Equity

Another problem faced by startups is a question of ownership of the project. I do not want here to consider particular legislation, but will focus on common things.

When a businessman says he's ready to give 5, 10, 30, 50, 75, 90% of the investor, then, as experience shows, in most cases the question ... And you have to tell me that the division of shares in the share capital of the company has two objectives:.

- To influence decisions.

- Share the profits from the sale of the project.

Sometimes these things are confused, sometimes employers do not realize that from this it follows. And all this because of misunderstanding of the logic of the investor.

People are just shocked, as owning 5% of the shares of the company can make all strategic decisions. Or as a total for the owner of a minority stake in the company after the sale money could be more than the majority. (If necessary, I will give examples).

As an investor wants to:.

- Find a good startup entrepreneur, able to build and sell a large business.

- To give him some money and get a minority stake in the company ( not to take management decisions ).

- To retain the privilege (the right of veto, and others. ).

- To protect their risks.

The tool does not allow the property to solve all these problems and solves them an investment agreement. The features of such a treaty is that it provides all the ... And the worse the situation is, the more power to the investor.

I know several cases where an entrepreneur who lost control of the company simply exposed.

On the other hand, if everything is progressing as planned, investors shall ensure that the entrepreneur does not share in the company fell below a certain level. A significant proportion implies a good income on the sale of the company, which is an important motivating factor for the entrepreneur and the key to getting investors remained. We're talking about the right investors.

in total. That we have. If we are properly developed and the company calculated the required amount of investment, in the early rounds, we will give 25-40% of the investor. At the lower it is unlikely to agree to it more and not have to. Here we have an agreement to invest in a thick finger at a minimum, which allows the investor to protect their investment if the entrepreneur can not cope. The share of the investor gives the investor to understand how he plans to make this project.

But, it is standard practice, which can vary within certain limits.

I thought it was well-known things, but 60-70% of the startups have no idea about this. That is why I write.

I do not know if you are in make-up, who are you?

F-Spot. (Version 0. 4. 4 ).
Collecting was lazy, but here. fresh package. lies on the road. Do not resist, installed.



Do not you think that the interface looks like Picasa?.
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Well, very impressive,

Company Panasonic introduces its new compact cameras in the classroom. Set the parameters of the new Lumix LS80 downright breathtaking. Starting with the 8.1- megapixel sensor, 4x optical zoom, support for memory cards such as SDHC, the maximum sensitivity at ISO 1600 and ending with the latest image stabilization MEGA O. I. S. About it, perhaps, worth a special mention. O Technology. I. S. sharp images by compensating for hand-shake when shooting. Gyro sensors detect the magnitude and direction of displacement of the hand, and the linear motor performs the appropriate adjustment of the lens to compensate for this bias.

Thus, you get a clean, crisp picture even when wide angle or a significant scale image. Aside from the obvious advantages of the basic, Lumix LS80 offers the ability to record videos in 16:9 format. It is known that the execution of the body will be available in three colors: black, pink and silver, but no information about the timing of the appearance in the sale price and the camera to us have not yet received.

Shut down an online store Nexus One.

A few months ago, it was announced that Google is preparing to close its online store Nexus One. The site was launched earlier this year in order to conveniently purchase a new model, and acquitted himself. Now the Nexus One is no longer sold in the market, so it's time to close the site. The next model Nexus will also have a shop online.

Google announced the end of the sales of Nexus One, but the device is likely to be available in local markets.

Crazy Joys.

In October, we read Prishvin and Andersen

We have good news re: Friends of the Nizhny Tagil sent us an invitation to the new game ' Ognevushkin Watch '. In the last academic year, our third graders have successfully played in this fascinating. A game of fairy tales. to. Andersen. But this year, ' Ognevushki ' is not a game, but 12! . A look at the author: M. Prishvin H. Nosov, X. to. Andersen, E. Assumption, in. Dragoon, K. Bulychev, M. Twain, P. Kipling, M. Twain, C. Esenin, A. Lindgren, A. Pushkin, A. Rowling!. There are innovations in the games themselves. some games are supposed to carry out site, remotely, without a full-time tour. And you can play as a team and individually. Parents who play along with your child! . In any case, my readers of 2 and 3 classes have already started to recite the authors - because the first games in October! . here. For more information. And hurry up, applications are accepted until October 4. So, in October, read M. Prishvin and X. to. Andersen.

