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| bio | website | joelonsoftware.com |
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| location | New York, NY | |
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| visits | member for | 3 years, 7 months |
| seen | May 3 at 14:25 | |
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I am:
- the co-founder and CEO of Stack Exchange
- the co-founder of Fog Creek Software
- owner of Taco, the most famous Siberian Husky on the Upper West Side.
You can find me:
- on Twitter as @spolsky
- on my rarely-updated blog, Joel on Software
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Mar 30 |
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We are 4 tech guys that have almost a MVP for our project, would it be good to apply for an incubator? Which is the incubator? Without knowing that it's hard to give you an answer as to whether it's worth it. The very best incubators (Y Combinator, TechStars) are probably worth it. The worst incubators (won't name names) are certainly not. The vast middle are only worth it if you are sure that they have something that you need. |
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Mar 29 |
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Angel or VC wants to invest, what are main arguments to negotiate shares vs investment? I don't really understand what you're asking exactly... Can you edit your question to make it a little bit clearer what you're looking for from us? thanks! |
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Mar 29 |
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Question regarding contracts for unpaid work An NDA is a non-disclosure agreement, which means they agree not to reveal your corporate secrets. There's nothing wrong with asking for that, but I don't think it is relevant to the question. |
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Mar 29 |
answered | Is a 50/50 equity split without 50/50 control a doable and wise thing? |
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Mar 21 |
answered | Limiting liability of individual/small startup when selling software |
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Mar 21 |
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I was fired and the company is planning on selling immediately after my shares expire I agree with this; if your options have fully vested you should be able to execute them, after which you will outright own the shares. One thing I would add; if the company is sleazy enough to delay a sale just to cheat you out of your options, they're likely to find other legal loopholes to cheat you out of your shares, so if there is a lot of money at stake, now would be an excellent time to hire a lawyer. |
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Mar 21 |
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I was fired and the company is planning on selling immediately after my shares expire edited body |
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Mar 21 |
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What is a lead investor? (2) is not strictly correct - the other investors will have already joined in by the time the raise is announced. (4) is not really correct either; it is unlikely Google cares who invested in you and I don't see what it has to do with market analysts. |
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Mar 21 |
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Should I bring in a co-founder, or hire? That is, unfortunately, not a very easy question to answer. It's the kind of thing where everyone will have their own opinion, and nobody knows you well enough or knows enough about your situation to provide a definitive answer. |
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Mar 21 |
answered | How to generate revenue from a website using visitor counts? Is there a standard way for doing it? |
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Mar 21 |
answered | software / digital signage start-up early stages |
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Mar 21 |
answered | What is a lead investor? |
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Mar 19 |
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Who owns the programming in a disolving partnership? edited title |
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Mar 19 |
answered | Verbal Partnership Agreement Binding? |
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Mar 19 |
answered | If I were to Create a couple of brands |
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Mar 19 |
answered | Buy out scenario and bringing on an equity investor |
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Mar 19 |
answered | Receiving non-qualified stock options before a startup has a valuation |
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Mar 19 |
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Receiving non-qualified stock options before a startup has a valuation it may be guesswork, but it will satisfy the IRS if it's guesswork prepared in a disciplined way by a reputable 409a valuation firm |
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Mar 19 |
answered | What to do with equity if co-founder / early employee quits? |
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Mar 19 |
answered | Some places for support |
