Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2021

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. Aspiring entrepreneurs ask me why their great idea hasn’t sold; they talk about it endlessly, and they expect others to do the development, finance, and marketing work for them.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Co-founder and CEO Kyle Wong, who was featured on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 List, says the company’s MVP was built using “sweat equity.” That same year, I started a web development and CRO-focused design agency. Pixlee is a visual-marketing platform that helps companies connect with influencers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

That’s why all those so-called million dollar ideas I hear about as an investor don’t get me excited, and entrepreneurs find that working twenty hours a day often generates nothing more than sweat, instead of the desired sweat equity. Watch that patent provide a real barrier to competitive entry.

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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. Aspiring entrepreneurs ask me why their great idea hasn’t sold; they talk about it endlessly, and they expect others to do the development, finance, and marketing work for them.

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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. Aspiring entrepreneurs ask me why their great idea hasn’t sold; they talk about it endlessly, and they expect others to do the development, finance, and marketing work for them.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Co-founder and CEO Kyle Wong, who was featured on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 List, says the company’s MVP was built using “sweat equity.” That same year, I started a web development and CRO-focused design agency. Pixlee is a visual-marketing platform that helps companies connect with influencers.

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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. Aspiring entrepreneurs ask me why their great idea hasn’t sold; they talk about it endlessly, and they expect others to do the development, finance, and marketing work for them.

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femgineer.com

JULY 18, 2010

HOME About the Femgineer Speaking Engagements Reading List Recruiting Startup Engineers With the startup market taking off, there is always a clamor to find good engineers, developers, and designers. Sweat equity or salary? Here are some things to think about for those on the recruiting side: 1.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 6, 2020

Lending institutions give out personal loans designed for expenses or emergencies. It’ll cost you some sweat equity and time, but the extra income will help you chip away debt. Interest rates for a cash advance are usually higher than a loan. Secured and Unsecured Loan. The interest rate will depend on your credit score.

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grasshopperherder.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Robert Scoble’s Severed Head, Truthiness, and the Surrender Chicken Why is Cyber Squatter a Bad Word?

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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.”.

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www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Design Articles and Tutorials. Graphic Design Theory. Design Downloads. Web Design. It’s simply an untenable situation to expect the technical co-founder to assume the full burden of risk through sweat equity. He is responsible for the design and maintenance of this website. Privacy Policy.

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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. If you did, why would you be consulting for sweat equity instead of investing as a VC or for yourself? GrasshopperHerder.com.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2016

That’s why all those so-called million dollar ideas I hear about as an investor don’t get me excited, and entrepreneurs find that working twenty hours a day often generates nothing more than sweat, instead of the desired sweat equity. Watch that patent provide a real barrier to competitive entry.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2015

That’s why all those so-called million dollar ideas I hear about as an investor don’t get me excited, and entrepreneurs find that working twenty hours a day often generates nothing more than sweat, instead of the desired sweat equity. Watch that patent provide a real barrier to competitive entry.

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Up and Running

JUNE 26, 2017

Mark Cuban has famously said, “Sweat equity is the best startup capital.” They want to make it simple for you to run a successful online store, and you can feel this through their content, advertising, and website design. How can these values be represented through design and copy? Who do you know that can help you?

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The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

– The essential capabilities in the first months are product design and development. Completing these tasks requires capabilities in product design and development, as well as the hustle to organise research and find initial customers. Most commonly that’s done through freelance arrangements and sweat equity deals.

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Up and Running

JULY 10, 2018

While it’s to be expected that you’re going to put a lot of time and sweat equity into starting a business, make sure you’re also carving out time for your family. Make sure that you are fully present during the time you designate for being with your kids. Schedule family time on your calendar.

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www.thestartup.eu

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Let’s break down their costs: Logo design: a simple contest on 99designs with a $300 prize. Iphone icon: a dutch designer made a professional icon for $350 Internationalization: translations in german, french and spanish. tags: app budget cheap design development iphone startup startups bootstrap) [.] How did they do it?

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 10, 2016

I get to have a sense of humor, but also help people, without having to jump through hoops for approval or go to creative for an image design. All the sweat equity that comes with being an entrepreneur is all worth it when you see your business grow into the vision you had when you started.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

As we self-funded on a tiny amount of cash, sweat equity and vision, we also worked in a methodical manner, moving the ball down the field week by week. Let’s be clear: their data-driven, human-centered design is pristine.) Caroline is a *brilliant* branding & UX leader and design thinker.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

How can I go about looking for a (very) good programmer willing to do this as sweat equity? It’s common for a college student to do a sweat equity partnership with another college student. So you see my dilemma. Which avenues would you suggest I should take? Is Your Partner a College Student?

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 24, 2019

But assuming without a big budget it’s going to be more about sweat equity and putting in the time to create great content. How often do people underestimate the role of design in the whole picture? The design was so old school, not even looking into that company. The experience was not good.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

2010-06-19) # What about design mockups using eg. for anyone needing user interface, design and branding for their project visit my portfolio: [link] we love to build bold identities for fresh ideas. What I do like is the coming up with the idea and mapping out the development part. I love your posts Derek, you really GIVE. Insightful.

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