CanadaKaz

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   by CanadaKaz 5y ago

   I was a founder of a fintech startup (Kash) and I've worked with and around Stripe for about a decade now. I think I know more fintech startup founders than the average person. I've literally never heard any of my founder friends
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   by CanadaKaz 9y ago

   This is one of the least helpful things people ever say. A family unit is a unit. Saying I'm putting my company above my marriage is like saying I'm putting my company above my health. This is just terrible; because if you are not
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   Single Founders Shouldn’t Put Marriage Off(medium.com)

   43 points by CanadaKaz 9y ago|54 comments
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   Credit Card Defaults: Disaster Looming?(medium.com)

   3 points by CanadaKaz 9y ago|0 comments
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   Kash (YC S14) is hiring a sales team(withkash.com)

   1 points by CanadaKaz 11y ago
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   Kash Now Offers Faster and Cheaper Alternative to Old Payment Networks(techcrunch.com)

   2 points by CanadaKaz 11y ago|0 comments
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   by CanadaKaz 11y ago

   We ended up splitting the team. We have an office in KW and an office in SF.
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   by CanadaKaz 11y ago

   Sure! Send us an email through the site. I'll look for it.
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   by CanadaKaz 11y ago

   Thanks!
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    by CanadaKaz 11y ago

    In case anyone is looking for an example of an application and a video, here is my company's successful application and video from the S14 batch. http://www.withkash.com/blog/2015/08/27/applying-to-y
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    by CanadaKaz 11y ago

    Thanks! That's part of our business that has evolved over time. Majority of our customers are not restaurants. In fact, we've learned the pain is massive even in e-commerce and for larger traditional retailers.
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    by CanadaKaz 11y ago

    We totally used iPaulGraham for interview prep. It was great to get us in shape for the interview, but none of those q's came up in our interview.
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    YC Applications Open Today, Our Successful Application and Video(withkash.com)

    20 points by CanadaKaz 11y ago|4 comments
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    by CanadaKaz 11y ago

    Thanks! Not the worse though! I go by Kaz because when I was in Junior High, the basketball coach spelled my name as Kazday Nejootsian. So you know. Improvement over time!
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    by CanadaKaz 11y ago

    Aaron is right. It's Nejatian. Hi Aaron!
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    The End of Big Banks Is Nigh(huffingtonpost.com)

    1 points by CanadaKaz 11y ago|1 comments
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    Kash is hiring Director of Experience/Design(jobs.lever.co)

    1 points by CanadaKaz 11y ago
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    by CanadaKaz 12y ago

    There are many different explanations floating around. The one I like the most is that it is actually US and that U is placed on top of the S. That's why there are often two vertical lines.
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    Kash (YC S14) Is Hiring Engineers and Account Executives(jobs.lever.co)

    1 points by CanadaKaz 12y ago
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    Kash (YC S14) is hiring engineers to kill the credit card giants(jobs.lever.co)

    1 points by CanadaKaz 12y ago
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    by CanadaKaz 12y ago

    I've never used these guys, but they are a big firm and if your equity is worth a lot you may want to consider them: http://www.kattenlaw.com/employmentlaw I can't recommend them other than to say that it is a fai
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    by CanadaKaz 12y ago

    usual legalese: I am a lawyer, but I am not your lawyer. I'm no longer practicing. You need to get yourself a lawyer ASAP. Where are you located?
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    by CanadaKaz 14y ago

    Amount depends on VC, Angel, or Incubator stream. (There are three streams.) The reason we did it this way is because we think gov't is bad at picking good start-ups and that VCs, Angels, and Incubators are better. The funding is minimal. (
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    by CanadaKaz 14y ago

    Yeah. The wait sucks. I am with you. But the instances of marriage fraud used to be as high as 50% from some offices. Investigators were finding people selling books on how to dupe Canadians into marriage and ghost consultants selling whole
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    by CanadaKaz 14y ago

    In the past year, basically every single immigration program to Canada has changed. Here is the changes on the main economic class: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/releases/2012/...
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    by CanadaKaz 14y ago

    Happy to answer questions here re this. I worked for the gov't on this file before starting my own company. The VC funds that sponsor are subject to internal and peer review audit.
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    by CanadaKaz 14y ago

    Good luck!
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    by CanadaKaz 14y ago

    I've been using ODesk for about a month to outsource some fairly basic HTML and SQL work. I have found that most (not all) of the developers fall into three categories. 1. There are agencies, usually in Eastern Europe for some reason, tha