buzzthro

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by buzzthro 2y ago
At least my impression is that none of this is malicious or intentional. And my co-founder graduated from an ivy league school and has a FAANG company on their resume as well.
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by buzzthro 2y ago
Thanks for that perspective. We have tried to have conversations about it. But things improve only for a short while. I've even broached the topic of getting a 3rd co-founder to come in and be the CEO who can keep things running smooth
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by buzzthro 2y ago
Pretty much yeah. It definitely has felt like a one man show.
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Ask HN: Working with a Co-Founder with ADHD
1 points by buzzthro 2y ago|9 comments
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by buzzthro 3y ago
Nope. No income right now. But my expected income for 2023 (the first six months I've worked at the very least) puts me outside of MediCal subsidies. Spouse was on my health insurance. She works as a part time government contractor. No
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Health Insurance for bootstrapped founders in the US
2 points by buzzthro 3y ago|3 comments
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Ask HN: What are some liquidity options for a founder before an exit?
1 points by buzzthro 4y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: What are the downstream implications of high dilution during seed round?
3 points by buzzthro 4y ago|1 comments
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by buzzthro 4y ago
Even though I don't quite agree with everything in your postmortem, I do want to thank you for reflecting and sharing your experience. It's not easy to admit mistakes in public and open yourself up for criticism. Cheers!
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by buzzthro 4y ago
Great for whom? Founders? I just looked through the author's bio. It doesn't look like he's created an actual startup. What experience does he base this article on?
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by buzzthro 4y ago
Why would they need to go woo institutional buyers? At 1T they're already probably part of S&P 500 and other standard investment indexes. All the mutual funds, ETFs, pension plans are bought into them.
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by buzzthro 4y ago
Not necessarily. The FAANG stock prices are low right now due the overall market slump (except may be FB or NFLX). They will highly likely bounce back along with the rest of the market in a while. So getting a fat count of RSUs from a FAANG
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by buzzthro 4y ago
I mean, for all we know, those papers could have been cited as "look here's how not to do it or here's how we're different/better". There are positive and negative citations in papers.
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Ask HN: Best ways of distributing market research surveys?
2 points by buzzthro 4y ago|0 comments
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by buzzthro 5y ago
> Are they asking you to choose between salary and equity? Kind of yes. Market rate (I'm also FAANG) with less equity or vice-versa. The equity ceiling is at 10%. The way I'm thinking about it is that given the amount of risk a
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by buzzthro 5y ago
What I've noticed when talking to non-tech co-founders that come with domain expertise/contacts or business chops is that they tend to figure that they can build an MVP and likely find product-market fit through a combination of f
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by buzzthro 5y ago
> Hold on - They are raising funding right now, but planning on bringing you in after fundraising? That's right. > Do you know how much equity they have? How big is this "founders pool" of equity? They're saving ap
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Ask HN: How much equity to accept as the sole tech co-founder in this case?
11 points by buzzthro 5y ago|12 comments