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Wefunder (YC W13) is hiring a growth hacker. Interview in Hawaii(wefunder.com)
1 points by npt4279 13y ago
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by npt4279 13y ago
Good catch. He meant gross margin. I'll see that it is fixed.
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Wefunder (YC W13) is looking for a visual designer (interview in Greece)
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Startup Workaway III: 16 founders, 10 days, 1 Greek mansion(startupworkaway.com)
14 points by npt4279 13y ago|4 comments
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by npt4279 14y ago
You're right; we should do a better job of communicating this. Right now, you have to click on the invest button to see the terms, and to further complicate things, many of the startups use the YC VC Fund Note, which delays the setting of
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by npt4279 14y ago
That's my bad. I should have segmented the list to exclude people who were certified as unaccredited. I forgot to do that in the rush of things. I'm sorry for the tease!
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by npt4279 14y ago
We plan to have quality over quantity, so I prefer to see it as democratizing access to investment opportunities. Previously, only the rich even heard about the best investments. We think all Americans should have the opportunity to inves
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by npt4279 14y ago
That is correct. The SEC was told by Congress to implement the entire JOBS Act in January 2013, but they are behind schedule.
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by npt4279 14y ago
Unfortunately, the consequences are too severe to disregard the law. The threat of SEC action will blow up the financing of any startup that raises money illegally.
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Invest in startups that pitched at YC Demo Day(wefunder.com)
40 points by npt4279 14y ago|24 comments
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by npt4279 14y ago
We used state blue sky laws to take a limited number of unaccredited investors legally. We felt it was important to eat our own dog food, and so went through the extra legal hassle. https://wefunder.com/post/16-how-to-legally-crowd-invest
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by npt4279 14y ago
Thanks - we'll consider that.
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by npt4279 14y ago
We'll have a self-service platform which founders can use to fundraise privately. We make it easy to accept investments in about 3 minutes with automated legal docs, e-signature, and ACH payments. But it'll always be highly curated for feat
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Wefunder (YC W13): Invest in Startups(wefunder.com)
140 points by npt4279 14y ago|74 comments
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by npt4279 14y ago
That might be more of an issue with Techstars than being a solo founder (I've been through Techstars as a solo founder. I'm also a YC alum). Techstars has lots of talks, sessions, and pitch practice. YC has almost none of that - one dinner
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by npt4279 14y ago
Thank you for sharing this. Words really can't express how this article made me feel... but it's rare for something I've read on HN to cause me to take a step back and reflect on what's important in life.
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Private firm plans to sell $1.5 billion trips to moon; some experts skeptical(washingtonpost.com)
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by npt4279 15y ago
Best quote in that article, by far. I just gave up trying to fit that in a tweet.
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by npt4279 15y ago
It was $10,000 for 16 people. 10 days. Food and private chef included. That's about it for amenities. You can find great places on http://homeaway.com/
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by npt4279 15y ago
We were surprisingly productive - I create most of escapist.me there. I'd usually wake up at 7am sharp (to the smell of bacon), do something active like waterfall rappelling until around noon, then work until 8pm. But no amazing companies
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by npt4279 15y ago
It depends on how fancy of a place you want to get, and if food is included. Last time, in Costa Rica, we had 16 people in a $4 million dollar mansion with a private chef preparing all our meals. It cost about $10,000.
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by npt4279 15y ago
I think someone else does a 3 month program overseas. That's cool too. We just like the shorter format - it's just enough time to feel mentally refreshed and more creative. Without leaving behind all commitments in the "real world" like t
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by npt4279 15y ago
If you try again, it should work. I had to tweak Apache config files to keep the site up. I don't post much content, but I read HN like 50 times a day, and upvote a lot. :) I post this because I feel it's the coolest thing I do that relev
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by npt4279 15y ago
Disclaimer: The 'organization' is me! Sorry; I didn't see a textfield to put any commentary in, when you submit a URL.
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Startup Workaway II: Thailand. 25 founders. 10 days. 1 kick-ass resort.(startupworkaway.com)
71 points by npt4279 15y ago|34 comments
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by npt4279 15y ago
If you are an accredited investor (i.e., make over $200,000), current law allows you to invest any amount you like. If you are not an accredited investor, you likely can't afford to invest $30,000... so the thinking goes in Congress.
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by npt4279 15y ago
Limiting an individual's investment to a maximum of $1000 goes a long way to making sure Grandma doesn't lose her life's savings. As does the requirement for companies to use an Internet intermediary that performs background checks, verifi
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by npt4279 15y ago
No, it's $500 if you actually get accepted and want to go.
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by npt4279 15y ago
Just to be clear, we're doing this at cost. We're renting a mansion with cooks and servants and stuff. And we own 0% of your IP.
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by npt4279 15y ago
I created Stomp, and I'm one of the organizers of Startup Workaway. Stomp needs much more iteration before it's ready for prime time. I don't want Stomp tech crunched until then, and Startup Workaway is a completely separate project that d

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