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How One Letter Could Be Worth $25 Billion

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Specifically, Groupon launched in November 2007 under the name The Point (ThePoint.com is still live today). So, if United Airlines, for example, was providing poor service, The Point would be the platform for customers to share their stories about United's poor service, and plan a boycott of United in the hopes that United improved.

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Why Co-Founders Are a Startup's Biggest Liability | The Startup Lawyer

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He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder. He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder. You can start by examining every aspect of the co-founder relationship. In fact, if your co-founder is a friend or relative, that should trigger even more issues and discussions.

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Founders versus early employees

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Home Events Contact Jobs StartupIndex Founders versus early employees by David Crow on September 10th, 2009 in Resources Not everyone can be a founder. We talk about the founders of startups and companies. We focus on the founders. The founders get press coverage. The founders will each take a major chunk (e.g.

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French Tax Law for Start-ups: Ringing the Alarm Bell

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The first amendment relies on the definition of « founder » and imposes a minimal ownership of 10% of the company and a holding period of two to five years to benefit from a lower tax rate. Let’s take an example in our portfolio: Playfish, a “social gaming” company, was launched in London in 2007.

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Beware The Consultant

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Tracking such revenue can be a challenge but is possible to approximate the revenue impact of PR activities via the use of unique URLs, customer surveys, etc. Any function within your startup that involves iterative learning, passion and/or close proximity to your customers should not be outsourced. Passion Cannot be Outsourced.

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The Option Pool Shuffle

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SUPPORTED BY Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS The Option Pool Shuffle by Nivi on April 10th, 2007 “Follow the money card!&# – The Inside Man, Three-Card Shuffle Summary: Don’t let your investors determine the size of the option pool for you. Do you mean the shares go to the founders?

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Everything you ever wanted to know about advisors: Part 2.

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0.25% of a company’s post-Series A stock. For example, they introduce the company to a key customer or investor. Super advisors The super advisor can get as much stock as a board member: 1%-2% of a company’s post-Series A stock. They know all your prospective customers intimately.