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Re:Startup Advice: I'm a Geek, How do I Pick a Business Part... by tphyahoo on Friday March 27, 2009 @02:58PM (#535565)
Hire them first for a short intense miniproject.

If you decide not to partner, pay them cash for their time.

If you decide to partner, pay them with equity.

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Re:Startup Advice: I'm a Geek, How do I Pick a Business Part... by alain94040 on Friday March 27, 2009 @03:12PM (#535581)
Good advice if you can find them a small project. In other words: "date your future wife before you marry her".

In the situations I faced, we were looking for the co-founder/VP Business+Sales, so it's not a position where you say: "ok, try for a month and then we'll see". You sort of have to be sure because when you offer the position, it's a committment.

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