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by robhunter 8y ago
2: Not the parent comment, but I was conceived with "anonymous" donor sperm and managed to find my donor two years ago when I was 32. The similarities were shocking - our demeanor, hobbies, body language, method of speaking, and
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by robhunter 8y ago
I disagree very strongly with this. As a YC founder who's raised millions of dollars and employs dozens of people, I got my start - and may not be where I am now - without an unpaid internship.
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by robhunter 8y ago
I don't think you understand how interest rates work. If you look at the repayment schedule in the model, you'll find that Earnest ends up being CHEAPER than 20-30% without the personal guarantees required by a bank: https:/
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by robhunter 8y ago
We could have written this exact paragraph. Terrible experience, terrible service.
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by robhunter 8y ago
Pricing has definitely gotten much worse since you left
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by robhunter 8y ago
"If I end up not being successful at this role in 6 months, why will that have happened? What will have gone wrong and what can we do now to prevent that?"
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by robhunter 8y ago
I think that's a great point - it's less about checking every single one of these boxes and more about knowing what you're getting into.
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by robhunter 8y ago
Are you starting a (venture-scale) company? Learning this language is critical. Are you working for a startup? Becoming more familiar with this language is helpful - you can figure out whether the founders/executives know what they&#
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by robhunter 8y ago
> College education was something only upper class folks could receive (especially a liberal arts degree with dubious value in society) due to it's expense. With the emergence of things like state schools, the barrier became lower.
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How a DNA Testing Kit Revealed a Family Secret Hidden for 54 Years(time.com)
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by robhunter 8y ago
Evaluation?
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by robhunter 8y ago
I enjoyed this as an option and would love to see more companies doing things like this: https://wistia.com/learn/culture/taking-on-debt-to-grow-our-...
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by robhunter 8y ago
I also think this downplays the liquidation preferences that come with taking venture money that also brings dilution. A "billion dollar company" that raised $500M with a 2x liquidation preference will put many fewer dollars into
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by robhunter 8y ago
About 15% of the US population is "food-insecure" as defined by the USFDA. That's 40,000,000 people.
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by robhunter 8y ago
Wasn't a significant amount of the VC money for Buffer allocated to founder liquidity?
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by robhunter 8y ago
Real question - what is the history of the SAT? It has essentially created a toll tax on every student attempting to enter college/university in the US. Is it a private company?
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by robhunter 8y ago
When you were at $4M-$6M in revenue, but not growing, what was your retention like? Were you adding new users but churning out so many that growth was flat? Or were you not adding new users, but retaining the ones you already had?
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by robhunter 8y ago
You could, put it's not the way the health department works - I've owned a number of businesses that require a health inspection both at setup and randomly. Takes hours each time with lots of paperwork.
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by robhunter 8y ago
Do you have any sources for what you're saying? I have read dozens of examples of lemonade stands being shut down because of the lack of a business license. I have not read any mentioning health code non-compliance. FWIW - you put wate
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by robhunter 8y ago
Make fewer posts on social media about how you’re feeling at that moment in time
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by robhunter 8y ago
Vast majority of that revenue is from job postings
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by robhunter 9y ago
I'd be interested in hearing more about why you are a bike advocate?
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by robhunter 9y ago
When I filled out the form, I noticed there were a few "free response" fields - do they factor into the recommendations? What's done with the free-response answers?
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by robhunter 9y ago
Front is probably the most valuable SaaS tool our team has. When I told our CS team about the Series B, they said “Good. They deserve it. We would cry without it.” Front was transformational for our CS department and I would highly recommen
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by robhunter 9y ago
Are they not just buying common stock or Series Seed/A/B stock from existing investors? I'm under the impression this is a totally different class of stock than the $70B valuation round? Common stock at a $49B valuation is en
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by robhunter 9y ago
Implanting 3-4 3-day embryos is quite rare these days. Most doctors now do 5-day blastocysts, and insert only 1-2 (many insurance companies will only cover 1 at a time). The "4 babies at a time" concern is now very rare. - Guy w
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by robhunter 9y ago
You’re making my point for me. $10K won’t make much of a difference in the final outcome. $10K can make a massive difference in alleviating personal stress levels - and have limited marginal benefit for a founder with fewer expenses. Any fo
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by robhunter 9y ago
I think you’re too focused on kids, specifically, when the real point is paying each founder enough to minimize personal stress for their individual situation (and not much more than that). Could be kids. Could be IVF treatments. Could be
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by robhunter 9y ago
If you're having conflicts with your co-founders about a nominal difference in salary ($10K to $20K), I'd suggest that perhaps it's a sign that you're likely to encounter more frequent conflicts down the road about thing
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by robhunter 9y ago
I don't think he was asking for a breakdown of what goes into the cost - I think the point is that most reasonable people would conclude that $1,000+/month spent on personal training very much qualifies as extravagant spending.

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