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5 Keys To Negotiating Your Fair Share Of Any Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

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.

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Startup Stock Options – Why A Good Deal Has Gone Bad

Steve Blank

Startup employees calculated that a) their hard work could change the odds and b) someday the stock options they were vesting might make them into millionaires. The stock trickled out over four years, as you would “vest” 1/48 th of the option each month. Essentially the company sells them the stock at zero cost, and they reverse vest.

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How Much Founder Stock Should You Offer Co-Founders?

Startup Professionals Musings

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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5 Equity Distribution Parameters For Key Contributors

Startup Professionals Musings

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 cofounder’s correlation to each variable. Obviously it should be amended later, as roles are more clearly defined, and execution proceeds.

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5 Criteria For Splitting Equity In Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

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.

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Are You Getting Your Fair Share Of Startup Equity?

Startup Professionals Musings

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.

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Green Chile Burgers: A Recipe For Success

YoungUpstarts

He has military haircut, Kevlar vest and a gun. A Smokey the bear with a Kevlar vest and a gun. Here we are, in a restaurant that has differentiated itself with good food, friendly and responsive customer service and an owner that cares and is involved. I am grandfathered in,” she says, “but there are still problems.

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