A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

You have your general management meeting and in your general management meeting you talk about product development, about marketing and about finance. Well yeah, you could potentially find a cofounder. After that, I did it for a private equity firm then we became a part of a larger corporation. How do you split equity?

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venturehacks.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Two founders works because unanimity is possible, there are no founder politics, interests can easily align, and founder stakes are high post-financing. He can be technical, but he must be able to wield the tools of influence. Technical founders who don’t sell also use bad proxies (&# Harvard MBA!&# ). Date first.

Cofounder 101

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blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth. Two years ago I got the bug to do an online recruiting startup and I began the hunt to find a technical co-founder - a software engineer who works for no cash - to help me build my dream website. I learned something: technical co-founders are a myth. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Real Advice.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

From traditional equity VC, Flexible VC borrows the option to pursue and reap the rewards of an outsized exit. Our categorization is not a technical one. Flexible VC 101: Equity Meets Revenue Share. Equity Ownership. Yes, typically preferred equity. Payments are commonly delayed for a grace period of 12-36 months.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Finance | Tuesdays. Advisor. ); STARTUP. Financing a Small Business. Financing A Small Business. Personal Finance. Should You Share Equity with Consultants? To grow his cash-strapped start-up, Parker ended up sharing equity -- not only with employees, but also with consultants and vendors. Franchises.

Fractional CTO 40

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David Teten

OCTOBER 3, 2018

I have no financial interest in DC Finance or any of their conferences, but I will be speaking at some of their events.). If you use registration code 207 , it will facilitate their tracking. (I The New York Family Office Real Estate Investment Conference , October 23rd, at Shearman & Sterling LLP, NYC. Register here. Register here.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 15, 2010

It is a pretty narrow filter of the 750+ companies that completed the 2010 CompStudy survey, but there are 55 rounds of financing to look at…enough to be a meaningful dataset I think. link] Matt Mireles As a first time non-technical CEO who started off solo, having 2 technical co-founders is awesome. Is it worth it or not?

Pre-Money Valuation 66

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Cofounder Founder 66

David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

Many are reporting that they’re seeing a more diverse pool of applicants than traditional equity VCs… even though virtually none have a particular focus on women or underrepresented founders. I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital.

Revenue 60

Revenue Cofounder Founder Venture Capital 60

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

“In a lot of the industries in which I ended up launching companies, there was a pre-existing profile of what a successful entrepreneur should look like—typically a young, white male with a technical, finance, or political background,” says Aguirre de Carcer. While private equity has a history in the U.S.

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Venture Capital Lean Cofounder Technical Review 82

clicksend.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 26, 2010

The number two thing is lack of a technical co-founder. Partner with a Programmer After they have their big idea, most non-technical founders set forth to find an engineer to form a partnership. To find a programmer who will simply share equity with you, you need two things. First, you need a very good pitch.

Cofounder 40

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

For nearly 15 years I had analytical, numbers-driven jobs in finance and banking, working for some of the world’s largest banks. But I didn’t start immediately; I didn’t know optics well, and I assumed that if there was to be a technical solution it would come from somebody who did. Image Credit: Matthew Multerer.

Entrepreneur 91

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David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

– Build out low-cost force multipliers such as scouts , Advisors, Entrepreneurs in Residence, Venture Partners, and so on. Sophisticated VC and private equity funds have a wide array of options for leveraging outside operating executives. – Create a franchise and license access to it , e.g., the Draper Venture Network.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Cofounder 60

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Blogs (VC): Antonio Rodriguez [link] – A very technical VC at Matrix partners who can actually code. Blogs (web development): Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots – [link] Company blog of thoughtbot covering Ruby on Rails, HTML, CSS, Javascript, databases, and mobile development.

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