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by npt4279 10y ago
Typically, the investors are the startups own customers. For our most successful $1m raises, we estimate over 70% of the funds are their own community. This makes sense. One good signal of whether you should invest is whether you love the
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by npt4279 10y ago
I'm a founder at Wefunder, and I'm happy to answer any questions about Regulation Crowdfunding. We recently closed $1m each for three different companies. Here are our stats: https://wefunder.com/stats
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by npt4279 10y ago
I created this. I'm happy to answer any questions about it!
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Wefunder is hiring engineers to make capitalism more human(wefunder.com)
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Wefunder is hiring startup scouts(wefunder.com)
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by npt4279 10y ago
A Republic works nicely. Many issues are too detailed and complex for referendums. That's why we elect people whose only job is to study those details. Otherwise, we make policy decisions based on who has the best propaganda that inci
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by npt4279 10y ago
Agreed. That's exactly our plan at Wefunder. We're using Regulation Crowdfunding and Regulation A+ to create a new secondary market for riskier ventures. With a few minor Congressional fixes to current laws (including one being vo
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Wefunder is hiring an engineer to help save the American Dream(wefunder.com)
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Show HN: 20 startups to invest $100 in (the law changed)(wefunder.com)
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Silicon Valley: Love it or hate it, equity crowdfunding is here. Embrace it(medium.com)
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Wefunder (YC W13) is hiring – Help capitalism work for everyone again(wefunder.com)
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Wefunder (YC W13) is taking Amtrak across America to fund companies outside SF(wefunder.com)
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The explorer's tragic final quest in the footsteps of Sir Ernest Shackleton(independent.co.uk)
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A open letter to Grandma about Immigration(medium.com)
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by npt4279 11y ago
I don't recall being a user of any .com companies that failed. But I might have been and forgot. I certainly used Paypal and Amazon though. Being a user of the product is a useful tool for separating hype from reality.
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by npt4279 11y ago
That would be a cool idea. But I'm not sure the numbers of founder-CEO companies are large enough to make any conclusive determination. If you are limiting it to tech, I'd think the outliers of Apple, Amazon, and Google would de
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by npt4279 11y ago
Ha! This is the opposite of my hypothesis that I blogged about a few days ago: Founder-CEO's outperform non-founder CEO's. https://medium.com/nick-tommarello/my-strategy-for-investing...
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by npt4279 11y ago
I'd argue nearly any .com reduces friction, adds more credibility, and therefore increases the likelihood of answering those questions. "Why would people come back?" is usually correlated with recruiting awesome co-founders,
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by npt4279 11y ago
That's fair. But the question here is: "Do even 10% feel a different way? Followed by: "Is the tradeoff worth it?" For instance, the author's own web site is standupti.me. It's actually something I might cons
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by npt4279 11y ago
The author did not address pg's point that lacking a .com has the potential to signal weakness... such as among potential investors, potential employees, press, and other influencers (like pg himself). (Yes, there are always exceptions
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by npt4279 11y ago
This was one of the best vacations I have ever taken! I mean, who knew anyone can just go dig up a dinosaur without any training? :)
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Uncovering a Triceratops: Experiment searches for dinosaurs in Wyoming(experiment.exposure.co)
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A Guide to Successful 3D Printing(onshape.com)
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The Fallen of World War II(vimeo.com)
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by npt4279 12y ago
We actually do that too, once a year: http://startupworkaway.herokuapp.com/
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by npt4279 12y ago
Thanks!
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by npt4279 12y ago
Thankfully, I can guarantee that no one who visits will be subjected to high-pressure sales tactics. Because that would be just lame on both sides - founders want to hire people who are excited to work for their startup.
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by npt4279 12y ago
Thanks! I actually think someone should make a business out of this - that would be a cool recruiter! But we're just doing it as a free service to the startups we've funded over at Wefunder.
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by npt4279 12y ago
That dude lost a bet. My secret plan is to one day make that photo famous.
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by npt4279 12y ago
Sure, college students are cool too.

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