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We're offering this $$$ opp, what would it take to make it worth your while?

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Re: We're offering this $$$ opp, what would it take to make it worth your while?

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Post by donna »

mkull wrote: post #8

80% of the time is spent in the last 20%. the devil is truly in the details. Honestly, this post itself is a red flag to me. Please take this post for what its worth (I may very well be wrong), but IMHO if you do not already have the resources necessary to get your startup to market already I think you might be in trouble. Adding people onto a project at the end to get it done, usually ends up in failure. See http://…

thanks for pointing me to the research, this concept is being modeled for exploration of a knowledge-base. ;-D

Re: We're offering this $$$ opp, what would it take to make it worth your while?

#12

Post by jyu »

This post is too vague. How are you different from every other start up that wants me? What industry is it? What have you done to validate the need for your idea? Here are some tips in becoming more descriptive:

http://onstartups.com/home/tabid/3339/bid/3673/Mediocre-Mark...

Re: We're offering this $$$ opp, what would it take to make it worth your while?

#13

Post by ghiotion »

donna wrote: post #11
mkull wrote: post #8

80% of the time is spent in the last 20%. the devil is truly in the details. Honestly, this post itself is a red flag to me. Please take this post for what its worth (I may very well be wrong), but IMHO if you do not already have the resources necessary to get your startup to market already I think you might be in trouble. Adding people onto a project at the end to get it done, usually ends up in failure. See http://…

thanks for pointing me to the research, this concept is being modeled for exploration of a knowledge-base. ;-D

That's obviously and English sentence, but I have no friggin' idea what it means.

Re: We're offering this $$$ opp, what would it take to make it worth your while?

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Post by falsestprophet »

I think that you would have to compensate these new partners with a reasonably large share of stock (of the same class as the founders). I think that you should shop around for people (or a person) who can handle as many of the roles as possible.

I would start by sharing your email address and talking to people who are interested. Good luck.

Re: We're offering this $$$ opp, what would it take to make it worth your while?

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Post by jakewolf »

Is this a service you'll be selling or are you relying on advertising?

Since you have no cash to pay, I'll take all the revenue generated from the time I start working with you up to 250k/yr. In addition, I'd like a significant equity stake.

The time I put in isn't important. What matters is how many dollars I help the site make.

Re: We're offering this $$$ opp, what would it take to make it worth your while?

#20

Post by aikiai »

curi wrote: post #19
dualogy wrote: post #17

"where investment of time = percentage of revenue stream" So the longer I take, the higher my percentage? :)

the same thing happens with hourly rates. known problem.

It is, and this is one of an equity-driven startup's key advantages over institutionalized competitors. Seems like a bad idea to introduce it at this stage.
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