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Most Common Early Start-up Mistakes

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It you have a great software engineer that’s awesome. 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. Build prototypes and/or product.

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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

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And they have a vested interest in this success. Ability To Attract a Pool of Engineers – We know that SF is Mecca for software engineers. It’s why LA is such a larger, more vibrant startup community now than it was 10 years ago. Recycled Capital has played a very important role.

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NEXT by Startup Weekend in Boulder

Feld Thoughts

During my senior year, I took “Startup Essentials for Software Engineering” (taught by Zach Nies of Rally Software) and I can confidently say it was the best class I ever took at CU. We learned how to take an idea and turn it into a company the right way using the Lean Startup process.

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Free Startup Docs: How Much Equity Should Advisors Get?

techcrunch.com

For example: If an advisor meets with the founding team monthly, is involved in recruiting talent for the business, and takes a few customer calls, then that advisor would be entitled to 1 percent of the company in the form of restricted stock or options, vesting over a two-year time frame. Follow @TechCrunch. 2011 Holiday. Gift Guide.

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Startup Lessons for the Proto-Founder

www.metamorphblog.com

Experienced, talented software engineers have lots of options in life, and most of them involve getting paid. Vest, young man. Starting a company without vesting your stock is like getting your girlfriend pregnant on the first date. Imagine you’re a highly-trained software engineer.

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Will Millennials Change Manufacturing?

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They have a vested interest in how well the company does,” he observes. “Part of the reason that our software is so good is that our software is written by people who don’t know the limitations of mechanical engineering and think that everything should be done with a sensor and software,” he says.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

It is clear that good software engineers avoid you. NOTE: Software engineers are engineers, “programmers” are what you use to control the central heating. Really skillful software engineers do not use.NET. And their open software engineer positions reflect that. Elaine Kenny.

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