel I'm starting to run out of gas. I need fresh ideas, money and assistance in ...
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What would be a fair equity distribution between me and my co-founder?
Me (software developer) and my co-founder (UI designer) are looking forward to build a SaaS startup. I would usually lean towards a 50/50 distribution, but in this particular scenario, the ...
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What's the best way to find/evaluate a Marketing co-founder?
As a follow-on to my last question What is the ideal mix of founders for a SaaS startup? it seems that a Marketeer is important to a SaaS startup. I think it's fairly easy to find and evaluate ...
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How do I find a technical co-founder for a Web based startup?
I have deep knowledge and experience in a specific industry.
I can identify a web based business model that has been successfully deployed in another industry that I believe would be applicable to my ...
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How to split up revenue between partners who contribute different amounts of work
My co-founder and I will soon launch a micro ISV. Our current agreement states that we split ownership 50-50. However, since we reached the ownership agreement the amount of work we have put into ...
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My co-founder turned out to be a lazy person, how should I talk to him?
My co-founder simply comes to the office whenever he wants, some days he "prefer working from home" and such. I just can't stand the fact I am there 12+ hours and him less then 8. There is a lot to be ...
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What's the difference: founder vs co-founder?
I'm not entirely clear on what's proper nomenclature... is there a difference?
Say there are two individuals starting a company, is it proper to call them both "founder" or is "co-founder" the ...
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Is performance based equity vesting possible?
I'm willing to give 20% of my startup to my partner who has an MBA and good experience.
His main responsibility will be sales, marketing and deal making. I'm the developer.
I'm working full-time on ...
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Should a founder be a C-level executive of his startup?
Considering the fact that a startup usually happens because of a founder's initial vision. Is it a good idea to have a founder as one of the C-level executives of a startup company?.
What qualities ...
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How to find the right co-founder? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I find a technical co-founder?
I am looking for a technology co-founder. I have been able to find a couple of good posts browsing this site that help point me in ...
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How would I split ownership if I'm typically the idea guy and leading the product development?
This question is very similar to this one: Revenue Split - I am doing 100% of the programming work, he's the idea man
The difference however is that I'm typically the idea guy and will also be ...
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What skills to look for in a technical cofounder?
I am an aspiring entrepreneur, with experience in retail industry. I have an idea to create a web based company with web 2.0 + ecommerce features. The idea is new and I know that it would work in in ...
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Invented a lighter to replace smoking lighters, how to start up without capital or experience?
Great site! I need help.
I am a heavy smoker. Few months ago I invented 3 vaporization devices, made prototypes and started vaporizing instead of smoking.
I use the devices vaporize tobacco in the ...
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H1B co-founder for company that may not make profit for 3-4 years
Our question is very similar to this one: While H1B can I work on my interested Idea as Startup with no intention of earning?
We have one co-founder on a H1B visa who we want to make a legal ...
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How to best resolve current problems in my multiple-founder startup
I've been voraciously reading about startups for the last week, this site included. Unfortunately, I've come to the conclusion that the equity structure of our startup needs to change and I would ...
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Is it considered stealing to create a startup around someone else's idea?
A business partner and I have been "working" through email together on this idea HE had. I've put in 25 hours a week for the past 3-4 months developing it, and he hasn't done much of anything on his ...
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How do I deal with a co-founder who hasn't contributed?
Question: How do I deal with a co-founder who came up with the idea, asked me to partner with him, and now hasn't done anything since we agreed on going into business together.
Background: My friend ...
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When to drop a co-founder?
There are some excellent posts on how to select a co-founder and what qualities you should look for. I firmly believe in 'try it out', and have been for about 5 months. In that time I've also come ...
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What's a reasonable amount of equity to retain when you're the key founder?
I'm working with two other partners to get a SaaS startup off the ground. I worked on this thing slowly, mostly on my own, for about two years before approaching my partners. As a background, I knew ...
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How can I avoid being screwed by my co-founder
Im involved in a start up and I fear that at some point in the future my co-founder is going to screw me out my position or shares. What protections can I setup and what should I do avoid this from ...
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Programmers Working For Equity
I've been having so much trouble finding a programmer to work with. I don't have the money to pitch out to hire a developer, I've tried and failed to code on my own, and I rarely get responses from ...
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Equity split amongst founders
I have gone through all the related questions regarding my case on the website. I still feel that I could post my question because it is different from the others. Please share your thoughts. Thanks.
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How does a technical person evaluate an MBA-type business partner?
I've read a lot of questions asking about how an MBA can find a technical person to implement their idea, but I haven't seen the other direction.
As a technical person, I know that I can get my idea ...
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When looking for a technical co-founder, how to protect IP?
