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by loumf 12y ago
VCs don't put all of their eggs in one basket, but they want to put them very specific baskets. They are not looking for you to manage their portfolio. I would think of them as investing in a team focussed on solving a problem in a ma
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by loumf 12y ago
Yes -- cost is pretty much the main concern at scale. The best thing to do is to have a revenue model that makes you not have to care about that. Then, if it make sense at some point to try to reduce that cost, you can replace it.
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by loumf 12y ago
I've used Parse and would do so again -- I also use other stuff. They are excellent for getting up quickly and "it depends" on whether they are ok for scaling. Personally, I worry about fixing that when/if it happens.
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by loumf 12y ago
I don't recommend you try to do this without networking. I was successful at getting projects from a big company, but I don't think blind applications would have worked. That being said, I will try to explain the process that on
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by loumf 12y ago
You can use most of the ones you use for Mac, but you have to set up a proxy so that the device traffic goes to your computer. Charles supports this directly. http://www.charlesproxy.com/documentation/faqs/using-c
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by loumf 12y ago
logs -- perhaps they hired a security firm to do periodic audits.
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by loumf 12y ago
http://applinks.org from Facebook is an open-standard. The source is open and I believe you can run your own server to translate links.
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by loumf 12y ago
Not having a cofounder is a sign that you are not making something people want. The solution is to make something people want and get better at communicating that this is true.
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by loumf 12y ago
I have absolutely no experience with YC applications and know almost nothing about the teams that got in. Given that -- my take: You are worried about all the wrong things. Instead, you should worry about whether you are making something pe
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by loumf 12y ago
There is research that confirms your intuition, but mostly because it taxes cognitive energy reserves. Even if you can do it quickly or time-box it, it leaves you less able to do hard things. Look for papers by Roy Baumeister, or the book
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by loumf 12y ago
How does a law that limits the government ruin America? Or specifically, how does a law limiting the use of surveillance footage by police ruin America? Why would it require a constitutional amendment? I honestly don't understand your
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by loumf 12y ago
http://sockpuppet.org/blog/2015/03/06/the-hiring-post/ And the HN discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9159557
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by loumf 12y ago
In America, we can make pretty much any law limiting government for any reason we want, or no reason at all. We can get a long way doing that and by definition, limiting government doesn't impact citizen free speech.
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by loumf 12y ago
I'm impressed if it appears that the resume was rewritten for the specific job I am hiring for. That's what I do. What this mainly means is editing and accentuating.
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by loumf 12y ago
The best companies use short assessments to make sure that the long one will likely be successful.
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by loumf 12y ago
1. 100/hr is not 10x pay. I wouldn't change the site, just the tagline. 2. Fix this on your join page "If you're too at the moment, ..." (too busy?) 3. I do not believe you have jobs. If you do, you should explain
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by loumf 12y ago
YC has publicly stated that long-term big visions are exactly what they are looking for. The problem isn't that you need time, it's that the result of waiting won't be big enough to justify it.
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by loumf 12y ago
2.5 million in a well managed (even conservative) portfolio is practically guaranteed to be enough for retirement in 10 years with passive oversight. You would be adding to it with savings as well. I guess if you're hell bent on being
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by loumf 12y ago
If you had $2.5 million cash, would you put it all into one company? Even if you like crazy growth stocks, there's an index fund for that. This is about risk reduction and wealth preservation -- going for expected value maximization i
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by loumf 12y ago
For results in the $X00k range, I think it's easier to just pick more inevitable startups (relatively). I would also say that you should plan to stay through the vesting and event and to only work for market salary. Picking at the Foun
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by loumf 12y ago
Your disclosure rights are in the contract. If you don't like it, don't sign.
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by loumf 12y ago
1. No, and I wouldn't believe them if they did. 2. Nonetheless, they have always delivered more than what was contractually obligated (in the form as a retention bonus at the new company or some other commitment).
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by loumf 12y ago
Can't speak for all companies, but at the three I know about, the employee valuation is the audit (much lower) one. The stock an employee gets is a different class and it's not unusual for different classes to have different pric
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by loumf 12y ago
The stock that the VC owns and the stock that the employee owns are materially different and thus have different values. The kind of stock the employee has is not for sale. It is better for employees if the stock they own (or have options
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by loumf 12y ago
Is it being withheld? Have you asked? Liquidation preferences are mostly there for the low exits -- the VC is trying to stop the founders from making ONE MILLION DOLLARS!!! by just selling it out right away for a low (but still very high f
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by loumf 12y ago
When people resign right after an announcement like that, no one needs to ask why. They are factoring in some attrition -- perhaps they might even want some.
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by loumf 12y ago
That's what the MacBook Pro is for. Pros.
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by loumf 12y ago
Yes. Canada and US have extradition treaties in place. Also, you never know when it could hurt you -- for example a background check could turn it up.
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by loumf 12y ago
Yes, breakfast, (packed) lunch, and dinner for 2 people 7 days a week (eat out for about 3 meals per week). 1. If you do it a lot, you get better at it. 2. Cook in bulk -- I make all lunches for the week at once (mostly salads with a protei
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by loumf 12y ago
Write a nice, professional letter and leave out all of that crap.

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