Comments on: Pigeon power: French startups force government into retreat over equity tax http://gigaom.com/2012/10/05/pigeon-power-french-startups-force-government-into-retreat-over-equity-tax/ Thu, 23 May 2013 17:43:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: mikemoyerd http://gigaom.com/2012/10/05/pigeon-power-french-startups-force-government-into-retreat-over-equity-tax/#comment-1069495 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 10:09:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=570295#comment-1069495 We need a simple model to help us properly slice the pie. It needs to be flexible and fair. By fair I mean it needs to give each founder what they deserve. And by flexible I mean it needs to adapt over time to re-allocate the startup equity so that the distribution stays fair until the fledgling company takes flight. check out Mike Moyer’s book slicing pie it talks about 50/50 share and how to divide it through his grunt calculator.

]]> By: Walter Ebert http://gigaom.com/2012/10/05/pigeon-power-french-startups-force-government-into-retreat-over-equity-tax/#comment-1049110 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 12:37:20 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=570295#comment-1049110 This discussions seems futile to me. Nothing these so-called leaders can do will change what’s in store – and not only for Europe. Any startup will have a chance only if they are capable of utmost flexibility and willingness to react when existing business models falter (they will); whilst crumbling structures are spewing forth new opportunities.
For this of course, the right advisers are paramount, and these are hard to find. We were lucky in coming across the right ones – namely eSolve Capital in Luxembourg, with the wiseman Manfred Haldenwang at the helm

]]> By: Joey Watson http://gigaom.com/2012/10/05/pigeon-power-french-startups-force-government-into-retreat-over-equity-tax/#comment-1045381 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:54:45 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=570295#comment-1045381 Dude really does seem to have a clue!

http://www.TotalAnon.tk

]]> By: Philippe Jeudy http://gigaom.com/2012/10/05/pigeon-power-french-startups-force-government-into-retreat-over-equity-tax/#comment-1044932 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 18:25:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=570295#comment-1044932 Politicians in my country are not really completely comfortable with those “digital waves”. You can interview the guy who did initiate this, he’s a French entrepreneur living in San Francisco. It was actually a kind of joke, and some ambitious entrepreneurs in France knew how to play with this. Not a big danger for startups, don’t worry,

]]> By: blinko http://gigaom.com/2012/10/05/pigeon-power-french-startups-force-government-into-retreat-over-equity-tax/#comment-1044901 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 18:14:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=570295#comment-1044901 @newblek

Yes, and if you really loved your job, you’d do it for free.

]]> By: neublek http://gigaom.com/2012/10/05/pigeon-power-french-startups-force-government-into-retreat-over-equity-tax/#comment-1044617 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:28:23 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=570295#comment-1044617 I for one disagree with the sentiment of this article. It frightens me when progressive Europe starts adopting the bone-headed tax breaks that the US govt. seems to be foolishly in love with. It is a huge mistake for governments to bend to the will of selfish businessmen. A true entrepreneur would be in it for the social gains rather than narrow self interest.

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