Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

Consumers responded to name and concept well, solves real problem, o Took 4 months to build initial prototype. If you need money to even hire a developer [means you cannot even excite one person to put in some sweat equity – not a good sign about your ability to motivate people.]. Confidence is good, cockiness is not. •

Acquisition 304

Acquisition Warrant Customer Term Sheet 304

grasshopperherder.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Piercing the Corporate Veil – Sweat Equity Consulting. But much like becoming a co-founder, getting paid sweat equity is essentially becoming an investor in the company. All names redacted.). If you did, why would you be consulting for sweat equity instead of investing as a VC or for yourself?

Sweat Equity 41

Sweat Equity Equity Cofounder Non-Compete 41

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2013

Those at the other extreme don’t look up from the grindstone long enough to notice whether all their work is producing sweat equity or just sweat. Starting a business may be fun, but it’s not easy. Truly satisfied customers are a joy to every business person. A business model that works.

Sweat Equity 251

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Startup Viral 251

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2012

Those at the other extreme don’t look up from the grindstone long enough to notice whether all their work is producing sweat equity or just sweat. Starting a business may be fun, but it’s not easy. Truly satisfied customers are a joy to every business person. A business model that works.

Sweat Equity 256

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Viral 256

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Instead, use real names and real customer challenges. Outline your business model. Your business model tells an investor how your idea will (or does) convert into being economically viable. The best way to show you how to communicate your business model is to show you an example of a good one.

Sweat Equity 122

Sweat Equity Churn Rate Elevator Pitch Forecast 122

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

How does your business model make money? Good causes such as feeding the world’s hungry may help your marketing but may not sustain a business. The business model has to clearly define who is your customer, market penetration expected, how much customers pay versus total costs and the investment required to sustain cash flow.

Sweat Equity 120

Sweat Equity Advisory Board Liquidity Event Startup 120

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Those at the other extreme don’t look up from the grindstone long enough to notice whether all their work is producing sweat equity or just sweat. Starting a business may be fun, but it’s not easy. Truly satisfied customers are a joy to every business person. A business model that works.

Sweat Equity 222

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Viral Salary 222

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Explain the business model. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Rest assured that potential investors will ask for names, and place some calls. This is how you will make money, who pays you, and gross margins.

Business Plan 283

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 283

Up and Running

JANUARY 24, 2014

Instead, use real names and real customer challenges. Outline your business model. Your business model tells an investor how your idea will (or does) convert into being economically viable. The best way to show you how to communicate your business model is to show you an example of a good one.

Sweat Equity 138

Sweat Equity Churn Rate Forecast Business Model 138

Up and Running

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Sweat Equity. “I I only had a handful of money in my bank to start my business with, which was just enough to get a cheap virtual server and my domain name. Stick to what you know, reinvest the profits into growing the business, and train people on your methodology.” – Nick Chasinov , Teknicks.

Finance 92

Finance Sweat Equity Bootstrapping Entrepreneur 92

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Explain the business model. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Rest assured that potential investors will ask for names, and place some calls. This is how you will make money, who pays you, and gross margins.

Business Plan 290

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 290

grasshopperherder.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Names redacted.) Unless your name is Mesmero the Magnificent, it’s probably not going to work on me. If I can steal your idea by just hearing it, there is no defensible business model there. Obviously if the only thing they’re “protecting&# is a business model, then you’re right.

Cofounder 47

Cofounder NDA Founder Sweat Equity 47

philipsmith.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

It usually takes one bad experience for people to understand that working for sweat equity is a bit 'stinky' - fool me once, shame on you, but fool me twice, shame on me. That's why it makes sense to get some combination of cash/deferred cash and equity, if you can. Name and email address are required.

Silicon Valley 40

Silicon Valley Equity Technical Review Recapitalization 40

Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

Explain the business model. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Rest assured that potential investors will ask for names, and place some calls. This is how you will make money, who pays you, and gross margins.

Business Plan 182

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 182

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Explain the business model. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it requires at least 100M users and $50M investment. Rest assured that potential investors will ask for names, and place some calls. This is how you will make money, who pays you, and gross margins.

Business Plan 186

Business Plan Exit Strategy Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 186

infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

There is an inherent conflict in a consultant’s business model and the needs of a startup. One startup I joined was very proud that they had been ‘accepted’ as a client by a prestigious Silicon Valley law firm whose name rhymes with a type of pasta (they are lawyers after all, so I have to be careful here…). link] Luis Rivera.

Equity 40

Equity Silicon Valley Cofounder PR 40

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Don’t exacerbate the issue by needing to figure out how to deal with a large equity deadweight on your hands (investors won’t like that the #2 stakeholder is absent, even estranged, from your company). So, the best way of dealing with this issue is to take a long, long vesting period for all major sweat equity founders.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Don’t exacerbate the issue by needing to figure out how to deal with large equity deadweight on your hands (investors won’t like that the #2 stakeholder is absent, even estranged, from your company). So, the best way of dealing with this issue is to take a long, long vesting period for all major sweat equity founders.”.

Cofounder 89

Cofounder Startup Technical Cofounder CTO Hire 89

sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Each document has a from-language, to-language, and a name. For example: in my translation site story, above, the first milestone might be just a plain ugly web page where a company can create an account, create a new project, then upload named documents into that project. Click on my name for the link. And thank you Derek!

CTO Hire 84

CTO Hire Hiring Software Review Technical Review 84