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Business equity [closed]
The last few months at my company have made me worried. I work for a small software development company, there were 5 of us: 2 techy's, 2 developers and my boss. 1 tech left leaving me to cover her ...
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Best way to commercialize a software
My associates and I own a services business. To improve efficiency we started to developed own software two years ago. The software we developed seems to be very effective and time-saving for us and ...
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Equity distribution software SaaS spin-off
I have been working in a consulting agency for a couple of years. Besides my standard job responsibilities, I was accountable for the technology. Some years ago we developed a software, for internal ...
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Equity in a business driven by software?
I am completely new to negotiating equity, and I don't know where I stand with regards to pushing back on potential offers of equity based on a new project.
If anybody could give me their view on my ...
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Appropriate equity for marketing / development work?
Looking for a little guidance on an equity offer for a project I'm involved in.
I was approached six months ago by a founder-developer who has written software to accomplish an idea originated by a ...
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Thoughts on offering Software development in return for Equity for a tech startup
I have been developing some software for an online venture in return for significant equity. I am working with another founder who is developing the business. The current thinking is to value our ...
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1answer
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Startup equity for co-founder
I've been working at a pre-launch startup for the past year (going to launch in the next several weeks). I'm supposed to sign my Stock Purchase Agreement soon, but wanted to run this by to see if I am ...
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When to commercialize a product?
I am a young university student with a good number of years experience in both small/large software companies. This has put me in a good position to find strong student developers and lead/consult for ...
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Shares to programmers [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly?
So I friend of mine has this idea for a kind of social network based on video blogging, for obvious ...
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How to share equity among early investors, CEO and product developers in a technology startup
We are planning for a software startup and following is our setup.
There are 4 people who came up with idea. But these people can NOT code and build a product.
These 4 people are also going to ...
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Should I take royalties or a stake in a startup in return for writing software for them?
This is my first visit here, so hi.
I have been asked to write some software for a startup which has an exciting plan. All options are open and in the first instance about 6 months of work is ...
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Advise on profit share for freelancing startup company
Three of us want to create a freelancing company and work via most popular freelancing sites nowadays. We've been working like this for 2 years and we need more people to help us.
I see many such ...
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Formula to evaluate the earnings potential when joining a startup
I'm trying to come up with a rough formula to help decide if I should join a startup. I'd like to weigh my current pay vs joining a startup, taking into account opportunity costs and possible final ...
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Paying App developers in equity?
I am starting a software company. We will start with one service in particular, but will expand from there. My question is, is it reasonable to pay developers in equity alone? Also, seperate question, ...
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I need advice - Lead developer slap in the face
I have been working with a startup for 6 months. It is an advertising company for which there is a very heavy technology portion (I would say 50% of the company is based off of a mobile front-end, and ...
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1answer
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Business proposal: good or bad?
The situation is this. I am a software developer that, in his free time, has developed a software library for a specific purpose. I use it to write custom applications that I sell or sell directly the ...
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Equity for a technical cofounder [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly?
I'm a developer who has been in contact with a nontechnical cofounder to become the technical ...
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20% equity for introduction to a major client
I have built a product in the past 4 years for traders that is being used by a few accounts. I haven't done any marketing at all so far, the few clients using it are a few beta testers that have given ...
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What happens to equity as the company grows?
What happens when you start a company using Joel's Totally Fair Method to Divide Up The Ownership of Any Startup with two technical founders whose roles change over time?
Imagine the case where the ...
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Lead developer with competitive salary. How much equity?
we have been in business for few years,
we have a product (software) that is being refined every day,
we have a small team
we have paying customers.
we are profitable.
Our lead developer, which ...
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As head of an internal software development project being spun off, what level of equity should I negotiate for?
I am in negotiations to spin off a new company that will develop and sell our in-house software project as a SaaS product.
As a founding member (the Development Manager) of the new company, I have ...
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2answers
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What is a fair equity share for four months of part-time work as an iphone app developer at an early stage startup?
I am being offered a 0.6% share in an early stage startup for being the lead iOS developer(probably the only iOS developer).The concept is good and the team consists of some smart people too.My only ...
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Developer, offered share in small startup company in return for large rate reduction - advice needed
I currently work freelance as the sole software engineer for a small but promising startup company. I've been working with them for a several months, converting their "demo ware" software into ...
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Revenue sharing in Software Product Collaboration
My friend and I are planning to collaborate in developing a mobile application. We are on to the discussions on the revenue sharing. Following are details to be considered.
My friend is the owner ...
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Fair equity/profit split when taking on a partner?
I am about to take on a partner to develop a software prototype I built almost a year ago and I need some guidance on deciding equity/profit split.
I know out of past experience that I cannot ...
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Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly?
I have come up with an idea for a new social networking application. It's not something I expect to be hugely successful, but I think it does have some potential. I've approached a few close friends ...
