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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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Where to meet potential partners / angel investors?
I've been running a nice dating site for the last 4 months and it's growing quite well and hope to be in alexa top 100k by end of year. So far it's only me doing pretty much everything, but I want to ...
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How to convince my partners not to put too much overhead on our company
I just started a developing company. We are 4 partners. Two of us are programmers.
Our start-up is slowly growing — we have a customer and few persons are interested to invest money. Now we need to ...
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Do I need a business partner?
My first post here, finally decided to stop reading and start asking :)
Apologies for being long-winded, but want to make sure I explain myself.
I'm a tech-guy myself, have been ...
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Can You Be A Partner Without Putting Up Money?
I'm running a LLC that is a spin off of another LLC. I was working for the original LLC for a year when the 2 partners decided to start the spin off LLC. I let the partners know I wanted to be ...
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Talking to the head office
So as I said in my business idea. We will let users "buy" items using virtual credits, which they can earn in contests and from other activities. Again, people in the area like the idea, and some ...
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What makes a great business partner?
So the question is pretty basic, what are good qualities in a business partner? As a young freelancer I want to expand my business into a much larger company and I know I will likely need to partner ...
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Buying a partner out of business startup?
A friend and I have been developing an application which will be used as a startup venture. There is a considerable amount of work to be done. We have not set up any legal framework, business not ...
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A special form of partnership
I have discussed the following partnership model with a person who could like to become partner with my in my company.
We discuss a range of scenarios that the business could run into. One of these ...
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Web-based Business Built on Open Source and Questions about Funding Options
it's my first post here so be gentle :)
First, I've read a few similar posts to the one I'm writing but I wasn't able to find an answer that fit the same mold.
Project Details:
I have been involved ...
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Software / Web development for creating a website to serve a two-sided market
I have subject matter expertise in a specialized field of design. I want to create a two-sided market between customers who need these specific design services and designers who have those skills. I ...
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How does one create a startup without any seed funds and developers/coders?
Ok there is a startup idea in place; Not a big thing!
Even the plan is 99% on paper; Considerably not bad!
Two fellows have shown faith in the plans and agreed to partner; good considering team is ...
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Should a founding partner receive a sales commission or vig?
I'm one of four partners in a litigation technology startup. We're a great mix of skills, everyone brings their own strengths to the table.
One of our partners is our head of sales because he has ...
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Celeb endorsement deal for mobile app
I have a mobile app I'm working on. I developed a working mockup as a PHP site, and I have a friend that I can partner with to build an objective-c version who has a lot of experience with this sort ...
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What is Required of a Microsoft Certified Partner?
The small business I work for is looking into options for obtaining MSDN licensing and I was wondering if anyone with personal experience could briefly summarize the steps and requirements in becoming ...
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A special kind of merger
I am negotiating a deal and I really need some advice on the pros and cons of the deal that has been suggested to me.
I have a startup company with radically innovative technology. I want to merge ...
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Looking for a partner for a startup company
I'm looking for a technical person to form a partnership with in my startup based in the Philippines. It is barely less than a year old. We are currently in the process of developing a product but we ...
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How do you make decisions in teams?
My [business] partner and I are constantly arguing about how we should do certain things for the SaaS we are creating and we reach a conclusion and a good decision (i think) after hours of aruging and ...
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What's a great business development / licensing pitch outline?
So you are about to start contacting companies about licensing your product/technology. What would be the general elements of the presentation deck? I know what I've done in the past but am wondering ...
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What % should I give my business partner
Good day,
My wife and I are starting a restaurant and bar seach website for our city. Developing the web site would cost about 8-10k.
We got a partnership offer from a computer company. They would ...
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Royalty based partnering agreements
I'm working on defining a partnering agreement to be the technical co-founder on a SaaS startup. The founder/CEO has the experience in the service industry which we are targeting, but found that she ...
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Minority Partner
I've decided to take on a minority partner for my startup. This individual will have a 25% stake in the business and I will retain 75% as the founder. My partner will not be putting up any money, ...
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Might need to find a new biz partner…advice?
I'm on the verge of starting a web based venture with a business partner. I'm designing the UI and doing all biz related matters and he is doing the back end coding. My biz partner just decided to ...
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Partner Programme Legals Template
Does anyone know where I might find a basic template for the legal/small print for an ISV partner programme?
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How to compensate people that contributed code
Two classmates and I worked on a class project together a few months ago. The outcome was very good. I continued to work on it over the past few months, while the other two partners haven't done too ...
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When does the daytime job retire
My partner and I have reached a stage where our software product is well received by the target industry. Both of us started this venture as a night-time affair and we still hold on to our jobs. We ...
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Taking on a partner/dev lead
I am in the process of developing a website focused on the travel industry. It's a unique idea that I feel "has legs", and I've gotten very positive feedback from some close associates who have ...
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How crucial is partnership fit to a new start-up? What tools do you use?
How crucial is the fit between partners in a start-up? Have you investigated this aspect of formulating the start-up package? Have spoken with experienced investor and entrepreneurs? Would you use an ...
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How to find the right engineer / technology talent?
The question is simply "What approach should I take to find the right technology partner?"
Some background for context: I am currently employed full time in my industry and have been for over a ...
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Getting rid of a Bad Partner
I've been working with a partner on a startup site for the last couple of months. We're both still doing day jobs at the same company and are both technically adept.
The conflict comes in that I'm ...
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What if partner quits? Who owns the code?
If there is agreement with 50-50 split between two partners but what if one partner quits after lets say 1 year. How to handle that kind of scenario? Give some stocks for that 1 year work?
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Equity amount and earn-rate for partners who need salary before joining venture full-time
I’d appreciate getting feedback from the community on how best to structure partnership agreements that takes into consideration some challenging issues.
I'm currently bootstrapping a SaaS venture ...
