Startups My Co-Founder can’t say no to meetings and is spending so much time “helping” other founders he’s not working on our business. |
- My Co-Founder can’t say no to meetings and is spending so much time “helping” other founders he’s not working on our business.
- Is programming worth the time to learn?
- Want to leave startup, but have equity guilt—help?
| Posted: 27 Apr 2018 03:43 PM PDT I have two Co-founders. My one co-founder works like a dog like me. Our other Co-founder struggles to say no to "advice" meetings and spends 50% of his time trying to "help" other founders. Things like intros, coffee chats, responding on forums with big write ups, and "hacking" groups instead of doing his work. Our startup is in a very niche industry so this networking has no value for us. This is his first true startup and this is my third so he's in love with the idea of being a founder and isn't focusing on what matters: the business. I'm trying to get him over the "koolaide" of being a funded founder, and I'm planning a performance meeting with him where I'm going to be pretty harsh and honest. Beyond a meeting and performance plan, anyone have any feedback on how they've handled something like this in the past? [link] [comments]  |
| Is programming worth the time to learn? Posted: 27 Apr 2018 12:42 PM PDT Hey everyone I am currently 22 and graduating college in 2 weeks. I am an aspiring entrepreneur. I am realizing how difficult it is to find a coder/system architect that is both trust worth and willing to work for equity so I thought I might as well learn it. I know it's a long road to become fluent in the necessary languages but I have a strong work ethic and I know I'm capable of doing it. I guess my question comes down to: Is my understanding off based? Would it be worth the time to learn it or should I outsource this sort of thing and work on developing my business ideas instead? Thanks I'm advance for any insight to this! [link] [comments]  |
| Want to leave startup, but have equity guilt—help? Posted: 27 Apr 2018 08:02 AM PDT I joined a startup after I graduated from something completely different (I'm a working artist, but need a day job). I needed work experience, so I took the job. I'm a year in and ready for something new. The tech-industry startup-world just isn't for me. The only thing I'm feeling guilty about is leaving the equity behind. I was an early employee and given a decent options package, and I'm past the cliff. I used an equity value calculator and found that the shares *may* be worth a couple hundred grand after four years. The company remains small. Leadership is confident in its future, but I'm not confident in leadership. However, it seems like other companies have done more with less. I suppose it's that I'm an artist and didn't come from much money, I've got a lot of guilt about leaving cash behind. I'm quite good at this job and they are happy with me. I'm just not happy being so far away from the arts. I'd probably go to a nonprofit, where my salary would be equal to or slightly greater than my very-BMR salary (with added generous benefits), but no equity. Information about me: I'm 31, live in Oakland, married, thinking about children, working on a large arts project that's already garnered a little bit of interest from inside the community. Am I crazy for feeling guilty that I'm leaving this hypothetical cash on the table? [link] [comments]  |
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