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Issuing stock options to employees in a private closely held company can be a complicated matter, from both a legal and tax perspective. The exercise price per share should definitely not be an arbitrary number. It should be the fair market value of the shares on the day the stock options are g...

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As someone who has built TAM models for various industries - I can attest this isn;t always easy. Many analyst firms (former analyst here) typically do some surveys and research among public company revenue reports for the year and then do some pixie dust extrapolating. The hard thing about a ma...

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I had someone recently come to me over this same issue & i helped them tackle this problem ,There are alot of reasons that can make on annoyed or irritated in the day to day activities of a business . There are issues of competences and the need to recruit the right management, the financial m...

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I do similar work. I don't always find that inbound startups and founders know as much about how to really do an "MVP" as their using the language of Lean Startup would suggest. There are certain pockets in major startup markets that do understand the language, but in those cases you're more like...

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Consider reaching out to companies like Foodem and Root. Perhaps you've never heard of these names, but i've always liked Foodem's b2b model and for some reason I've always liked their videos, who knows... Root happens to have a great product (and team btw) Eric is a great guy, I'm sure he'd be h...

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It really depends on your thinking. If we have the mindset that something or someone is going to annnoy us, then it probably will. The reason being is because you have already turned your power over. However, if we keep the mindset that we will not let things interfere with our emotions negativel...

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Before we dive into the equity,salary and such. Motivation and retention begins with the CEO. Ask yourself what is the culture of the company? If you don't know anything about culture then start with the basics: 1. Do you value employee opinions? Do you ask for others opinions? 2. Do you encour...

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Hello! This is a very good question, my name is Humberto Valle, and I'm the founder of www.Unthink.me a small globally known inbound marketing agency. We have helped many tech-related companies such as Software Developers who work on equity as well as traditional payments. For our marketing agenc...

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First, make sure that as part of a follow-up call, a General Partner is participating. Without a GP participating, the opportunity is actually not advancing in a meaningful way. Second, highlight what's new since last you spoke. It's likely that they identified some potential promise in wha...

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