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5 Equity Distribution Parameters For Key Contributors

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 cofounders 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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5 Keys To Negotiating Your Fair Share Of Any Startup

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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5 Criteria For Splitting Equity In Your New Venture

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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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

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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Decoding Signal From Noise For Wall Street, With Bitvore

socalTECH

I was hired to head up strategy, marketing development, and product management. That''s really where the genesis of this comes from, and we have patents around the idea of continually analyzing both structure and semistructured data from a wide variety of sources, simultaneously. That was a very successful exit for everyone involved.

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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! ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? ► October (1) New Video! the Rubicon Project's Secret to Succes.