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Most Common Early Start-up Mistakes

Both Sides of the Table

You can be talking with potential employees all along the process getting them excited. Founder vesting. Yesterday I wrote a blog posting on founder vesting (see here ). You should implement restricted stock with vesting at the earliest stages in your company -even before the VC’s ask.

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4 Deadly Legal Mistakes That Startups Make

Scott Edward Walker

You also need to remember to file your 83(b) election with the Internal Revenue Service within 30 days after the grant/purchase date of the restricted shares (see tip #3 of my post “ Founder Vesting: Five Tips for Entrepreneurs ”). This is a particular concern if the startup is in the same space as a founder’s prior employer.

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How to Protect Your Startup Founder’s Shares

Startup Professionals Musings

In reality, so-called “founder’s” shares are simply common stock, issued at the time of startup incorporation, for a very low price, and normally allocated to the multiple initial players commensurate with their investment or role. These shares are allocated and committed, but not really issued and owned (vested) until later.

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The Co-Founder Mythology

Both Sides of the Table

It is increasingly popular to have “founder dating&# or “startup weekend hackathons&# of some variety or the other. Startups have high failure rates. Most senior employees who join are given 2% if they join early. And some of them will be from startups that are already very successful. That’s OK.

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How to pick a co-founder

venturehacks.com

Venture Hacks Good advice for startups. SUPPORTED BY Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS How to pick a co-founder by Naval Ravikant on November 12th, 2009 Update : Also see our 40-minute interview on this topic. Picking a co-founder is your most important decision. Build in founder vesting (a.k.a.

Cofounder 101
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Founder’s Stock Is Gold, If You Know The Rules

Startup Professionals Musings

In reality, so-called “Founder’s” shares are simply common stock, issued at the time of startup incorporation, for a very low price, and normally allocated to the multiple initial players commensurate with their investment or role. These shares are allocated and committed, but not really issued and owned (vested) until later.

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Founder’s Stock is Simple, but Watch the Details

Startup Professionals Musings

In reality, so-called “founder’s” shares are simply common stock, issued at the time of startup incorporation, for a very low price, and normally allocated to the multiple initial players commensurate with their investment or role. These shares are allocated and committed, but not really issued and owned (vested) until later.

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