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The Audacious Plan to Make Electricity as Easy as WiFi

Both Sides of the Table

It’s true the some VCs have started writing so many checks that they resemble stock pickers but the majority of us still have less than 10 board seats at any time and tend to go pretty deep so the result is that we care deeply about where we commit our time. Meredith came to see me along with the CTO Marc Berte. No brainer.

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Entrepreneur Startup Share Depends on Contribution

Startup Professionals Musings

Ideas are not intellectual property, until they have been converted into patents, trade secrets, trademarks, or copyrights. Providing the major funding source for an early-stage startup is a totally different dimension, but it usually trumps all the items above in demanding some equity. Who will be the CEO, CFO, and CTO?

Startup 101
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Splitting Startup Equity for Your Piece of the Pie

Startup Professionals Musings

Ideas are not intellectual property, until they have been converted into patents, trade secrets, trademarks, or copyrights. Providing the major funding source for an early-stage startup is a totally different dimension, but it usually trumps all the items above in demanding some equity. Who will be the CEO, CFO, and CTO?

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