I understand the process of looking for a technical co-founder may involve interviewing several people, some of which won't be a good fit, or won't have the right credentials or life situation, etc. ...
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How can I quit from my own company
I co-founded a consulting company in Vancouver 4 years ago with 2 partners. One of us is working full-time with the company and getting a modest salary. Me and my other partner are doing couple of ...
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Where to look for co-founder with marketing skills
I have worked about an year on my startup website and I found that I need co-founder that would be able to sell ice to the eskimo nation online (online: marketing, sale and PR. But more of manager ...
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Fourth co-founder but first developer
I came in as 4th co-founder with some old friends but am the only developer. I am doing all of the work right now and quit my job to work on the project. Two of the other guys are learning how to code ...
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Do friends make good co-founders?
When starting a new company, it is curial to get the right team in place, or the business will never go anywhere. While it is possible to go at it alone, co-founders can be a great asset, if they ...
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Finding a co-founder
I am currently looking for a co-founder.
The current candidate and I are still students, and we are not experienced in business at all. However, I know he loves sales and marketing, and he usually ...
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I was just offered a position as cofounder of a startup with someone who I have not known previously are there any legal steps to take?
I was just offered a position as cofounder of an already established startup. The revenue on it is minimal. This was the first I had met the founder. Are there any legal steps or other steps I should ...
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Side projects while being a co-founder and officer of a company
There is already an awesome question and answers on IP and spare time related to employees:
If I'm working at a company, do they have intellectual property rights to the stuff I do in my spare ...
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What is the best way to find a co-founder in a new place?
I have been living in MN for the last 4 years. I am not from the US. I give this background to show that my close friends are not from here, so I cannot approach them to be my co-founders. I have ...
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What should a technical co-founder look for in a business co-founder?
This is the flip side of this question about what to look for in a technical co-founder.
If I have technical skills and can build a prototype myself, what sort of skills or experience should I look ...
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How do you hire your first people to your startup?
I really wonder how do you hire your first employees if you were working on an internet startup alone. I really wonder if there are experienced people which started their startup alone and expand it. ...
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Where is a good place to meet coders?
I am not a coder. I know basic coding and some web design, enough to have come up with what i believe to be an interesting idea for a start up. I can design the website and software myself, but cannot ...
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Finding people with the entrepreneurial virus
I'm a software engineer with lots of experience in web app. development and would like to meet smart people that share my passion about startups and innovation. The problem is that although I do have ...
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Can I quit as co-founder of my company and then recreate the company without my co-founder?
As my product has evolved my co-founder's skill set has become irrelevant. Furthermore, I've come to believe his efforts at this point are hurting our potential more so than helping it.
We are ...
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Establishing shared ownership
What is a reasonable software start-up ownership share between founders when one is more senior, putting in some of his own money and able to raise angel money from friends, while the other two are ...
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As a single founder, is it worth the effort to add a new (novice) co-founder?
I have often read that single founder companies are given lower priority by incubators and angels. I was thinking about bringing in an additional founder.
They will be "new." First, I will have to ...
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Paperwork for buying out my co-founder
I've agreed with my co-founder to buy him out for a trivial sum and we'll go our separate ways. I'll let him do whatever he wants with the IP we've built. I just need to write up a formal document ...
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How to find co-founders?
I have approached friends and family about my idea, but none of my friends are really into business like I am. Also, I come from a family of zero business owners. I'm starting college at a university, ...
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How much equity for co-founder reducing role for academic program?
I'm a technical co-founder in a pre-funding company in a niche tech segment, working with two non-technical co-founders who have largely overlapping skill sets. I met them at a networking event and ...
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Partnership agreement advice — I have the idea & ops, he has the marketing investment and industry exp
I successfully pitched a player in an industry about a business idea that offers a novel approach to creating leads in his industry. He presently runs a company that I'll call a "provider of services" ...
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Is this a fair partnership proposal?
I am the technical founder of a software product, the product is finished with good inputs from at least 6 to be customers. My to be Sales partner who is already helping me from the past 4 weeks ...
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Things to Consider as a New Technical CoFounder
I have been offered a position as a technical co-founder (composed of 3 cofounders).
We're in the midst of trying to figure how much % of funding we want.
We have between 45-60% of our company could ...
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Licensed software and due diligence: sufficient?
In the process of due diligence for an investment or for M&A, I ask:
Considering that all other software is property of the company, is it sufficient to have a non-core part of the software, ...
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How to find a co-founder in the US? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I find a technical co-founder?
Finding potential co-founders for a startup
I am willing to move from france to the US but it seems hard without a co-founder to ...
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When looking for co-founder, what can be expected
What problems did you run into form the point where you started your search for co-founder to the point where you struck a deal.
Also what are some good ideas that would make the process easier.
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