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Adding a Co-Founder In 140 Characters Or Less

I love advising early-stage startups. A question I get frequently is “how to formalize bringing a co-founder on board.” I could write a book on the topic, but it’s really much simpler than that. Here’s how you do it in one tweet: @joe I expect this co-founder position to be worth ~30% equity. My goal [...]

Ask Fair: How Much Should I Offer A Writer to Work on my iPhone App?

At an iPhone developer Meetup a few nights ago, an iPhone developer asked me a key question: “how much equity in my project should I offer to the technical writer that I need to finish my app?” His gut feeling was that as the main developer, he of course should keep most of the revenue. [...]

Fair Revenue Sharing for Bloggers: Pageviews or Equity?

TechCrunch’s coverage of our new Fair Blogs has generated quite a bit of discussion on the best way to compensate a bloggers network. My Page, My Ads A popular view is that each blogger should be paid for the pages they write. Essentially, if you wrote the entry, the ads on that page are yours. [...]