Steve Blank
APRIL 10, 2019
For most startup employee’s startup stock options are now a bad deal. Why Startups Offer Stock Options. In tech startups stock options were here almost from the beginning, first offered to the founders in 1957 at Fairchild Semiconductor , the first chip startup in Silicon Valley. Not everyone got the same amount of stock.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 4, 2014
If none of these five items is a clear differentiator in your case, a logical approach would be to assign each an equal weight of 20 percent of the total, and partition the total equity based on each co-founder’s correlation to each variable. Obviously it should be amended later, as roles are more clearly defined, and execution proceeds.
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The Startup Magazine
DECEMBER 19, 2024
These systems apply complex algorithms to parse sales data, forecast demand trends, and manage stock levels efficiently. Differentiate Your Offerings To differentiate in a saturated market, startups must highlight what sets their products or services apart. Keeping an eye on competitors and their tactics is also necessary.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 9, 2020
If none of these five items is a clear differentiator in your case, a logical approach would be to assign each an equal weight of 20% of the total, and partition the total equity based on each co-founder’s correlation to each variable. Obviously it should be amended later, as roles are more clearly defined, and execution proceeds.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 13, 2010
Since that date the S&P 500 is up 2.45% while Accenture stock is up 206% with revenue of $23 billion and a market cap of $32 billion. The things that always differentiated Accenture? There seem to be a lot of market entrants in every category where it becomes hard to differentiate them all from each other.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 1, 2014
The first is that it could carry limited inventory in stock because it had limited physical shelf space. But what if you could do the reverse of Amazon? Amazon was early in spotting a macro trend – that physical, local retail had a few key disadvantages.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 27, 2013
In addition to helping manage the board Chris also helps represent the interests of the angel investors / common stock holders. And you can often throw in a separate action like approving stock-option grants, getting approval for CAPEX spend, discussing fund raising timing – whatever. That in itself is quite a challenge.
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