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5 Equity Distribution Parameters For Key Contributors

Startup Professionals Musings

I always tell entrepreneurs that two heads are better than one, so the first task in many startups is finding a cofounder or two. Building the product may be the easy part of your startup challenge. Key to required patents or trade secrets. Every previous experience filing and winning a patent is a rare and valuable asset.

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5 Keys To Negotiating Your Fair Share Of Any Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

I always tell entrepreneurs that two heads are better than one, so the first task in many startups is finding a co-founder or two. Building the product may be the easy part of your startup challenge. Key to required patents or trade secrets. Every previous experience filing and winning a patent is a rare and valuable asset.

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5 Criteria For Splitting Equity In Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

I always tell entrepreneurs that two heads are better than one, so the first task in many startups is finding a co-founder or two. Building the product may be the easy part of your startup challenge. Key to required patents or trade secrets. Every previous experience filing and winning a patent is a rare and valuable asset.

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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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Are You Getting Your Fair Share Of Startup Equity?

Startup Professionals Musings

I always tell entrepreneurs that two heads are better than one, so the first task in many startups is finding a co-founder or two. Building the product may be the easy part of your startup challenge. Key to required patents or trade secrets. Every previous experience filing and winning a patent is a rare and valuable asset.

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Decoding Signal From Noise For Wall Street, With Bitvore

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Bitvore is based in Irvine, and is backed by serial entrepreneur Yuri Pikover, as well as other angels. I was hired to head up strategy, marketing development, and product management. One of the folks was the CTO of an investment bank in New York, who immediately saw what we did, and said he had a problem he wanted us to approach.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 4. Build a SWAT team

Frank Addante

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! Sometimes I have had to trash what they produced, other times it became a major turning point in a companys growth. ► October (1) New Video!