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How to keep information about the side business private from corporationwiki etc.?
I am looking to incorporate a startup online business as a side business in california. I want to keep the information about my involvement private until I'm somewhat confident about the enterprise. ...
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Would the names/affiliation of officers of my side-business get posted on the internet?
I heard of websites such as corporationwiki that dig internet/state records for company information and post that data online. How many such sites are there and how can I stop this information being ...
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about launching concurrent projects
yes, I have a couple of them that I do not want to give up any. Supposing they all got very positive feedback from very initial surveys, I would like to request your views on the possibility of their ...
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Is my approach to find a cofounder flawed?
I've gone to countless networking events, underground entrepreneur groups, cofounder sites like CoFoundersLab, etc. I'm looking more on the business-dev. end.
I've talked to quite a few 1:1 and met ...
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Advice on the need for a foreign subsidiary
We'd like to startup a company that is seen as a UK company and be governed by UK laws, including Privacy laws. However, all of our operations, management and control will reside in Canada at least ...
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How to protect investors from founders leaving when out of money
We have founding partners who work for our start-up company full-time. We are now having a first external equity investor coming in. We have enough financing to last about one year at which time we ...
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How to fight with distraction problem?
I am a web entrepreneur and programmer. I am good at generating new ideas and refining them but now, my strength is being my weakness as when ever I am close to completing a a product, I get new ideas ...
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Should I, as the founder of a company, have to draw a minimum wage?
I have started a company with 2 other co-founders in the US and own 40% of the company. I am the only employee on record as the CEO of the company. My lawyer insists that I should draw a minimum wage, ...
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Co-founder question
This is my first startup.
I was working with a friend on his startup. He was going to offer me 20% of the company and we worked on it for 4 months. The idea was good but we ran out of money before we ...
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Getting Involved in a Startup - Things to Consider [closed]
Three friends came to me with a very original idea of a startup. They call themselves co-founders of the company (which is yet to be founded) and they need two other software engineers like me to work ...
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Non-technical founder asking for a larger stake in the company [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly?
I'm in a position where a colleague has offered me a percentage of a startup that is just getting off ...
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Writing a custom web app /w out libraries of frameworks | Feasibility of market success
I have an app near completion using no libraries for frameworks of any kind. I literally started with blank .txt files and went to work. I did this as a means to learn web development but after ...
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Is this a fair CEO offer for an experienced CFO/COO
My question/story is this: two years ago I broke ground on a startup. We planned and planned, raised some funds and broke ground writing code. Two years later we put $250k into the business, have ...
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Do I need a technical cofounder?
I am in the very early stages of my first startup. I am not technical so I was wondering if getting a technical cofounder should be my first step or if I can go it alone with just my idea at first? I ...
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is a startup blog necessary?
I have just finished designing the concept of my service, that is, what I am going to offer to people has crystallized. there are various components to this, and I will look for cofounders now, and ...
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cofounder - she's not leaving
So I've got a startup with a three friends of mine cofounding and on board. We used to have a fourth. When we originally started and got all of our documents in order, the fourth girl received a high ...
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Can a new company reimburse a founder for startup expenses after funding?
We have started a new web based service and are close to launching our prototype. So far the effort has been self-funded by me in amount close to $15k total expenses -- mostly for development. All ...
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I'm (a co-founder) leaving my startup, how to deal w/ terms?
I helped co-found a company (with 2 others) that isn't in the black yet, I've personally put in at least 30k of my own money and have been in charge of most things. I've recently announced my leave, ...
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Should I quit the company I founded?
I will try to make this short. About nine months ago my ex boss offered to invest in a company for me. Our relationship even when it was not romantic was deeply emotional. I care a lot about him as a ...
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No free Ride! Founder Shares
My question is this; I have four founders with the following ownership:
Executive/founder/Me 1: 25%
Executive/Co-founder 2: 20%
Executive/Co-founder 3: 15%
Corporate Partner/Co-founder: 40%
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What equity should I claim as a founder CEO?
Some people I know came up with a idea of a startup. They will provide also the seed investment (50k) and contacts for future investment rounds.
I will be in charge of the start up of the company from ...
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How much say should technical co-founder have in deciding features/look of half-technical product?
Consider a startup that offers a specific technical solution to a generic problem in a certain creative industry. One core part of that solution is a website, and it caters to customers mostly coming ...
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The non-technology founder of a SAAS is usually middle-aged?
So my question is: Is the non-technology founder of a successful software as a service start up usually between the ages of 35 and 50 with lots of experience? If so, should I use their career ...
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What happens to the “Founder” status once I sell my startup
I founded and was running a twitter tool all by myself. I was the sole Founder, CEO,CFO and whatnot.
