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What about the current mantras of "fire fast", and "culture fit" as the most important quality of an employee. It seems like that doesn't lend itself to working through problems in…

Can someone who's fired or been fired talk about the experience? Do these scenes often turn ugly? What's the best way to go about it? What does it feel like for both sides?

Are there other ways for Angels to get their capital out of a startup other than an acquisition/IPO?

We need a small runway ($250K) to get our first customers, but we don't want to take on debt, give up equity or otherwise have an exit strategy. We want a sustainable private compa…

The 1st edition of this?? http://amzn.to/179DGr8

Great point. She is definitely more in the "spark interest" camp. Probably, naturally more suited to the design field, but I want her to be exposed to coding early so she can make …

My 5th grade daughter is on Spring Break this week. I'd really like to expose her to the basics of coding, and start planting some seeds. Any resources?

We're planning to apply to a top accelerator. Here's our low-budget, but fun, product video we made. Would love your thoughts. FYI: The scope has changed a lot since this video was…

I would say +1 to this, but also add butter & onions :)

This is AWESOME. So is Cory Booker. Now tell me, which major publications covered it?

check this: http://austinist.com/2013/03/14/sxsw_interactive_blacks_in_t...

So how to fix the exposure problems. Are media outlets like Inc, Forbes, Techcrunch making a good enough effort to cover stories like this?

I think it's awesome! Good code has no race or gender! :)

Love y'alls program. Three questions: 1) Do the gender messages of women pioneers like Sheryl & Marissa resonate with black entrepreneurs or does the message feel "hollow"? 2) Are …

Do you have a link? I'd love to read/watch. Thanks for turning me on to those groups!

So my observation is shared. But you think that it fairly representative of the actual population, rather than what holds our attention in this entrepreneurship culture. Well, your…

You're right! But most articles have photos, so do blogs, so do twitter profiles. 99% White. I'm new to startups, but I can think of at least 50 women founders/cofounders, many are…

He's got binders full of women founders.

I'm sure you didn't mean that statement to sound like all women are interchangeable. Well,that's exactly what I'm asking. When people who talk about women in tech, they use the phr…

Sweet. I figured there were programs for under-represented. I was wondering why there wasn't as much coverage on blogs, twitter, editorials, etc. I bet you will see 20-25 stories c…

Today I've read my nth article about gender bias in silicon valley and just realized they've all. been. about. white. women. ...Maybe an Asian or Jewish woman thrown in once in a w…

Leave him alone. He's just cranky from lack of sleep.

This is not a recommended solution, but an observation of my own life. I felt almost exactly how you did - till I had kids. They gave the job I was once excited about, now bored ab…