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joining a startup, question about equity [duplicate]
(also posted on The Workplace)
A friend of mine (no tech bg, but lots of business xp) is planning to found a startup and has invited me to be the CTO.
I have some background working in IT and in ...
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Co-Founder of Company wants to quit
I have a unique problem that I was hoping to get some clarity on.
The Co-Founder of our business (in Canada) wants to end the business and get out. The company has been operating for 3 years and has ...
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CEO didn't really function for a year+, steps down, but want to keep his equity minus a bit. Make sense?
We are 3 partners, working on a mobile / web startup for a year and 4 months.
The CEO didn't put this startup as his #1 priority as he's involved in some other ventures. Apart from a meeting or a ...
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What percentage to give UI/UX designer co-founder? [duplicate]
This is a general question for company shares:
My partner and I have an equal stake in our company. We want to bring in a designer since both of us suck at UI. We have one in mind.
Since we own the ...
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When is a business cofounder needed
I am technical founder right now of my own software startup.
Right now, I'm developing the software and am seeking a business cofounder.
I lack domain expertise in the various parts of the business ...
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Can a cofounder on H1 B earn money from the company [duplicate]
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H1B co-founder for company that may not make profit for 3-4 years
me and a friend are planning on investing money to come up with a company. I would not be working for ...
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Will my ex-partner have claim over my new business?
Background: My friend and I talked about building an application, saying this is the idea, let's see if we can develop something around it. After thinking about it for a few weeks it seemed not very ...
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We are bootstrapping our startup, Is this a fair compensation offer? [duplicate]
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Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly?
We have a team made up of four co-founders. Our equity split is:
Co-founder #1 40%
Co-founder #2 5%
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To the Coders…what would you consider acceptable terms to join a new start up?
If you were approached by an idea guy (one with not much money), and lets say that the idea itself was an 8 to 10...what would you consider acceptable terms to join the start up? If you could give 2 ...
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Importance of Business Networking in a Tech Company
Everybody seems to think the opposite, but does it really matters how well you are connected with others entrepreneurs, developers or VCs when you own a tech company?
It seems obvious that it helps ...
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Is multitasking in a start-up (even a big company) advised?
Im asking this as im not sure whether it is better to have partners, who are good in more than one discipline (eg sales/marketing and development/programming), share their time across departments or ...
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How to make sure ,to be partner won't turnback after getting the lead
We are planning a start up website to sell few products which are available locally but have quite demand on other places.
Here to outline I have the following experience:
1. Strong Technical ...
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I'm a part-time founder working with two full time partners. What is an appropriate equity share?
This is an update to a question I posted a few weeks ago.
Help would be GREATLY appreciated.
I'm a co-founder of a new startup with two other partners. We are just hammering out terms (equity share, ...
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What is the difference between a Business Partner and Co-Founder?
Maybe it's just semantics, but I am putting the word out that my biz will benefit from either.
We have pushed a product off the shelf and are starting to acquire customers, yet the effort has grown ...
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Leave Seed Stage Startup - Partnership Issues
My partner and I started an online service. When we formed the idea for the company, we came out strong with a lot of energy, but it seems as if my partner's priorities are now elsewhere.
I'm the ...
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How to find business person who reall knows demands of small biz, not talkative idea guy?
I'm a solid programmer with 5+ years of experience in software development. I know how to do things from beginning to the end and want to start my own company. I spend for more them 6 months in search ...
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90 days and $XXK to get to the finish line?
This is a related question to another post I made here: Partnership agreement advice -- I have the idea & ops, he has the marketing investment and industry exp.
But here's a critical issue that I ...
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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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How much should a technical cofounder be paid?
I have the following skillset: xhtml, js, jquery, css, php, C#, asp.net, mysql, oracle, etc.
I would be the tech. co-founder of a startup with 2 other co-founder (business end) and be the sole ...
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Bringing on equal partner after starting solely bootstrapped?
I came up with an idea for a startup, and after trying to start other ventures with non-paid partners I knew the only way to get this done right was to hire a developer straight up to code the ...
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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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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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Co-founder equity for a Beta software product
I am adding a Sales and Marketing co-founder for my start up. The product is already developed and we have 3 unpaid customers so far (Private Beta). My co-founder will work full time on this venture ...
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Sales and Marketing Co-founder-Ivy League MBA or Industry Expert?
I am working on a software product, which is going to revolutionize a specific industry. I checked with couple of top guys in this industry and they are all impressed. It is a billion dollar problem. ...
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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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Having trouble dividing the pie w/ my partner, care to help cut the slices?
On January 15 a buddy of mine (who is not technical with a full time job in the social gaming/payment space) came to me (an independent Web Strategist SEO/Social Media looking for my next big thing) ...
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Moving from 2 to 3 founders ? A good idea?
With a team of 2, we have been busy building a new e-commerce business for the last 4 months. Hopefully we will launch the project in the next 2 months.
We are trying a new concept sales model based ...
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What can I offer a partner? (I don't have cash)
If I start a S or C Corp what benefit packages can I offer potential employees and how would I ramp them in?
I don't have the cash to give them a salary so I need an official way to give them X ...
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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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Bootstrapped Startup - What Legal Forms to Put In place
I am looking for a co-founder now for a project that would love to get up and running. As an initial formality are there any documents out there that can outline in basic terms what each person is ...
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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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Would you go into business with someone without an agreement in place?
Would you go into business with someone who has asked you to come on board and help to get things launched, but has not yet decided how to compensate you, or whether to give you part ownership of the ...
