Intellectual Property Operations Technical Cofounder 
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 1, 2023
I always tell entrepreneurs that two heads are better than one, so the first task in many startups is finding a cofounder or two. Giving a cofounder a salary won’t get you the “fire in the belly” you want. Each cofounder should get equity for value, based on these key variables: Lived a key role in a previous startup.
Steve Blank
JANUARY 17, 2023
But these look for founders who have a technical or business model insight and a team. Accelerators provide these teams with technical and business expertise and connect them to a network of other founders and advisors. I don’t have a killer idea, or a technical team, but I do know how to build, grow, and manage teams.”.
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Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 9, 2020
Your idea is not intellectual property yet, so it has no inherent value. Co-founders only able to work part-time, with responsibility and major income sources elsewhere, don’t carry the same risk as others with more operational responsibility. The CTO of many technical startups was the original founder.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018
Your idea is not intellectual property yet, so it has no inherent value. Co-founders only able to work part-time, with responsibility and major income sources elsewhere, don’t carry the same risk as others with more operational responsibility. The CTO of many technical startups was the original founder.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 25, 2018
These days you can create a C-corp or LLC online quickly at a low cost, to serve you well in signing partners, intellectual property, investors, and revenue. Advisors and investors need to see your whole story in as few as ten slides. You need to recruit advisors, key partners, and cofounders well before approaching investors.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 4, 2014
Your idea is not intellectual property yet, so it has no inherent value. Co-founders only able to work part-time, with responsibility and major income sources elsewhere, don’t carry the same risk as others with more operational responsibility. The CTO of many technical startups was the original founder.
Up and Running
JULY 28, 2022
Not only do these requirements ensure that businesses operate within the law but it also protects small business owners and their consumers. . A small business is an independently owned and operated entity that engages in commercial activity and fulfills the set industry-specific size standards. What legally defines a small business?
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