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irisman | 2 months ago | on: Unconventional lessons bootstrapping to a $160M exit in less than 4 years

My belief in startups is that the only IP is execution. Ideas are cheap.

When running a business you are making hundreds of decisions a month (maybe thousands). Unless they know and can make the same ones roughly, they can't replicate your success.

Do you have an example of how not being quiet hurt your/someone else's moat?

irisman | 4 months ago | on: Founder Blood and Ambition

Regarding equity, I was set on this being a bootstrapped business, so I offered 8% at 50h/week over 2 years, vested monthly (unconventional ik). And a few extra % if they stayed 2 years (depends on how many remain). I didn't require full-time, and allowed 20h/week, and equity was proportional to time put in. My stake would was 16%.

I eventually hired 3 full time devs offshore after realizing almost no one has the risk appetite. $500/mo avg. 2 were duds who I removed after a month each, but the last one was great. Learned my hiring lessons.

Consulting would have been difficult because I spent day and night on the startup.

Letting people work 1/2 time on my project and consult the other is smart. I would just have to secure the clients. I will consider that in the future.

I gave people the option to work 20-50h/week, but no one took up that offer. The only people who joined were 5 people: - 3 friends I knew from online and did projects with before. - 1 person I met from reddit and also a unemployed 2024 grad (but she was still money hungry, left 2mo after while being only part-time). - 1 person from YC combinator. Great guy and former founder, but he had to leave 3w in due to a lawsuit abroad.

irisman | 1 year ago | on: Ask HN: Review my 2024 new grad resume

software/product engineer. I'm also open to being a product manager.

Startup will go into life support on mid feb after MVP launch. Word of mouth takes a lot of time to grow, so growth is a slow burn.

I haven't been able to write code at my startup for most of my time here. It's split between reviewing code, sales, or product work. I do mention some technical work, but I'm wearing many hats, so it's a bit hard to show mainly technical exp.

irisman | 3 years ago | on: The peak programming keyboard and key layout

Don't see the point of arguing semantics. What I mean by that is this allows you to have the most predictable key layout, physical shape and key wise, with the minimum finger travel needed.
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