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by anotherfounder 6y ago
I'm so glad she wrote this, and that she named names! As a female founder (not black though), we went through a similarly congnitively dissonant process. A-List investors who would publicly talk about supporting female founders would b
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by anotherfounder 7y ago
https://www.atrium.co/inside-atrium/the-future-of-atrium/ For someone who has spent so much telling founders to cut buzzwords and speak in plain and simple English, this blog post by Justin Kan is something specia
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by anotherfounder 7y ago
Bunch on Twitter, this is an example: https://twitter.com/EricaJoy/status/1136061641441681408
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by anotherfounder 7y ago
curious as well, seems cryptic!
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by anotherfounder 7y ago
Didn't they just lay off a significant percentage of their staff?
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by anotherfounder 7y ago
I agree with this problematic way of focusing on only a particular kind of artist. It is also my beef with the word 'creator' as used online, which is, designers and graphic artists with a spattering of Youtubers.
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by anotherfounder 7y ago
I'm a little unclear if they launched but didn't see engagement or traction or if the projections didn't match the cost to develop it. Anyone else has a clearer idea? I'm also curious if this was Patreon + Discovery or a
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by anotherfounder 8y ago
I don't know if I'd recommend them. We had a really hard time trying to switch to them. We were with Seed which closed down and they offered a "seamless" migration to Azlo. We kept getting automated emails from them abou
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by anotherfounder 8y ago
I was under the impression that more and more founders (and even investors) are speaking out against the idea of legal fees paid by the founders. Is that only at the seed stage and acceptable at Series A?
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by anotherfounder 8y ago
How many of those readers would know that you have to create an account and then know to turn it on?
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by anotherfounder 8y ago
Thanks for engaging! To clarify my point, I do think that a the process was followed, and it did lead to some good points but if a process is taking 4+ years to launch something relatively simple (compared to what other companies with sim
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by anotherfounder 8y ago
I feel like this is some dystopian alternate reality post. It took 4 years to release a hover popup! Take that in for a second. And the post seems extremely proud, and self-congratulatory about it. From the post: > Our initial version w
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by anotherfounder 9y ago
I guess another question I have is how does the React or the Redux team see this playing with Redux. Dispatch returns promises but then the cache is the redux store itself - so would the fetcher read from the store possibly?
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by anotherfounder 9y ago
This is pretty amazing, kudos to the React team! Just hope that SSR isn't an afterthought with this feature. That is probably been my only little grouse with the React team that SSR compatibility is always a 'Not sure, someone sho
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by anotherfounder 9y ago
I said this in another comment but it seems like these cases are assuming a long time passing between the SAFE and the priced round. Not sure if DelaneyM and pmcaffey are referring to that. If SAFE is a way to start what would be a priced r
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by anotherfounder 9y ago
It seems like in cases where the companies aren't able to raise a round, they are probably not going to work out. At that stage, the point seems moot given the SV mantra of this being a 'a game of outliers'. Also, if there is
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by anotherfounder 9y ago
This could get tricky. I imagine, at some point when you feel the round is closing, you'd want to set some terms/valuation and ensure that the biggest investor (or most/all of the investors) feel good about that.
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by anotherfounder 9y ago
It seems like a hidden element that we aren't talking about which really might affect everyone's reference points is the time duration between SAFE and priced rounds. For a lot of people, I see the difference being the start of th
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by anotherfounder 9y ago
I'm unclear on how the cap would be a starting point? To DelaneyM & pcmaffey's point, it then becomes a proxy for price, so you've effectively set a valuation. Would it be more appealing if you the round was closed in the
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by anotherfounder 9y ago
This makes a lot of sense, and is also my preferred route. Have you had any feedback or pushback on this route yet? I am also curious how the reactions differ from Angels to MicroVCs to Seed Funds.
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by anotherfounder 9y ago
Do you foresee YC Safe equivalent of Series A docs? One that standardizes the terms, and reduces the time/price in the process?
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by anotherfounder 9y ago
Was the priced one a priced Seed or priced A? And how much later? What had changed by then?
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by anotherfounder 9y ago
Also, healthcare isn't truly a free market since there are no free agent buyers. So, you'd have to define that phrase 'truly free market health care'.
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by anotherfounder 9y ago
Appreciate the reply, thanks! Any thoughts on my other question at the top of the thread - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14746570
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by anotherfounder 9y ago
If you are not brought up in the tradition of SV startups, it is far harder than one can imagine. I've worked here and still get confused with the variation in terminology, requirements and preferences. I've a lot of empathy for a
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by anotherfounder 9y ago
I see. So, the choice is essentially : A: <Capital> from which the startup can pay legal fees OR B: <Capital> + <Legal Fees> where the Capital is probably less as VC firm is probably accounting for Legal fees separately. E
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by anotherfounder 9y ago
It really seems short-sighted, since the focus should be on making sure companies have enough runway, comfortable and focused on product. For an early stage startup, $25K- $60K can be an extra part-time/full-time (depending on location
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by anotherfounder 9y ago
By pushing it out on startups that are supposed to be conservative with spending, and investing only on the product? Seems extremely short-sighted.
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by anotherfounder 9y ago
And why is that cost on the founders? Is that true for your investments as well?
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by anotherfounder 9y ago
So, for founders raising let's say, a seed round (with a Series A 18 months down the line), is the recommendation still raise on SAFE (with some cap and/or discount), and then price it at A? It would be useful for the founder comm

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