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Yes. Lots of cigarette spam lately.

If you think about it you can probably come up with 10 points that you can use over and over again in different situations. Write them down, then do a second draft and then a third…

Do it, take the startup job. No downside. If it all goes tits up you will now have lead technology operations on your resume so your next corporate job will be a jump up.

Thank you! It was an associate, quick call, stuck to strong growth narrative and kept it casual. Seemed to go well but who knows.

Awesome, thank you!

My company is about a year old and we are profitable. A VC firm reached out to me and I have a call scheduled with them next week. What is the VC looking for on that initial call? …

boycott it, don't pay attention to it. Don't watch it, read it, delete facebook and even twitter. There is zero need for it. The important stuff will bubble up and be more prominen…

Meditate each morning and afternoon. That will help an immeasurable amount. Headspace is a good app for that but I prefer TM. Also, take a hit or two of weed then netflix and chill…

I have a self funded business that is profitable. I recently did my first hire. I gave hime a salary and equity and I need an official document drawn up to cover the agreement. Ple…

Thank you!

Thanks, I will.

I recently brought on a co-founder. I offered a salary and 15% equity with a one year cliff and a four year vest. I have not raised outside funds. I'm thinking I write a simple doc…

I'm about to do my first official hire with a salary. I don't want to think about sending paychecks. What is a good service to use? Zenefits?

Carta charges $2k for up to ten people for one year. That includes the 409a valuation plus a bunch of other reporting and management features. Does that sound like a good price to …

I have a self funded, profitable business and my first hire, who is also a key hire asked for a co-founder title and equity. The advice I've received on how much equity ranges from…

I founded a company about a year ago and will do $80k on sales this month and $100k next month. I hired a marketing consultant in April who has done an amazing job and really helpe…

I would not be where I am today if he wasn't a part of this. What would I do if I lost him? Answer is I don't know. The company would not implode and we would keep moving forward b…

Thanks! I was thinking 5% as well.

What if I said he's asking for 30% equity?

I started a company this year with the mission to help end metabolic disease influenced by lifestyle. We do this right now by selling ketogenic cookies and teas directly to consume…

Dwolla alums start new company.

I will be releasing a universal app next month and I already have iPad and iPhone apps in the store for the same app. What is the best way to kill one and have everyone from the ot…

Congratulations Terry and thanks for sharing your story. What kind of ownership split did you do with your post product, post revenue, post funding co-founder?

Ben Huh, Cheezburger Network founder, wrote a great post on how he contemplated suicide after the failure of a startup: http://www.benhuh.com/2011/11/29/when-death-feels-like-a-goo…