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Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 1, 2023
Just because it was your idea doesn’t mean you “deserve” 90% of the equity. The value in a startup is all about tangible results, so I see no equity value in the idea alone. Building the product may be the easy part of your startup challenge. Key to required patents or trade secrets. Now comes the reality check.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 9, 2020
Just because it was your idea doesn’t mean you “deserve” 90% of the equity. The value in a startup is all about tangible results, so I see no equity value in the idea alone. Building the product may be the easy part of your startup challenge. Key to required patents or trade secrets. Now comes the reality check.
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Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 5, 2014
Who in the auto industry believed Tesla, a totally electric car, was a good idea? Of course the naysayers are out again. Of course the naysayers are out again. of Elon’s ideas to come to fruition and let him fail on the rest. Who amongst us originally thought “driverless cars” was a great idea?
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018
Just because it was your idea doesn’t mean you “deserve” 90% of the equity. The value in a startup is all about tangible results, so I see no equity value in the idea alone. Building the product may be the easy part of your startup challenge. Key to required patents or trade secrets. Now comes the reality check.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 4, 2014
Just because it was your idea doesn’t mean you “deserve” 90 percent of the equity. The value in a startup is all about tangible results, so there is no equity value in the idea alone. Building the product may be the easy part of your startup challenge. Key to required patents or trade secrets. Now comes the reality check.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 24, 2016
Just because it was your idea doesn’t mean you “deserve” 90% of the equity. The value in a startup is all about tangible results, so I see no equity value in the idea alone. Building the product may be the easy part of your startup challenge. Key to required patents or trade secrets. Now comes the reality check.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
I hear a lot of entrepreneurs contemplating their great “idea” for several years with little discernable progress, and looking for money to start. Talk and time are cheap, but they need to understand that investors judge past results as a good indicator of future expectations. Traction means forward progress.
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