ig1

10 ms·

91.
by ig1 9y ago
Building a small boot-strapped company vs a funded company is in a large part dictated by market and product rather than by individual intention. If you try to build a funded company in a space that can't sustain one you will struggle,
92.
by ig1 9y ago
That doesn't really make sense from the VC perspective. At seed a startup normally has a much cheaper valuation so the VC can get the equity stake they want at a much cheaper price. VCs can also take a board seat at seed level (most do
93.
by ig1 9y ago
Unless it's changed in recent versions Excel isn't threadsafe, so using realtime updates is something that works 99.9% of the time and blows up the other time leaving no evidence behind it when it comes to audit.
94.
by ig1 9y ago
Unfortunately it's still more common than you think. The other day I actually ran across some AWS docs which suggest you send your AWS root key id in the url of http requests: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AlexaWebInfoServ
95.
by ig1 9y ago
Responsible disclosure is pretty much a security industry concept, it's not something that most developers know about, complaining on Twitter is probably what an average person would do. Although for what it's worth last time I re
96.
by ig1 9y ago
Most of the difference is down to currency variation and working conditions (e.g. most UK companies give 25-30 days holiday). If you benchmark it within country by comparing the ratio median dev salary/median salary there's not a
97.
by ig1 9y ago
It's standard practice for cleaning/home-maid services and a number of food delivery services (e.g. Abel and Cole) already do this. It's just a matter of trust and reliability.
98.
by ig1 9y ago
In many countries such practices are illegal because they're considered exploitative.
99.
by ig1 9y ago
Have you considered asking the directors who love your product to become angel investors?
100.
by ig1 9y ago
If you take any amount of VC money the expectation is that you're going for >$1bn exit. Also remember that the Series of the investment doesn't necessarily reflect the stage of the company but rather the number of rounds of inv
101.
by ig1 9y ago
Yep, local councils have that power. In London this is granted to them under Local Government Act 1985 (Schedule 8, 14/1); not sure about outside London though.
102.
by ig1 9y ago
You'll get the same treatment with the anti-fraud/kyc team at any bank. It's standard procedure to not disclose reasoning because it essentially helps fraudsters/criminals avoid checks. There can also be legal restrictio
103.
by ig1 9y ago
If you want to learn more about the history what you want to look for is "Blue Sky Laws" there's a brief history here: http://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?artic... The context was unso
104.
by ig1 9y ago
It's important to note that ICOs are a mechanism rather than a financial instrument and it's the nature of the underlying financial instrument that generally influences the legality. For example if it's used as pre-sale (i.e.
105.
by ig1 9y ago
It sounds like you need better accounting software, it should be trivial to use your accounting software to keep track of this information. Presumably whoever does your financial projections has this info in a spreadsheet as well ? (e.g so
106.
by ig1 9y ago
Why not use Google Speech API ?
107.
by ig1 9y ago
Typically the trade-off is how much money you want. Once you're an established company you can probably borrow around ~20% of your revenue while an equity investor will typically be putting in 3x-5x your revenue.
108.
by ig1 9y ago
Pedigree/track Record doesn't have to mean tech startups, deep experience in the industry vertical also counts. If you look at say startups serving the oil/gas industry they're mostly founded by founders with industry ba
109.
by ig1 9y ago
I think you misunderstand what is meant by networks. VCs constantly meet new people but generally it's people recommended by their current network or sourced by outbound research rather than people who cold email.
110.
by ig1 9y ago
Outside of a major startup hub you're probably better off finding local investors or relocating. The single biggest bottleneck at any VC firm is the partner's time. If the partner has to fly out to meet you (multiple times during
111.
by ig1 9y ago
Our general policy as a company is to ask for references and also to ask permission to get other references from within our network (obviously excluding anyone who works at current employer).
112.
by ig1 9y ago
In London €100K is roughly the ballpark I'd expect a salaried senior engineer or data scientist to earn or more generally any VP level role at a mid-tier startup. If you're contracting a mid-level engineer can normally command ~50
113.
by ig1 9y ago
We don't do remote but we can sponsor work visas.
114.
by ig1 9y ago
500Startups still have serious questions to answer regarding how they handled this whole process as it seems to indicate deeper problems than just one person. Most critically they need to address the claims ( https://twitter.com&#
115.
by ig1 9y ago
Data Scientist/Quant | MarketInvoice | London, UK (we've hired two people from HN in the past) https://www.marketinvoice.com/ We're looking to hire an experienced data scientist who can take the lead in build
116.
by ig1 9y ago
I feel deeply uncomfortable on 500 Startups positions on this ( https://500.co/making-changes-at-500/ ) for four reasons: 1) 500Startups considered these issues to be serious enough to remove McClure from his role but di
117.
by ig1 9y ago
You're making a common mistake among tech people that ad optimisation is worthless. Ad optimization has reduced the cost of customer acquisition for millions of businesses. In the bad old days you just had to buy a billboard or tv spot
118.
by ig1 9y ago
We can't support remote working, we can help with relocation/visas.
119.
by ig1 9y ago
Data Scientist/Quant | MarketInvoice | London, UK (we've hired two people from HN) https://www.marketinvoice.com/ We're looking to hire an experienced data scientist who can take the lead in build out our cre
120.
by ig1 9y ago
As far as I know AirBnB isn't restricted to private homes other than in specific cites which have legal restrictions, non-residential premises are allowed (on the listing you link to in question it's marked as a B&B rather tha

More ›