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How to pick a co-founder

venturehacks.com

It’s more important than your product, market, and investors. He can be technical, but he must be able to wield the tools of influence. What you don’t know Business founders who don’t code use bad proxies for picking technical co-founders (&# 10 years with Java!&# ). Check out the free sample (pdf).

Cofounder 101
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Should You Co-Found Your Company With a Software Development Shop (2 of 2)?

David Teten

I’ve talked with a number of software development shops who are eager to get into the business of cofounding companies, i.e., getting product revenue and equity instead of just consulting revenue. The question is: how should they be compensated when cofounding a company? equity that belongs to departed cofounders)?

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Our categorization is not a technical one. This structure allows for alignment on the front end, and real-time flexibility for performance metrics,” says Samira Salman , a family office investor and advisor. . The value ascribed by subsequent investors (in a secondary); buyers (acquisition); or the public markets (IPO).

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NZ Universities are spinning out market-ready ventures – what investors should know

NZ Entrepreneur

They equip academics with state-of-the-art equipment and an expert workforce to bring an idea forward, while on-campus commercialisation offices help academics protect their innovations and take them from lab to market. This long road to market explains why most deep tech happens at universities.

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“I actually thought I’d stay at Flexport my entire career.” Ben Braverman’s Path Into, and Out of, His Dream Job and Then Founding Saga, a New Venture Firm

Hunter Walker

His experience at Flexport; his pay-it-forward nature; and his friendly user interface, made his a desirable angel/advisor for startups. It’s an endless market (I’m a sales guy at the end of the day, remember) and you’re fixed squarely at the center of global commerce. HW: Saga has three GPs, essentially three cofounders.