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by zeph 19y ago
That's what I'd do if I was in that situation... structure it as separate holding companies for the IP or whatever so you can flip each product individually if needed, but don't unnecessarily duplicate resources. Of course you're probably g
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by zeph 19y ago
does anyone know if there is/will be any video or audio to go with these slides? The takahashi-ness of them suggests to me that there might be more in the delivery that we aren't getting with the slides alone...
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by zeph 19y ago
Agreed... The hardest thing is to cast of the PHPisms and Java patterns that you may be used to, a lot of Rails is idiomatic Ruby code, so really knowing Ruby makes it a lot easier to understand.
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by zeph 19y ago
Sometimes people can become overly fixated on what's hidden from them. You say you prefer PHP, but when was the last time you looked at the source code for any of the myriad extensions? Can you explain how mod_php works within apache? Whi
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by zeph 19y ago
not in most startups... I don't see anyone here getting into defence contracting any time soon. Granted, there are some common sense aspects that are slam dunks (c'mon, version control, why wouldn't you use it) but a lot of it still favours
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by zeph 19y ago
If you look at it in really objective terms, what is a fair RoI for the paycut you take? Pick a number, if say you want a 5x return and expect to be there for 2 years, that's $200k you should bank after acquisition. if they go out at $10m
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by zeph 19y ago
nausea and a vague sense of dread...
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by zeph 19y ago
"if I had a cofounder who INSISTED on raising VC, he would have to be DAMN GOOD seller for me to buy into it" The question that has to be asked is "why does he want to raise the VC money?" Unless you need big money up front to build this th
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by zeph 19y ago
the one thing worse than secret ideas are the "like X but for Y" startups... eg "It's like Digg, but for Nerf Herders! We've done the market research, honest!" (sure there are exceptions to the rule; "Google, it's like AltaVista...")
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by zeph 19y ago
mentors are a great thing to have, and good ones are hard to find. It's not someone you bug every time you have a little problem with your code, but someone who's been where you are now and can give you advice over a few drinks after work.
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by zeph 19y ago
Thoughts? That I can't pay the bills with equity perhaps? :) If there's no liquidity event on the near horizon, I have no incentive to even join, let alone stay. Colour me bitter, but if I'm going to work for peanuts, I'd rather do my own
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by zeph 19y ago
I'm looking for what the exit is if you're offering equity, or what the path to profitability is if this is going to be a salaried job. If you can't sell me on your idea and business case, there's no point in talking about 1-4 above.
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by zeph 19y ago
They could also deal with learning that if top hackers wanted to work for mostly equity, they'd be doing their own thing and taking 100% I'm not saying that equity compensation isn't worth considering, just that for every startup that flip
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by zeph 19y ago
wantrepreneurs? they desperately want to see themselves as entrepreneurs, but bring nothing to the table other than self-promotion skills :) I worked for one of those once... these guys sound positively sane compared to that guy.
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Finding Great Dev Talent (edurev.com)
7 points by zeph 19y ago|19 comments
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Is platform selection premature optimisation?(warrenseen.com)
3 points by zeph 19y ago|0 comments