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There are many pieces of advice that can be said, but what I would say is this: Don't bottle all of this in; it'll only build resentment. Be humble, speak your mind appropriately a…

My first startup was founded with a non-technical co-founder; they had no vast experience in what we were founding, but was a good salesman. In the end, they were useless, and I wa…

Thank you for the clarification/reasoning.

Some honest feedback. That's a pretty low salary, not made-up for by the lack of equity.

Yes to those last couple of lines. I started to pursue a Masters of Divinity, but quickly dropped out as I came to terms that my motivation was primarily to "have the upper-hand" i…

Do you value money more, or "kudos" from the internet more? Somewhere there lies your answer.

Be transparent with the company. Tell them what you expected vs. what you got and work it out.

Also understand that if the company comes under heat, the VP has "protected" him/herself by trying to reconcile it.

Would recommend LLC for a sole-founder, beginning startup. (LLC will _help_ protect your personal liability and being sued directly as an individual). Corporations are needed/good …

Sounds like a nightmare if you ever have to go under SOC2.

As a startup with 2 engineers, yes, we use Auth0 and love that it handles everything for us at the moment. Especially since we have to handle b2b clients who have their own SSO, et…

"While money corrupts on an individual level, it purifies on an institutional level." Well said.

Yes. We're undergoing this now, and it's a very involved process that should not be undermined. We've looked into companies that help with this stuff, and usually it's around 50k t…

Yes. I believe you shouldn't delete tests. After all, one of the best reasons for tests is to be able to refactor code confidently.

Yep - the hilarious thing is even the most Agile/Sprint heavy consulting companies usually have to succumb to some Waterfall concept in order to provide an estimate or meet a fixed…

Look at their track record, or lack thereof. Easy for non-technical co-founders especially to talk big. Also, talk to users or co-founders that worked with them, and under them.

Being 1099 and sub-contracting

Even zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark.

- JIRA - Figma - GSuite (Business) - SendGrid - JetBrains - Jamf (*Free) - Bitbucket - AWS (hosting infra)

Why do you need a co-founder?

I've found that it's actually not too uncommon to share pool and percentage details with individuals who are not high up at the startup. By Series B, they should the budget on head…

they had us in the first half, not gonna lie

Would love to read this - is there no way aside from paying for the content? (Can only read the abstract)

Anecdotally, will say age doesn't matter, but at least 7+ years of experience across different projects and languages.

Your 100% right. Especially in mid to large B2B plays.