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I'm full-time on my startup. I'm in my second (or third?) sprinting phase where I'm spending most of my waking hours working. I can't say this is healthy but I'm having fun in some sick way. http://www.afterthedeadline.com is me.
Being a transnational startup is really hard :-P
Oh, and I hope this isn't too forward, but if anybody out there would really like to be working on a startup and you're good at rails / flash / web dev, hit up me or us.
I've working on my 4th startup, hopefully this one will pan out better than the rest :P
How many HN readers are working on a startup with someone else that reads HN?
I'm curious as to how those individuals working on a startup full-time are able to support themselves without receiving any compensation. Are you simply a student going to school and this is a non-issue? Or are you working form some sort of financial cushion you saved up from your previous job? More bluntly, how do you pay for rent and food?
I'm curious as to how those individuals working on a startup full-time are able to support themselves without receiving any compensation. Are you simply a student going to school and this is a non-issue? Or are you working form some sort of financial cushion you saved up from your previous job? More bluntly, how do you pay for rent and food?
But I'd point out that working on a startup full-time does not preclude receiving cash compensation. Aside from the founders, the current employees of my start-up are earning competitive cash compensation.
I'm curious as to how those individuals working on a startup full-time are able to support themselves without receiving any compensation. Are you simply a student going to school and this is a non-issue? Or are you working form some sort of financial cushion you saved up from your previous job? More bluntly, how do you pay for rent and food?
I'm curious as to how those individuals working on a startup full-time are able to support themselves without receiving any compensation. Are you simply a student going to school and this is a non-issue? Or are you working form some sort of financial cushion you saved up from your previous job? More bluntly, how do you pay for rent and food?
1 have rich parents (not kidding)
2 work part time until you can get angel investment
3 a pre-angel incubator ala YC
4 live somewhere really cheap and use savings
In the two startups I've worked for, I personally saw routes 1 and 3.