Tag Archives: startups

iPhone economics, startup economics, angel investing economics

Posted on June 22, 2010 by

Tomi Ahonen has collected a lot of good data about the iPhone app ecosystem and applies solid analysis to reach the conclusion that, from an economic standpoint, on average, it is a waste of developers’ time to build iPhone apps. … Continue reading →

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Repurchase agreements: what you should know before you sign

Posted on May 7, 2010 by

This is the second guest post from Dave Broadwin, head of the Emerging Enterpise Center at Foley Hoag LLP, in the area of founding agreements. Part one is on vesting and the other related posts are on improving the performance … Continue reading →

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Founder Agreements – Vesting, Vesting and more Vesting

Posted on April 25, 2010 by

Following my posts on improving the performance of founding teams, founder agreements and strategies for dealing with poorly performing co-founders, I continue to receive many emails at FastIgnite from entrepreneurs having difficulties with managing and formalizing the relationships with their … Continue reading →

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Picking the ideal market size for a startup

Posted on April 12, 2010 by

There may be some argument about this but I’ve read in a number of places that the fastest high-tech company to reach $1B in revenue was BEA Systems. How did they do it? They got big backers: a private equity … Continue reading →

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Ten rules for better founding teams

Posted on March 22, 2010 by

Previously, I highlighted the legal aspects of structuring founder agreements. These are indeed very important but it is even more important to underscore that any agreement can be modified if the parties involved agree to do so. Therefore, a non-confrontational, … Continue reading →

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Startup Founder Agreements

Posted on February 22, 2010 by

I have been thinking a lot recently about how to apply agile development principles to investing and key aspects of startup development such as team building. That’s also the thread connecting my two recent posts on VentureHacks. Both stem from … Continue reading →

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What it takes to make the Web more personal

Posted on February 5, 2010 by

Tom Pinckney has written a great post on GigaOm about the new kinds of processing companies have to do to create a highly personalized experience for users. My comment is still in moderation, so in the spirit of the real-time … Continue reading →

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The best vesting schedule

Posted on February 2, 2010 by

There is no such thing as the best or optimal vesting schedule in a startup. That doesn’t mean current vesting schedules are really good but it does mean that many of the so-called best alternatives are not much better. No … Continue reading →

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The entrepreneur’s dilemma

Posted on January 22, 2010 by

“The entrepreneurs dilemma” is a term that @azeem came up with in reference to a post on how to raise money without lying to investors on VentureHacks. The point I wanted to make was that entrepreneurs often have to chose … Continue reading →

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Three rules for buying your friend’s company

Posted on January 21, 2010 by

Better Advertising bought Ghostery, an awesome Firefox add-on that David Cancel built. Read the Better Advertising take and David’s take. Other than the fact that Ghostery is awesome and a perfect fit for the mission at @betterads, the reason I’m … Continue reading →

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