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Matt, Claire and Will dive into what they think the season is going to look like. Who is going to be MVP? Can we win the West? Find out in this episode of Pound the Talk.
The NBA has no chill — we were talking MVP race the first week of the season. Which is way too early. However, now teams are more than halfway through the season and we have seen enough games, we have enough data to start discussing who is the frontrunner for the NBA's end-of-season awards. Is it James Harden or Giannis Antetokounmpo for MVP? Can anyone challenge Luka Doncic for Rookie of the Year? It's a deep field for Coach of the Year, but is Mike Budenholzer the front runner and can Doc Rivers, Dave Joerger or someone else catch him? Kurt Helin and Dan Feldman of NBC Sports talk about their picks at this point of the season and who is in the running long term.
Today’s question: Today’s question comes from Jason. I have a contractor who’s building a mobile app for my startup and he’s willing to accept 50 percent equity for his work. I’m short on cash so this is an attractive offer to me. What are your thoughts? Jake’s answer: I strongly believe that you do not want to give equity to a contractor. Your equity at your startup should be treated as gold because it is in such limited quantity. In the early stages, the equity is worth so much that you should be incredibly protective of every slice of pie you give away. Anytime you give equity to someone (contractor or otherwise) you are creating a smaller pie that can grow and be given to investors. Running the equity numbers In this specific scenario, it can be attractive to give equity because it helps save on development costs. In this case, 50 percent equity is in no way equal to a $6k discount on the development work. Instead of giving equity, you should do what you can to scrape together the $6k and then resume development. Not only should you not give them 50 percent, you should really rethink giving them any equity at all. $500k in seed capital would make even 5 percent equity worth way more than the $6k discount. If the development was going to cost $50k then it may be more attractive to give the 5 percent equity in exchange for the work. But if you are going to spend that much on development then there are probably other questions you need to ask yourself. Do you really need to build a $50k MVP? Can you get away with doing less to start with? This is an important part of the initial development process. If you can strip back development then you should. Equity won’t make people more invested When you give equity to someone you are entering into a long-term relationship with them. It has a big impact on your startup and how much your valuation is, your cap table, etc. Equity does not necessarily make someone more invested in the work they do for the startup. They care about the money they make and the amount you give is not going to make them more invested. Rather than equity, you could do a deal that is more of a revenue share because that will make them more invested, as the success of the business will be directly related to the amount of money they make in both the short- and long-term. Ask your own question Got questions about startups and/or startup culture? We’ve got answers. Head over to LaunchChat.io and record your own question to have it featured on the show. Join our mastermind for Startup Founders Join our free Facebook Group for founders working to build, launch, & scale together with the help of our startup experts at Launchpeer! Get more details and join the club at Launchpeer.club. Launch Recipes Book Our team is writing a book and it’s nearly ready to ship. We profiled 40 of the biggest startups of the 21st Century and documenting how they scaled their businesses. If you want to claim your free book, visit LaunchRecipes.com. Stay in touch Ask your own question Follow Jake Twitter Check out Jake’s articles Medium Jake’s personal site Check out Launchpeer Follow Launchpeer on Twitter
San Antonio Spurs guard Danny Green joins the pod to set the record straight about the team meeting with Kawhi, how the Spurs are gameplanning with him out, and what it's like getting yelled out by Pop. Chris breaks down his Top 5 coaches of all time. Then on Knockdown J, would you give Kawhi the super max? Is James Harden the unanimous MVP? Can the Sixers make it to the Finals?
What does the Texans and Browns QB situation look like after the Osweiler trade? Is LeBron the real MVP? Can the Giants and Bucs contend after strengthening their receiving corps?