On the divine knowledge

article Eldar. Just when preparing a new article, thinking about the material in the same vein, he wrote Eldar. Therefore, I will not repeat myself - read the first article of his, and then my postscript ...
Managers have described the Eldar, which is often present obsession with the various methodologies. From myself I will say that the programmer that results in the search for ... Do nerds - excessive zeal to reinstall anything and everything ...
In general, the whole point then read the article I can kill at once, saying that it is often age-related. Senior colleagues just need to keep with you a long line, take care of their younger colleagues, and on time, accurate shot hurts to beat them on the fingers. Then, the person gains experience, it is reasonable and prudent in their search for the ...

sysadmin.

We nerds with this quite simple: first the minimum level of rights, then more, and so, for 7-10 years, you see, the pros will grow from the ... Usually start with the fact that charge setup client sites. The main thing that a young sysadmin learned not to rearrange the stupid OS, and find the causes of failure to locate and remove them. After all, the process often involves reinstalling while preserving user configuration, its working files and the subsequent restoration. And it might not be a quick process, and yet the user still need to work. Do not even always make sense at all to eliminate the error - it just easier to get around (eg, a USB-port printer does not print, switched on the other hand, if the print was then, and figs with him, with the first USB-port ). It is important to learn how to solve the problem of minimal gestures.

Second, what has to learn sysadmin - is. healthy conservatism. Reinstall the software makes sense only if it is really justified. Not according to the principle ...
Third, almost inaccessible to the majority rule:. user needs to know. The end user rarely knows which of his problems can be solved using a computer. That is, if you can at the right time and give the right solution, then the pass for the ... Often this is a very simple solution, it is obvious to you but not for the uneducated in IT colleagues.

And then, when these principles are in your blood, then comes the understanding that the word ... Problems will be solved easily and with minimal gestures. It will be enough to make a couple of options, the worst case, to ... The equipment will operate for years without hovering, and behaving in a very predictable. From the side, you'll look like a magician, it works by itself, you're just a couple of times on the buttons pressed, and there is something to be healed, something else is run by. And all done without fuss, without excessive swarming, accurate and calibrated. That's only if you call a great professional, a true professional.

programmers.
We let programmers more florid. Almost from the very beginning of his career should solve the following dilemma. On the one hand, well, if a novice programmer will soon learn to program properly: to know the different data processing algorithms, design patterns. On the other hand, not having enough experience, your new knowledge will be applied very lopsidedly, as in such cases we say ' yes, take your hands for such a right! '. Personally, I decided for myself that beginners like to talk about the patterns do not. It is because of the dilemma articulated I oppose patterns. Because beginners are confusing, and experienced no longer needed, and so they are in practice they have mastered. And where is the line where you can ' harmless ' to examine the patterns? . I do not know there is no recipe, I do not know. Only the experience, but its ' bumps '.

When it comes to experience, then head right, ' on shelves ' are arranged and patterns, and basic data processing algorithms. And the next stage. How to properly make a decision about which approach is used to solve the problem. Decisions tends to be more. Typically, this occurs because of insufficient understanding of the problem. My recommendation is to go into the task, taking it to the smallest component parts as long as is absolutely clear it becomes clear how to solve the problem. T. e. must learn to filter out a lot of decisions through a deeper understanding of the problem.

Unfortunately, not all that easy. Often, even after a detailed study of the problem, it is still ' on hands ' is several ways to solve problems. Then suggest to use. Occam's razor. :. choose the simplest solution.
But here, too many difficulties! . Yes, we were already a considerable chain in making correct, ' the divine ', the only true solution and, nevertheless, we have a very high probability to remain in ' square one ' (t. e. make the wrong decision ). And then, near the right decision, can not relax. I'm not exaggerating. That's a real example from my practice. We introduced an ERP system. It is inculcated with a creak, and under strong pressure from superiors to subordinates who ' otbrykivalis ' from it as they could. Because the system was inconvenient. It was a powerful, feature rich, but uncomfortable. Screen forms abounded bunch of small buttons, just the size of 4x4 pixels, otherwise they would not fit into the screen. Most of the standard buttons and hot keys have been redefined in a very peculiar. Why did this happen? . So what they did not have enough to do the right thing?. intuition. Yes, at the end of the complex ways of making decisions is not something logical, understood, and intuition. Irrational sense of beauty. The feeling that if you make it so that it will be properly. Without logic, and without explanation: ... '.
And, on top of excellence, a programmer in some overlaps with an experienced admin, because the admin - destination user needs to know that, too, relies on intuition intangible.
PS: Yes, by the way, a ' divine ' software architecture does not exist. ;).

