Questions What do you do when you have a 90% feature-complete project in your hands, a sizeable and eager audience waiting for it to be available, angel funding that excludes salaries to the founders, quite literally no savings, a full-time job, and a release in 2 weeks?I’m a programmer who’s been working with my partners for 9 months on a ... Read More
Questions Taking cash outAssuming we had cash in our startup. If one founder owns 70% and the ... Read More
Questions Building meaningful, mutually beneficial relationships without the drama?Am a founder in a high growth industry running a <2 year old startup. ... Read More
Confessions I feel like an American who is forced to live in exile. Most of my friends and customers live in the US. I had two offers to join great SF startups. Both now worth > $1bn. Got rejected because of visa. I grew up in Germany and feel punished for life. ... Read More
Questions Do we need to do a 409A valuation before offering equity to our first employee ?We are going to hire our first sales rep (and that will be our ... Read More
Confessions I am addicted to startups. I refuse to get a job, my clients all are my partners in one way or another, my own ideas are bubbling out of my head and spilling onto the floor where I feel like I want to ‘buy everyone a drink’ with startup ideas.. ... Read More