I recently tossed a resume after I looked the applicant up on Twitter and found they were a douche.
I’ve done the same in the past with the neo-feminists. Is that allowed these days?
Would you leave your kids for a few months to join an incubator? Is it different for Mothers vs Fathers?
How should non-tech leads inform themselves?
A project led by non-techies is inching towards making a decision about tech stack options. Listening to various developer suggestions has been useful,…
How does a sole-founder set up a vesting schedule for himself?
Lets say you’ve worked on a product alone for 6-12 months, you have a great prototype. Next, you raise a seed round through SV angels for a $500k…
Any tips for getting an investor across the finish line?
We are getting tantalizingly close with some investors that I really like. It’s taken a few months of courting and a lot of data analysis, but they told…
How to keep yourself motivated?
I started a business as a way to repay debts incurred when the firm I was trading in ran away with all my clients and my money. All my savings. Gone. Skip…
What hope is there for a ex-biz dev/marketing founder as a contractor?
We’re in the process of winding down the business as we’ve officially run out of money and options. Sucks, but such is life. I’ve mourned and now ready to…
How do you alpha/beta test an iOS app?
Do you send it privately to people or list it in the app store and have them download it? How does that process work?
Wiki of software and services for startups?
Is there a comprehensive, up-to-date wiki or list of software and services for startups? I want to know what is available to solve our problems. I often…
Should I be considered a co-founder? Co-creator? Anything more than CTO?
I built our product from the ground up (every single line). Two business founders spent almost 100K in consulting work before I joined to build a…
Should I Re-apply at my Old Accelerator?
Last year, I got selected by a prestigious accelerator. During my time there I learnt a lot in it, and its mentors gave us a big hand improving our…
Chase an Investor?
I knew this guy from my past work. Sometime ago, I told him that I was working on something that I hoped to be a startup someday. So we met recently and…
What kind of predatory investor asks founders to hand over their algorithms before offering a term sheet?!
I wish the anon founder would consider outing the people in question: http://qr.ae/KplIm And somebody needs to create theFunded 2.0 so we can keep track…
Did any founders that attended Mesh conference (Toronto) last year find it useful?
Trying to decide if to go. http://meshconference.com/
Where do i start with learning basic programming?
I’m a first time founder and not a developer, in response to my question “what’s the best way to fill the gaps in my knowledge for a fullstack service?” a…
What’s up with the criminal case against Douglas Tarlow for blackmailing Vinod Khosla’s family?
http://valleywag.gawker.com/billionaire-tech-investor-attacked-in-sext-extortion-pl-1567051745
How the hell did Justin Kan start so many startups in such a short time?
I’ve been following this dude since his online calendaring app Kiko that got eBay-ed to Tucows in 2006 for 250K. Since then this dude has pioneered live…
Where does one go to find Investors?
I have zero connections in this field and wanted to know how does one go about finding investors and or VCs?
How do I justify a business I know is a great idea that won’t be enough to support me.
I think this is something that would really be helpful to those it would service, but I do not know if there is enough beyond a small margin of profit. I…
Do I need a trademark for my web startup?
We’re building a SaaS website and are slowly getting people to use it, however we do not yet make money off of it. We secured an .io domain because the…
Thinking of traveling while I work on my startup
I’m one of those people that are constantly on the move – living and traveling to different cities throughout the year. Current location is NYC and I love…
We’re a big startup in the ed tech space and have raised multiple rounds of money … but for some reason I can’t get small bloggers to write about us. Are the other companies paying to have their products featured on these blogs?
So recently I was put in charge of getting more back links to our product, by appealing to the right bloggers in our ed tech space. I’ve tried so many…
Did Hiten Shah have an episode of manic inspiration in March? Or is this website struggling to find proper experts?
Should I meet with a person to discuss becoming a technical co-founder even if I don’t have time to do this?
I am not trying to be mean or waste the person’s time, but I figure that I can increase my network (founder is from SF). I also have many excuses I can…
What are some great startup/entrepreneur focused YouTube channels?
A few that I’ll note would be PandoDaily’s, This Week in Startups, and StartupGrind. What are some others?
Is my company SaaS?
Sometimes I struggle articulating what my company is, ultimately it’s a 3rd party marketplace, but would that also classify it as SaaS?
How do I extract investor information from AngelList?
I’m asking because I know this is likely to be a stupid question with an easy answer, but I really hate the AngelList interface and I want to pull the…
Is there a way to fix a bad co-founder equity arrangement?
I should have read up on founder equity vesting before starting but I didn’t so I’m here I am. We started the company 6 months back and did not talk about…
How prevalent are drugs in Silicon Valley?
I haven't spent much time in SF, but the time that I have it seemed rather tame. Very little nightlife and a lot of focus. Then you hear stories of…
I’m a software engineer at a startup, and I’m clueless about how to get a date. What should I do?
The girls at work don’t seem to want to hang out with me. I never figured out how to user Tinder, or any of the online dating sites. I get awfully lonely…