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  • DJ Deluxe on 2009-10-03

    • Mark
      Ridlen

      6146 Lakeshore Drive

      Dallas, Texas 75214-3608

      214.823.1424 Office

      214.823.5773 Fax


      email:
      ridlen@sbcglobal.net

  • Measuring the Incalculable What's the value of a startup? Venture capitalists are likely to tell you it's worth whatever they say it's worth. - September 1, 2003 on 2009-10-03
    • There's not much you can do to protect yourself from a down round--and until recently, that's what most postbubble rounds have been. VCs, on the other hand, can guard themselves with "liquidation preferences." They can negotiate to be taken out at a price that depends not on the value of the company but rather on the size of their investment. They may demand to get back, say, two or three times their original ante before founders and employees see a penny. The lingo used is 1X, 2X, 3X, etc. The higher the X, the lower the chance that your holdings will ever buy you that mansion in Atherton.
  • What is Sweat Equity Worth? - Entrepreneur.com on 2009-10-03

    • Foregone wages for an engineer aren't the same as foregone wages for a prototype designer.
      In the example described above, the $25,000 estimated by your business partner is likely to be based on wages that she could have earned in a full-time job. This is the typical way that a founder determines sweat equity: foregone wages. However, your partner could just as easily have argued that her sweat equity is worth $250,000 since that's what a prototype would have cost you to make had you hired a prototype development firm. Or she could argue that the prototype is so critical to the business that she should get 50 percent of the company's stock.

      In my experience, this is the basis for much of the negotiation that CEOs will have with their early-stage employees and co-founder. You need to determine the principle applied for valuing services invested in a nascent business. Foregone wages tends to be the anchor that keeps valuation negotiations from sailing into oblivion. Don't be tempted to dole out equity to everyone who helps you found the company--even it makes you feel good to have co-founders. (Being an entrepreneur is lonely, but there are better ways to make friends or build a community of credible supporters than by giving early-stage equity to people who make small contributions to your business.)

      One simple solution is to "pay" a slight premium for sweat equity to early-stage employees. For example, when valuing the sweat equity invested by your prototype designer, use $30,000 rather than $25,000 as a valuation figure and explain that you're paying a 20 percent premium because of the risks associated with being paid in equity rather than cash.

    • n my experience, this is the basis for much of the negotiation that CEOs will have with their early-stage employees and co-founder. You need to determine the principle applied for valuing services invested in a nascent business. Foregone wages tends to be the anchor that keeps valuation negotiations from sailing into oblivion. Don't be tempted to dole out equity to everyone who helps you found the company--even it makes you feel good to have co-founders. (Being an entrepreneur is lonely, but there are better ways to make friends or build a community of credible supporters than by giving early-stage equity to people who make small contributions to your business.)
  • Vinyl Record manufacturing pressing on 2009-10-03
    • VINYL RECORD PACKAGE PRICES

      All vinyl packages include: Mastering, Full Processing,
      2-color Labels, and Test Pressings      .







      100 VINYL 12" PACKAGE - $849.00

      Also Includes: White Jackets with Hole, White Inner Sleeve, Shrink-wrap. $1.80 each for additional LP's.


      500 VINYL 12" PACKAGE - $1,329.00

      Also includes: White Jackets with Hole, White Inner Sleeve, Shrink-wrap. Reorder: $749.00
  • PIRATES PRESS 2.0! on 2009-10-03
      • 500 retail ready colored vinyl lp's
        only $2000


        Includes all mastering & plating, cmyk labels and jackets (printed on upgraded 16pt. Stock), all assembly & shrinkwrapping!

  • Blue Mango: Screencasts on 2009-09-29
    • Quick Intro Long Version (5:12)
  • Building a Web App in 1 Hour For Promotional Purposes - IsHilarySwankHot.com | Ramamia Company Blog on 2009-05-06
    • Stupid, silly, and catchy pop culture things just work.  Like our IsHilarySwankHot.com. It’s that big watercooler effect.  You can debate all you want, but products like iFart grow.  I’d never want to make a company around them, but they’re awesome promotional tools.  In a lot of cases, they can bank too.
  • The Effective Strategy For Choosing Right Domain Names | How-To | Smashing Magazine on 2009-05-02

    • Naming is linguistic design, and a good domain name is an important part of the overall design of a website. Name plays a prominent role when people discover, remember, think about, talk about, search for, or navigate to a website. It establishes a theme for the branding of a website before people even visit it for the first time.


      Coming up with a good domain name requires a combination of strategy, imagination and good linguistic design practice.


  • Can you name the actual lyrics from these often misheard lyrics? - sporcle on 2009-05-02
    • Like a virgin touched for the thirty-first time.
  • Lifehacker - How Nerdist Chris Hardwick Gets Things Done - Chris hardwick on 2009-04-30
    • You start off thinking there isn't enough time, but I think energy is really the most limited resource. As busy as I used to be, when I started really looking at my time, I realized, "Oh, no, actually. I waste shitloads of time." Seriously, like, looking-up-facts-on-squirrels-wasted time. If you really want to start getting a better hold on your schedule, you have to know what your schedule is and where your energy comes, realistically.

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