Third-party repositories for Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)

Archa. pressing issue is inextricably linked binary package repository Community. Supported the efforts of enthusiasts a huge set of software, which also quickly updated. Ubuntu. On the contrary, does not indulge members of the ... Yes, there are. getdeb. But he, first of all, a fairly narrow focus, and secondly, there is no repository.
I will not be the first to publish such a list. A good selection. was Leolik. I'll try not to repeat. So, go to the lines that may decorate your sources. list:-).

instruction. ). 
deb http://ppa. launchpad. net / tlbdk / ppa / ubuntu intrepid main. 
deb-src http://ppa. launchpad. net / tlbdk / ppa / ubuntu intrepid main. 


deb http://ppa. launchpad. net / deluge-team / ppa / ubuntu intrepid main restricted universe multiverse. 
deb-src http://ppa. launchpad. net / deluge-team / ppa / ubuntu intrepid main restricted universe multiverse. 


deb http://ppa. launchpad. net / smaioli / ppa / ubuntu intrepid main. 


deb http://ppa. launchpad. net / bortis / ppa / ubuntu intrepid main. 
deb-src http://ppa. launchpad. net / bortis / ppa / ubuntu intrepid main. 


deb http://ppa. launchpad. net / telepathy / ppa / ubuntu intrepid main. 
deb-src http://ppa. launchpad. net / telepathy / ppa / ubuntu intrepid main. 

2 Beta 1 (. instruction. ). 
deb http://ppa. launchpad. net / kubuntu-experimental / ppa / ubuntu intrepid main. 


deb http://ppa. launchpad. net / webkit-team / ppa / ubuntu intrepid main. 
deb-src http://ppa. launchpad. net / webkit-team / ppa / ubuntu intrepid main. 

instruction. ). 
deb http://ppa. launchpad. net / usplash-smooth / ppa / ubuntu intrepid main. 
deb-src http://ppa. launchpad. net / usplash-smooth / ppa / ubuntu intrepid main. 


deb http://ppa. launchpad. net / rvm / ppa / ubuntu intrepid main. 


deb http://nightlies. videolan. org/build/intrepid-i386/arch. /. 


deb http://download. virtualbox. org / virtualbox / debian intrepid non-free. 


deb http://ppa. launchpad. net / tasque-packagers / ppa / ubuntu intrepid main. 


deb http://ppa. launchpad. net / banshee-team / ppa / ubuntu intrepid main. 

deb http://ppa. launchpad. net / banshee-unstable-team / ppa / ubuntu intrepid main. 






deb http://ppa. launchpad. net / fta / ppa / ubuntu intrepid main. 


deb http://ppa. launchpad. net / murrine-themes / ppa / ubuntu intrepid main. 
deb http://ppa. launchpad. net / kwwii / ppa / ubuntu intrepid main. 


deb http://ppa. launchpad. net / elisa-developers / ppa / ubuntu intrepid main. 


deb http://ppa. launchpad. net / melchiorre / ppa / ubuntu intrepid main. 



deb http://ppa. launchpad. net / towolf / ppa / ubuntu intrepid main. 


deb http://ppa. launchpad. net / nijel / ppa / ubuntu intrepid main. 


deb http://ppa. launchpad. net/bruce89/ppa/ubuntu / intrepid main universe multiverse restricted. 


deb http://ppa. launchpad. net / exaile-devel / ppa / ubuntu intrepid main. 


deb http://ppa. launchpad. net/r0rschach/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main. 

