The document discusses an equity splitting model called the "Grunt Fund" that aims to fairly distribute equity in a company based on each person's contributions. It describes assigning theoretical monetary values to different types of contributions like time, expenses, skills, etc. Each person's total contributions are calculated and compared to the whole to determine their percentage of equity ownership. The model is meant to reward individuals based on what they contributed, accommodate changes to the team, and remain flexible as the company grows.
20. What We Need
• Perfectly fair
• Rewards participants for contributions
• Provides ongoing motivation to continue
contributing
• Accommodates changes in the team
• Flexible in the face of rapid change
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30. How it works
1. Assign a leader you can trust
2. Assign a theoretical value to the various
inputs provided by each participant
3. Determine %: Individual Value ÷ Total Value=
Shares %
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31. 1. Get a Trustworthy Leader
• Holds all equity
• Manages Grunt Fund
• Deals with departing Grunts
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36. Everything Has a Theoretical
Value
• Unpaid Commission x 2
• Equal to Unpaid Royalty or
Development Hours + Costs
• Nothing or Unreimbursed Expense
(4x)
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37. Everything Has a Theoretical
Value
• Cash if purchased for the company
• Cost if owned less than a year
• Resale value if over a year
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70. What We Get
• Perfectly fair
• Rewards participants for contributions
• Provides ongoing motivation to continue
contributing
• Accommodates changes in the team
• Flexible in the face of rapid change
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71. Outgrowing a Grunt Fund
• When you can pay people you won’t need to
use equity:
– Real revenues
– Positive cash flow
– Significant series A investment
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72. • Step-by-step guide
• Version 1.2 on
Amazon.com
• Beta Version 2.x on
slicingpie.com
• Free e-upgrades for life
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73. • Mike Moyer
• mikedmoyer@gmail.com
• (773) 426-6353
• Chat with me on SlicingPie.com
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75. 1. Software product development partner for small/mid-sized
technology companies
• Exclusive focus on small/mid-sized technology companies, typically venture-
backed companies in growth phase
• By definition, all Synerzip work is the IP of its respective clients
• Deep experience in full SDLC – design, dev, QA/testing, deployment
2. Dedicated team of high caliber software professionals for each
client
• Seamlessly extends client’s local team, offering full transparency
• Stable teams with very low turn-over
• NOT just “staff augmentation”, but provide full mgmt support
3. Actually reduces risk of development/delivery
• Experienced team - uses appropriate level of engineering discipline
• Practices Agile development – responsive, yet disciplined
4. Reduces cost – dual-shore team, 50% cost advantage
5. Offers long term flexibility – allows (facilitates) taking offshore
team captive – aka “BOT” option
Synerzip in a Nut-shell
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