But, now that I have sold the tool, what happens to my Founder status? Can I still brag the ...
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Pair of engineers with code, should we walk away from founder? How much should we ask for ($$)?
TL;DR: Worked a year+ on code we still own, founder refuses to raise capital (wants to bootstrap) and is now low-balling us, we're willing to walk away--what would you do?
Long version (detailed and ...
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Investors willingness to pay founders to enable full t-ime effort
I have read all the streams here on this topic but didn't find an answer to the following specific concern:
I am one of two founders of a new web service of an idea I first developed months ago and ...
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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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Sample agreements document for founders
Are there any good and short agreements document for founders? (not investors)
Focusing on:
Responsibility, e.g. hours of work (some of them may not be fulltime)
Vesting period
Any hints?
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Salary for a Founder? [duplicate]
We're looking for investor's money for our startup. We're 3 co-founders, and our roles are the following:
One of my partners is a software developer. He's responsible for technical implementation.
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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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What biography is both inspiring and relevant to a modern technology startup?
Who have you enjoyed reading about most? Which biography has provided the most insight and perspective into a brilliant founder's mind?
I have really enjoyed Founders at Work, by the way - even ...
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Getting VC funding but one partner doesn't want to dedicate full-time
I would really appreciate your guidance and advice. Great community.
I am a co-founder of a two year old start-up that is finally getting proper VC funding ($1MM injection). Currently, the founders ...
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What is the value of my IP (in terms of equity)
Here is the scenario:
I am the ceo/founder of a company that will be launching a website/application. The amount of cash I have invested thus far is less than 3,000.
I am currently seeking ...
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Business website founder mugshots
On many business websites, the "about us" tab has some photos of senior staff together with short biographies.
This question is about those photos. What makes a good founder mugshot? What does ...
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In evaluating a co-founder offer, how do you value the benefits of failure?
I'm a tech guy looking to join a company as a co-founder. Quite often companies are in various stages.
For example for 2 different business offers, pre-seed/pre-series A: Lets say founder A, spends ...
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Founders stock uncertificated
Can my calif c-corp, when issuing initial shares to founders, use uncertificated stock or must we do a physical certificate?
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Does all money invested by VC/Angels go to the company's use or to founder's pocket?
Let's say when a one-founder company owns 100% share. He sells 20% to a VC for $1m. Does this $1m go to the company for its expansion, or founder's pocket, or just a percentage of this money goes to ...
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How do you develop a startup without personally having the skillset to launch/execute it?
We are a team of 4 individuals (1 idea guy, 2 developers, 1 finance) working together to create a online communication platform website. Since the idea comes from me I formed a team of people who ...
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How much would/should it cost to have a lawyer review a founder agreement?
An associate and I are considering putting together a startup. We will likely (hopefully) have competent counsel draw up the incoporation paperwork. Since this will likely be the firm that my ...
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Founder's value
I'm the founder of a start-up that I later incorporated as a 501c3. I continued as Exec Director working with a Board of my choosing. After 11 years, I'm thinking of retiring and creating a FT ...
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Founder's Salary [closed]
I am looking for some statistics on the founder's salary after the angel round and series A. What are the industry statisics/average?
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Visa for foreign co-founder
I'm working on a project with a friend in Morocco, and we're planning on applying to a U.S. startup incubator (ycombinator) soon. My question is, what is the easiest way to get him into the U.S.? At ...
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Single Founder - Keyman Insurance
I like the lean startup approach and our company has been set up to minimise its fixed costs. So we have one founder (me) "inside" but our development team, finance partner, attorney etc is "outside" ...
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How do I leave my startup safely?
My partner and I founded our biz about three years ago. Then we got several waves of funding. Now neither of us are on the board and I feel like just an employee now. I'd like to leave.
What do I ...
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The Single Most Important Trait of a Founder
So I've been thinking a lot about important traits of startup founders. I keep coming back to the notion that the single, most indispensable trait of a startup founder is the ability to pick up the ...
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How to vest founder equity with full time and part time cofounders
Here is the situation. I'm working with two other folk on our startup and we are now planning to incorporate. We're trying to figure out how to allocate founder equity between ourselves.
So far, we ...
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How to get a potential co-founder excited about entrepreneurship?
I have a couple of friends who are sharp, technical guys that I may be interested in starting a company with. They are vaguely familiar with web startups (as a career), but are not tapped in to the ...
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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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How to start a business and not destroy your marriage?
Although the question has the word "marriage" in the title, it is really about any most important relationship in a founder's life, be it husband/wife, fiancee, boyfriend/girlfriend, partner or ...
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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 ...