0. 
deb http://ppa. launchpad. net / firerabbit / ppa / ubuntu intrepid main. 
deb-src http://ppa. launchpad. net / firerabbit / ppa / ubuntu intrepid main. 


deb http://ppa. launchpad. net / gnome-terminator / ppa / ubuntu intrepid main. 
deb-src http://ppa. launchpad. net / gnome-terminator / ppa / ubuntu intrepid main. 


deb http://ppa. launchpad. net / bzr / ppa / ubuntu intrepid main. 
deb-src http://ppa. launchpad. net / bzr / ppa / ubuntu intrepid main. 

Learn much from. this list.
search Page. PPA packages available.
If you know the whereabouts of other repositories, accomplish your goal, please, in comments.

Asus P320 - new communicator with GPS navigation

At the exhibition held in Hannover CeBIT, Asus company announced a new model 2. 5G device equipped with a GPS receiver - P320. New product is positioned as an entry- level and was formerly known as Galaxy Mini.
Specs:.
GPS receiver chipset SiRFStar III.
Quad-band GSM module (850/900/1800/1900).
GPRS and EDGE.
Processor TI OMAP 850, 200MHz.
TFT LCD display, 320x240 pixels.
128MB ROM.
64MB of RAM.
Bluetooth 2. 0.
Mini USB port.
MicroSD expansion slot.
2 megapixel camera.
Windows Mobile 6. a Professional.

Online model is expected in April or May of this year, and its cost will be about 300 Euro.

Phone I-NOVO I- 701 - a classic and functional

Phone I- 701 from the company I-NOVO, suitable adherents of classical style, which is equally important combination of design, functionality and technical innovations. That is, our device meets these requirements. Mobile phone I- 701, made ​​in the form factor of ' candy bar ', dressed in a quiet silver- black ' clothing ', and some restraint animates their bright two-inch CSTN- display with a resolution of 128x160 pixels. Device operates in GSM 900/1800 MHz.

It should be noted that the phone is stylish, handsome, and even a polyglot - he ' speaks ' in many languages ​​, including Chinese, English, Arabic, French, Russian, Thai and Vietnamese. He was not deprived of the advantages and multimedia. Potential buyers will appreciate the high quality 1.3- megapixel camera, the ability to play music and video in most popular MP3 and MP4, and support for video recording and voice messages. The cost of the device with the ability to purchase in Russia: 4000 rubles.

CES- 2008: Sharp introduced a handheld computer with a rotating display

The first mention of the new development firm Sharp, PDA PV250, appeared in August of last year. Then it was known only that the device has control of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). At the last exhibition CES- 2008, we again heard and even seen this phone. He acquired additional names - Sidekick 4 or Shuriken. It turned out that PV250 is a moderately compact handheld form-factor ...

This unusual feature makes it more versatile PDA. Novelty has a full qwerty-keyboard, the thickness of which - only 18 mm. In the device has a 1.3 megapixel camera, headphone jack, and memory expansion slot for flash card standard microSD. Display size is 3 inches. While this is all that society Sharp said its new product. There is still no known date of start of sales PV250, no price for it.

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A device for reading electronic books from the company Pandigital Novel

Novel is a new product on the market of readers from the company Pandigital. This device, as it is intended for reading electronic books, and is equipped with a 7- inch color touchscreen TFT-screen with a resolution of 600 × 800 pixels. The device is equipped with support for purchase and download books from the online store Barnes.

Other specifications of the new reader no less remarkable. In particular, full of his equipment includes 1 GB of integrated memory and slot for flash card MMC / SD, Controller Wi-Fi, e-mail client application for viewing photos and video clips, music player, web browser, virtual QWERTY- klaviaturua and .

Hewlett-Packard Co and WebOS

In the near future WebOS operating system will be used not only in mobile devices, but in most of these PCs. This information is voiced by representatives of Hewlett-Packard Company in the presentation of their smartphones Pre 3, Veer and TouchPad Tablet. Also, the report said of the desire to bring to market printers with advanced networking capabilities running WebOS, and some of the ...

As Hewlett-Packard digging means by the term ... To date, no exact data on the timing of the presentation of advanced equipment. While an abstract is well known that the first desktops and laptops with the WebOS on board appear before the end of 2011.