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The Last 20%(twitter.com)
3 points by abeaclark 7mo ago|0 comments
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Four Tests for Choosing a Cofounder(abeclark.substack.com)
2 points by abeaclark 4y ago|0 comments
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Interchange: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow(abeclark.substack.com)
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Are Fintech Plug-Ins The Future?(abeclark.substack.com)
2 points by abeaclark 5y ago|0 comments
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by abeaclark 5y ago
These are all great action items and I completely agree. One topic I've heard a lot is the fact that impostor syndrome is often stronger for women. This is impacts their willingness to apply for jobs that list certain qualifications, f
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Analysis of 13,000 founders on YC's co-founder matching(abeclark.substack.com)
3 points by abeaclark 5y ago|2 comments
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VC Website Command Line(root.vc)
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A Rubric to Evaluate Non-Technical Co-Founders(abeclark.substack.com)
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by abeaclark 5y ago
Thanks for these links. Really helpful. Curious if you're seeing technology businesses leverage Zapier? For some reason I've always assumed that's for places without a real dev team.
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by abeaclark 5y ago
I have seen cryptography on some webhooks, but after doing about 30+ integrations at my old company, most were very basic / no auth. Maybe it's a standards thing. Perhaps if there were a standard for webhook format / security
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Ask HN: What Comes After Webhooks?
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by abeaclark 5y ago
Great comic! There are definitely ppl out there like this. I have a rubric of sorts I use to rank people and ideas. This makes it very easy to avoid the dilbert scenario. Some of these people are very advanced (have contracts / LOIs, M
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by abeaclark 5y ago
The catalyst for me was joining a couple of communities. The best for me was Cambrian ( https://www.cambrianhq.com/ ) because I am generally interested in fintech. Another option could be to sign up for YC Startup school ( ht
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by abeaclark 5y ago
Yes, as the previous responder mentioned, finding the right community is the first step. But tbh, it's much harder than it feels like it should be. I think places like Human Capital or OnDeck are taking a cool hands-on approach to this
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by abeaclark 5y ago
I wish I did, but it's not my domain of focus. I've heard good things about OnDeck, but I'm not sure how much biotech is there.
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by abeaclark 5y ago
Yes, agreed completely. If you are looking to be a cofounder, "founding engineer" is far from it.
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by abeaclark 5y ago
Yes, this is an unfortunate truth. This is why I limited the meetings to 30min and made sure to ask explicitly about what they are looking for. If they phrase it as "early employee" or "head of eng" or anything other tha
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by abeaclark 5y ago
Yes, agreed with this sentiment. "Clearly a problem!" was vague and not the best wording. My hope is to see that number increase. Not the right post to explore it, but I'd love to help!
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by abeaclark 5y ago
Yes, I think this is very common. I'm very opposed to the idea that founders need to eat ramen for 4+ years when raising venture money, and I think VCs are slowly warming up to that fact. But, yes, you will take much less salary than a
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by abeaclark 5y ago
Thanks! I definitely agree with this. I feel fortunate to have met a few people that seem like they could be a great fit, but we are still early. It takes time and working together to really ensure a great cofounder pair. The experiment wil
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by abeaclark 5y ago
Yes, cofounder and first dev is a huge difference in equity. Strange that it works this way, but it does. Like 40% down to 2%
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by abeaclark 5y ago
Completely agree. Building tech is only half (maybe less than half?) of the equation. Bringing on the right business partner is crucial.
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by abeaclark 5y ago
Yeah - I considered this. There were probably 10% of people I could tell that wouldn't lead anywhere. Some of it was trying to not allow my own biases to cloud things. Some of it was hoping to offer a hand up to others who may not get
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by abeaclark 5y ago
Yes 100%. By the end of the week especially. Probably not the perfect setup. In retrospect, I should have baked in some breaks. I didn't expect such a response and suddenly looked at my calendar and was like....ooooo dang. :)
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by abeaclark 5y ago
It was super painful tbh. I am so glad I had 0 meetings the following week. It took a bit to rebound. But honestly much nicer to just get it done and move on.
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by abeaclark 5y ago
This is a common misconception. If someone says they want to bring you in as a cofounder, they almost always will think of you as a significant equity partner.
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by abeaclark 5y ago
There are certainly advantages to both routes. I think there are a lot of business skills that are just as important, possibly even more important than the technical skills. fwiw, my original plan was to be a solo founder. I ended up killin
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70 First Co-Founder Dates(abeclark.substack.com)
80 points by abeaclark 5y ago|85 comments
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Postmortem on My Failed Startup(abeclark.substack.com)
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by abeaclark 5y ago
Isn’t the proxy setup on ethereum a loophole in this tho? You just deploy a new contract and redirect the proxy

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