Example org chart for Series A, B, and C tech companies
Representative org charts for a hypothetical SaaS company after Series A, B, and C funding. At earlier stages the positions needed will vary too much to offer advice on best practices.
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YCombinator Startup School’s finding a co-founder podcast
YCombinator’s Startup School is one of the best resources for founders out there. This video covers techniques you can use to find a co-founder and build a lasting partnership.
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Measuring engineering organizations as a CTO
A thorough overview from Will Larson on managing engineering organizations. Likely applies more to larger/later stage startups.
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How to size an employee option pool
Carta’s guide based on benchmark data for sizing an option pool at each round.
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Carta equity online course
A self-paced online course from Carta focused on how equity works in startups - from key terms, to negotiating compensation, tax implications, cap tables, and more.
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Founder equity split trends
Carta’s Director of Insights shares how 18,000 pre-seed and seed-stage startups split their equity.
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How to Write a Job Ad (That People Actually Want to Apply For)
Learn how to write an effective job posting that respects candidates.
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Salary.com guide
Indeed Salary Search
Find salary ranges for common job titles. Includes a location filter.
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FounderList Co-founder matching
Community for matching co-founders and early-stage employees
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CofounderLab
A marketplace to connect with potential cofounders and early-stage employees.
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Co-Founder Identification Playbook
From First Round Capital. A 50-question checklist and accompanying article that provides a framework for identifying a co-founder fit.
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Founder's Guide to Equity Compensation
Constantly-updated guidebook with recommendations and best practices for equity comp in startups
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Upwork
Marketplace for project or ongoing staffing. Hourly and fixed-fee options. Tends to be more expensive but higher quality than Fiverr.
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Fiverr
Marketplace for spot project talent (design, development, copywriting, marketing support, etc
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JustWorks
Finding a co-founder
How big should an employee option pool be?
Data from Pitchbook's survey of company option pools, broken out by stage of company and financing amount.
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JazzHR Applicant Tracking System
A SaaS Applicant Tracking System (ATS) to help you coordinate hiring, track applications and manage candidates through your recruiting pipeline. Startup tier allows 3 open jobs at any time.
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Breezy HR Applicant Tracking System
A SaaS Applicant Tracking System (ATS) to help you coordinate hiring, track applications and manage candidates through your recruiting pipeline. Free tier allows one open job posting at a time.
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Google’s Effective Founders Research Project
An extremely thorough study of startups that provides insight about the characteristics of successful founding teams. Specifically the article covers topics like cofounder dynamics and self-care.
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Gust Cofounder equity split guide
An interactive questionnaire to help you and your co-founders allocate initial equity fairly. A good way to use this is to have each founder fill it out separately and compare answers.
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YCombinator advice on co-founder equity split
YCombinator’s advice on setting co-founder equity. tl;dr: Unless there is a very good reason, set cofounder equity equally and use a 4 year vesting schedule.
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Google Launchpad Founder’s User Guide
An interactive guide designed to help reduce friction, manage conflict, and improve collaboration in co-founding teams. Includes sections on personal motivations, working style, and partnership.
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Curated library of developer take-home tests
150+ links to take-home tests for engineering hires. Each test is categorized by language, job function, and seniority. Free as of the time of review.
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Levels.fyi salary ranges
Self-reported salary and benefit packages, mainly for software roles. Data is more complete for Bay Area companies and large firms, but worth using as a guide.
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What should founders pay themselves?
An analysis of founder salaries for companies at pre-seed through Series A, from OpenVC (and drawing data from Carta and other sources. tl;dr : In the U.S. $50k at pre-seed, $100k at seed, $150-$200k at Series A.
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