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Cody Harrison

San Diego, CA

Entrepreneur, waste-to-value specialist, sustainability consultant w/ 9 years experience. I've been the General Manager of a synthetic biology startup, worked residential energy efficiency from bottom to top, and have helped design and fabricate tools for regenerative living including housing, industrial machinery, and agricultural systems. Now I want to build a regenerative city of at least 10,000 people.

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Renewable Energy

I have been GM of an alt. energy/cleantech company for the past year, working to develop a microgrid in CA, plus 5 years of research into renewables

Water & Wastewater

I have spent the past year as GM of a wastewater-to-value company and during that time have learned a lot about wastewaters of various kinds. I also have some experience with landscape design, permaculture, sustainable housing, agriculture etc., all of which yield useful knowledge when it comes to water.

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What are my options if I don't want to use my home address in the US as my business address for my startup?

There are also services like http://www.intelligentoffice.com/ that allow you to use their address as your professional address. They also provide secretarial services such as phone answering. I found their prices to be a bit expensive but for some companies a professional address is more important than for others.

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Is cold mailing/calling dead?

In my experience the sorts of "hard core" cold calling campaigns you are talking about are indeed ineffective. I prefer to cold call/mail only select individuals that I want to work with. When there is a genuine interest in talking to that person it is much easier to build up rapport with that person and develop a relationship. Often times for me these conversations don't lead to a sale but they are still valuable to me both personally and professionally.

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Cody Harrison answered

Buying shares of an early startup : What are the things to consider?

Without more details it is tough to answer specifically. But you should ask yourself can you stand to completely lose the amount of money you are investing? Is the startup engaged in something you are passionate about? Is it purely a financial decision and you are looking for a strong ROI or do you have other reasons for investing?

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What's the best approach to bringing a new founder into the business? How do we determine the right cash/equity/salary split?

One thing that I'm looking at for a current project I'm working on is sweat equity. While we won't have cash to pay people in the near term, we can allow them to earn equity at a rate commensurate with their skills and the value they bring to the table. This way they can "buy-in" doing what they do best and have the opportunity to build equity over time.

As for valuation, while not all that practically helpful, the old adage something is only worth what someone else will pay for it holds true. If you were to sell the company right now what do you think you could get for it?

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Member since January 2015