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That's what I'd do if I was in that situation... structure it as separate holding companies for the IP or whatever so you can flip each product individually if needed, but don't un…

does anyone know if there is/will be any video or audio to go with these slides? The takahashi-ness of them suggests to me that there might be more in the delivery that we aren't g…

Agreed... The hardest thing is to cast of the PHPisms and Java patterns that you may be used to, a lot of Rails is idiomatic Ruby code, so really knowing Ruby makes it a lot easier…

Sometimes people can become overly fixated on what's hidden from them. You say you prefer PHP, but when was the last time you looked at the source code for any of the myriad extens…

not in most startups... I don't see anyone here getting into defence contracting any time soon. Granted, there are some common sense aspects that are slam dunks (c'mon, version con…

If you look at it in really objective terms, what is a fair RoI for the paycut you take? Pick a number, if say you want a 5x return and expect to be there for 2 years, that's $200k…

nausea and a vague sense of dread...

"if I had a cofounder who INSISTED on raising VC, he would have to be DAMN GOOD seller for me to buy into it" The question that has to be asked is "why does he want to raise the VC…

the one thing worse than secret ideas are the "like X but for Y" startups... eg "It's like Digg, but for Nerf Herders! We've done the market research, honest!" (sure there are exce…

mentors are a great thing to have, and good ones are hard to find. It's not someone you bug every time you have a little problem with your code, but someone who's been where you ar…

Thoughts? That I can't pay the bills with equity perhaps? :) If there's no liquidity event on the near horizon, I have no incentive to even join, let alone stay. Colour me bitter, …

I'm looking for what the exit is if you're offering equity, or what the path to profitability is if this is going to be a salaried job. If you can't sell me on your idea and busine…

They could also deal with learning that if top hackers wanted to work for mostly equity, they'd be doing their own thing and taking 100% I'm not saying that equity compensation isn…

wantrepreneurs? they desperately want to see themselves as entrepreneurs, but bring nothing to the table other than self-promotion skills :) I worked for one of those once... these…