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How to pick a co-founder

venturehacks.com

The best sellers can sell to customers, partners, investors, and employees. He can be technical, but he must be able to wield the tools of influence. Partner with someone who is irrationally ethical, or a rational believer that nice guys finish first. Technical founders who don’t sell also use bad proxies (&# Harvard MBA!

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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

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. 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. . return cap. Of the Inc.

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

NZ Entrepreneur

Wellington UniVentures’ latest deep-tech spin-out, Advemto, cofounders Professor Justin Hodgkiss (left) and Peter Lai. When the time comes to put together a cap table, Pierre explains it’s a discussion between the university, its commercialisation office, company founders and investors. “We

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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. Saga says they’re a ‘return to tradition’ and the trio of founding Managing Partners are committed to the craft and to one another. See you on some cap tables!