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Thanks for the reply.

Yeah, I know. I meant more like personal, face to face connection. One conversation on a coffee shop is ok, but 5 emails back and forth, not really what I meant (not to dismiss the…

Just wondering how many of the companies that have been accepted in the last few years (2008+) that were introduced by former YC members. Trying to measure how much of a referral t…

Thanks for giving more of a entrepreneur perspective. I agree with you on that it is not a co-founder equity. However, I get the impression that VC would have a heart attack before…

Yes, I took that into consideration. The explicit equation, all from PG's article is: i = 1 / (1 - n) + sp where: i: the amount I'll increase the company's worth divided by the pro…

I mentioned I'd be getting a bit higher than market salary. I've worked on my own startup for a few months until my co-founders split, and I was unselected for a seed incubator pro…

Is not a solely engineering role. I am leading a team and a product as well (which will most likely be just me for a couple of months). Which is actually what I'd expect from first…

Hi. I've read quite a bit about this (ones that helped me a lot were pg's Equity Equation , http://www.paulgraham.com/equity.html, and Changing Equity Structures for Early Startup …

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