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By: How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup | CloudAve

How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup | CloudAve — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:40:22 +0000

[...] 1. When to get a lawyer – If you plan to be a venture or angel backed technology company (what I mostly write about) the best time to start meeting and getting to know lawyers is long before you ever start your company. Many people start companies arse backwards. They get together with a few buddies, bounce around ideas, build some code (sometimes internally, sometimes through contractors), start talking to potential angel investors and then register their company. This is one of the biggest source of future problems for the company. I write about some of the lessons in my post on Startup Mistakes. [...]

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Knowtu » links for 2010-01-21 — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:06:06 +0000

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By: How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:55:03 +0000

By: Joe Beck

Joe Beck — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:58:53 +0000

Most software developers get really pi*ssed off when people/friends ask them to write code for little or no money, even in return for stock options (which, 99% of the time, turn out to be worthless). If you were developing property, you would have to PAY the architect from Day One, even for just drawing a few rough pictures. Why does everyone assume programmers will be happy to work for magic beans?

Writing the code is the bulk of the work in developing a web business, and takes the bulk of the professional knowledge and experience. Unless you're going to make them an equal partner in your business, don't expect good programmers to work for peanuts (or fresh air).

By: Hiring at a Startup? Know Thy Weaknesses | CloudAve

Hiring at a Startup? Know Thy Weaknesses | CloudAve — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:49:22 +0000

[...] unconventional thinking but if you want to understand more I cover my rationale on this post about The Most Common Early Stage Startup Mistakes and again in this post covering how to implement startup prenuptials. If the topic is [...]

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links for 2009-12-08 | @neilmiddleton — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:05:48 +0000

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By: Hiring at a Startup? Know Thy Weaknesses

Hiring at a Startup? Know Thy Weaknesses — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:24:47 +0000

By: Market Analysis (I) « QINDONG LIU

Market Analysis (I) « QINDONG LIU — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:43:28 +0000

[...] a comment » As Mark Suster said in his blog, one of the common mistakes that start-ups make is that people blindly jump into [...]

By: 5 Misconceptions about Valuations « Disruptive Growth

5 Misconceptions about Valuations « Disruptive Growth — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:30:35 +0000

[...] make up a valuation, even more so in the early stages of a business. The reason why so many VCs state that the team is a great factor, comes from the fact that it is common knowledge that you might [...]

By: Les

Les — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:04:53 +0000

Good advice – we registered our company and nearly 18 months on we are only now really thinking about beginning trading, but it's important to protect your own identity and get yourself legal as soon as possible.

Leave it to slip and someone else will take advantage of that opening.