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by obelix 17y ago
jhancock - thanks a lot for your suggestion. That is what I am trying to do as well.
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Ask HN: Startup co-founder doing consulting on the side, IP issues
3 points by obelix 17y ago|4 comments
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Creating a startup is an endurance sport(blog.anands.net)
1 points by obelix 17y ago|0 comments
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by obelix 18y ago
As someone who quit my job 4 months ago to co-found my first startup (not funded yet), this essay is chicken soup. Thanks PG.
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by obelix 18y ago
Thanks, I have emailed them already. Appreciate your reply.
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Ask HN: Does anyone know how to get back into facebook?
3 points by obelix 18y ago|2 comments
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by obelix 18y ago
Good luck Owen. I hope one day we will know the real story of how Digg was born and created :).
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by obelix 18y ago
Equinix went through a 32:1 reverse stock split. The founders pretty much got wiped out of its stock. http://sec.edgar-online.com/2003/05/15/0001012870-03-002591/... In his own words: "Well, to clarify, I still provide consulting to Equi
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by obelix 18y ago
Man, I really wish Jay Adelson gets his big pay day soon. [And Sean Parker too].
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by obelix 18y ago
Genius. That bottle of champagne was awesome too!
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by obelix 18y ago
Err, post VC funding of Series A. VCs take 50% of the company, so you are talking 25% of the rest?
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Ask HN/YC: Early stage startup, equity for a non executive co-founder
1 points by obelix 18y ago|2 comments
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by obelix 18y ago
No please. The comments here on TC articles is very interesting. The comments on TC often are trolling and add no value.
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by obelix 18y ago
ok, am I the only one getting a bit annoyed about 37 signals rant about their mode is the best in the world and no one elses? They don't have to rant daily about this. For every successful Thai restaurant, I can show you 4 that failed [or
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by obelix 18y ago
After reading this rant and listening to his talk in startup school, is DHH drinking too much of his own kool-aid? [I live in SF bay area and work in VC funded startups] I mean life is not just 37 signals? At some point in time, he has to
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by obelix 19y ago
I have a MBP [pre penryn, btw, amazon sells it now for $1520 after rebate, which is what I bought, not refurbished]. I also have a Thinkpad T42. I use the ThinkPad for 'work' and MBP for personal coding. I prefer the MBP for almost every a
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by obelix 19y ago
I wish it was that easy to get a work visa to come into US :(. As PG said in one of the essays about why Silicon Valley is special, immigration is one area where it falls flat. Getting a work visa is next to impossible these days. You app
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by obelix 19y ago
My application got rejected. May be I shouldn't have said my company's name :).
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by obelix 19y ago
Got it. Good luck with your startup. I read Jessica Livingston's 'Founders at work' and the story of many co-founders is very similar to what you said.
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by obelix 19y ago
Yes, I was paid very well. I loved the team. And I am now at peace with the equity part as well. They earned every single bit of their equity for the risk they took. I was responding to ojbyrne's comments that being a founder is not all
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by obelix 19y ago
Isn't equity a big deal? I was employee #2 in a just funded startup. I ended up busting my ass the whole time only to realize that my equity was a fraction of what the founders took in. IMHO, if you do a startup, do it as a founder, or jo