talvi

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by talvi 4y ago
This was exactly my thought. I guess it’s possible there’s another answer but it feels like marketing bs
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by talvi 4y ago
When I got kicked out by my cofounder, I kept my shares instead of taking the payout. But we still hadn’t made product market fit and if I had taken the money I would have ended up making the most off of the startup. The two questions to as
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by talvi 4y ago
Lots of good advice on online resources here. To round this out, I’d highly recommend an accelerator as a first time founder. Any accelerator will be able to introduce you to resources and people, but I’d look for a tech stars accelerator n
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by talvi 6y ago
You should read the book that was recommended. Mom Test is about how to talk to customers without doing what you did. It’s also the most practical business book I’ve ever read. It actually tells you how to execute the ideas than just the id
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by talvi 6y ago
How many HN readers are jewelry purchasers? Probably not many. I’m not. I don’t know how to do this but a starting point suggestion is shoot a message to some smallish Instagram influencers that do jewelry stuff and offer them 100 bucks to
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by talvi 6y ago
My own has helped me empathize and help with employees issues. But that doesn’t help with ones own and it has been a struggle personally.
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by talvi 6y ago
What is your profession? What do you want your profession to be?
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by talvi 6y ago
I’d say do the second one as it solves a problem you have. At the very least you get that. Also make sure you set up the business properly so that you are protected personally if the business does break ToS and you’ll learn that process as
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by talvi 6y ago
You’re going to fail so don’t stress so much about finding the perfect thing first. If you want to make a business to replace your job you’ll need to learn how to run a business. So do anything first that you can motivate yourself to do. Se
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by talvi 7y ago
First piece of advice is to make things as easy as possible for others (recruiters, future managers, random online mentors). For example, put the link to your site in here at least, and a link to resume would be good too.
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by talvi 7y ago
Things may be somewhat different in Canada but I’ll try to stay generic so it should fit. Startups are hard to value and they are essentially only valued when someone makes a monetary investment in them. So investor Aardvark puts in 100k an
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by talvi 8y ago
I've been on both sides of this and have done it poorly and well. The best way I've found is this. Talk to your manager first. Communicating via email will send the wrong message and has more of a chance to be misunderstood. Tell
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by talvi 8y ago
Management Books The Five Dysfunctions of a Team - What makes your team not work? Radical Candor - how to treat people without being a jerk or pushhover Tech Books Mythical Man Month - The classic on tech management Phoenix Project - this b