formosa

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   by formosa 15y ago

   An interesting exercise would be to leak your idea just to see how everyone fails or succeeds while you build your own version. This would obviously only work if you had an inherent advantage in the market though haha.
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   by formosa 15y ago

   Great article. I've found myself doing this in the past. I'd tell people how and what I did but there's always an unexpected turn that happens. I leave out that bit because its something I earned through sweat and tears when talking abou
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   by formosa 15y ago

   This is one of James' better posts. The best tidbit was probably how the douche in the series is smart enough to always leverage and position himself as an intermediary through social interaction.
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   by formosa 15y ago

   If you've developed it to the point of product and seed funding, then you can justify holding out equity pretty easily. I would suggest that you offer a third. You need to be generous because if they're going to be a co-founder then you'r
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   by formosa 15y ago

   I'd be careful about finding a "co-founder" half-hazardously. I've experienced a number of partnerships and they more often than not - end badly. Workload is hard to share even if you have similar skill sets because you'll have different g
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   by formosa 15y ago

   I'd suggest you using skype there's a ton of free software that lets you do the same. But honestly, I'd suggest doing a real video for your application to make sure it has a higher production quality. A lot of times it isn't what you say b