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How Much Founder Stock Should You Offer Co-Founders?

Startup Professionals Musings

Building the product may be the easy part of your startup challenge. Key to required patents or trade secrets. In many cases, one of the co-founders may bring some work in progress that can be patented, trademarked or copyrighted. Every previous experience filing and winning a patent is a rare and valuable asset.

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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

And not enough capital embracing these moonshots. We hired outside experts. We checked patents. We checked charge times. Marc Berte, the CTO, and a masters from MIT, is exceptionally gifted. What about battery charge times? What about competing patents. Mark Suster (@msuster) November 1, 2014.