It’s crazy how few people understand basic startup equity but are faced with major career decisions based on these concepts.
• What is the latest valuation of the company?
• When was the valuation set?
• How was the valuation set?
• How many shares outstanding?
• How will i receive equity? options? RSUs?
• What is the vesting schedule?
• Paid over 4 years w 1 year cliff is normal
• Is there a standard equity program?
• Do all employees get equity?
• Do leaders / executives receive the same form of equity as me?
• What is the fundraising plan?
• What is the plan/expectations for an exit?
• What is a reasonable valuation at the time of an exit?
• I want equity because I believe in the company long-term
• I want to be aligned with the leaders/founders
• The more information I have the better decision I can make for my family
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Here's how to get your startup off the ground in 15 days
It will be intense, but doable.
Let me show you exactly how 🧵
We will cover:
Part 1. How to Launch an awesome website (10 Hours)
Part 2. How to build your MVP (5 Hours x 7 Days)
Part 3. How to get your first 100 customers (5 Hours x 7 Days)
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- Buy a domain in 5 minutes
- Get a professional emails like [email protected]
Time - 15 minutes
2. https://t.co/EsAldktfff
- Get logo inspiration from https://t.co/Mpedds2OzF
- Design Slick Brand Logos on Figma
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Great article from @AsheSchow. I lived thru the 'Satanic Panic' of the 1980's/early 1990's asking myself "Has eveyrbody lost their GODDAMN MINDS?!"
The 3 big things that made the 1980's/early 1990's surreal for me.
1) Satanic Panic - satanism in the day cares ahhhh!
2) "Repressed memory" syndrome
3) Facilitated Communication [FC]
All 3 led to massive abuse.
"Therapists" -and I use the term to describe these quacks loosely - would hypnotize people & convince they they were 'reliving' past memories of Mom & Dad killing babies in Satanic rituals in the basement while they were growing up.
Other 'therapists' would badger kids until they invented stories about watching alligators eat babies dropped into a lake from a hot air balloon. Kids would deny anything happened for hours until the therapist 'broke through' and 'found' the 'truth'.
FC was a movement that started with the claim severely handicapped individuals were able to 'type' legible sentences & communicate if a 'helper' guided their hands over a keyboard.
For three years I have wanted to write an article on moral panics. I have collected anecdotes and similarities between today\u2019s moral panic and those of the past - particularly the Satanic Panic of the 80s.
— Ashe Schow (@AsheSchow) September 29, 2018
This is my finished product: https://t.co/otcM1uuUDk
The 3 big things that made the 1980's/early 1990's surreal for me.
1) Satanic Panic - satanism in the day cares ahhhh!
2) "Repressed memory" syndrome
3) Facilitated Communication [FC]
All 3 led to massive abuse.
"Therapists" -and I use the term to describe these quacks loosely - would hypnotize people & convince they they were 'reliving' past memories of Mom & Dad killing babies in Satanic rituals in the basement while they were growing up.
Other 'therapists' would badger kids until they invented stories about watching alligators eat babies dropped into a lake from a hot air balloon. Kids would deny anything happened for hours until the therapist 'broke through' and 'found' the 'truth'.
FC was a movement that started with the claim severely handicapped individuals were able to 'type' legible sentences & communicate if a 'helper' guided their hands over a keyboard.