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Should Your Startup Give Performance-Based Warrants?

Both Sides of the Table

As startup entrepreneurs we all want to work with them because having their name as reference clients makes it so much easier for marketing, PR, selling to other customers, fund raising and even recruiting. What are Performance Based Warrants? What is a “performance based&# warrant? Should You Offer Them?

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Why Raising Too Much Money Can Harm Your Startup

Both Sides of the Table

conversation literally every week with startups. It is a truism that with more capital you will hire people more quickly and spend more liberally whether it’s on external contractors, PR firms, attending events, doing legal work (trademarks, patents) or whatever. million and in my second company we raised only $500,000 by choice.

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How to Be a Good Board Member

Both Sides of the Table

If a conversation happens between the CEO and each director then each side knows what we’re trying to achieve with the in-person meeting. A director who hasn’t had a pre-conversation with management will not be as effective in the board meeting. I sometimes view it as my role to drag other people into the conversation.

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Tesla vs. Target: Which CEO wrote the better transparency letter?

The Next Web

Prior to starting a company he worked in PR where he helped put out fires and manage digital communications. The CEO is the least important part of this conversation. Target’s letter looks like it was written by a PR team and approved by the CEO. Tesla’s letter looks like it was written by the CEO, and reviewed by the PR team.

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Twitter Link Roundup #33 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Has Your Startup Given Performance-Based Warrants? 5 Step Small Business PR Plan for Today – [link]. Happiness and Deep Conversations – [link]. Resistance Isn’t Futile: Don’t Assimilate Your Customers – [link]. 6 Steps for Building Better Relationships with Journalists – [link].

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Twitter Link Roundup #33 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Has Your Startup Given Performance-Based Warrants? 5 Step Small Business PR Plan for Today – [link]. Happiness and Deep Conversations – [link]. Resistance Isn’t Futile: Don’t Assimilate Your Customers – [link]. 6 Steps for Building Better Relationships with Journalists – [link].

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

Both Sides of the Table

You never got around to agreeing exact equity splits but you had many conversations about it. They usually ask for warrants (basically like a stock option) in exchange for taking a deferred fee. But as with consulting, PR, web design and even VC – it’s not just the firm it’s also the individual.