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Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers

SoCal CTO

Understand where they were in terms of being able to pay or was this equity-only (sweat equity only). And he was still in the process of raising additional capital, so it was equity only. There are cases where I will do equity-only deals. who start with small equity percentages don’t end up making very much from startups.

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How Baby Boomers Fit In The Realm Of Entrepreneurship

Startup Professionals Musings

Often the Boomer is more willing to work for equity, and easily convinced to step aside when revenues reach that next threshold. Every startup needs two or three key advisors who have the domain experience, connections, and complementary skills to guide the founders through those early crises. Member of the Advisory Board.

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Startups Are Not Just The Realm Of Young Generations

Startup Professionals Musings

Often the Boomer is more willing to work for equity, and easily convinced to step aside when revenues reach that next threshold. Every startup needs two or three key advisors who have the domain experience, connections, and complementary skills to guide the founders through those early crises. Member of the Advisory Board.

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How YP Is Growing A Giant Tech Team In Glendale

socalTECH

We also know we''re not a startup, and don''t have equity to offer. Yelp and Agie''s List has been fantastic in the reviews path. But, going down that review path was not where we wanted to take it, or at least, not where we wanted to start. darren clark interview yelllopages technical team software directory guide'

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How YP.com Is Growing A Giant Tech Team In Glendale

socalTECH

We also know we''re not a startup, and don''t have equity to offer. Yelp and Agie''s List has been fantastic in the reviews path. But, going down that review path was not where we wanted to take it, or at least, not where we wanted to start. guide directory software team technical yelllopages interview clark darren'

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Startup Tips From College Dropouts: Zuckerberg, Jobs, Gates, Dell, Ellison, Branson and Disney

InfoChachkie

Facebook had to resolve expensive and time-consuming litigation related to promising early hires senior positions and substantial equity stakes. However, his first-hand knowledge of how to write, test and commercialize code facilitated his ability to lead Microsoft from startup to world dominance.

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More Successful New Entrepreneurs Are Baby Boomers

Startup Professionals Musings

Often the Boomer is more willing to work for equity, and easily convinced to step aside when revenues reach that next threshold. Every startup needs two or three key advisors who have the domain experience, connections, and complementary skills to guide the founders through those early crises. Member of the Advisory Board.