Re: [Discuss] crowdsourced labor for equity model

2015-03-01 Thread Tom Metro
John Hall wrote: There is a type of start up, and a catchy name for it I can't remember where the people working for it are all keeping their day-jobs and volunteering time for equity. You are probably thinking of Hyperloop Test Technologies:

Re: [Discuss] GitHub app on OSX (previously: os x = poop)

2015-03-01 Thread Max Timchenko
On Feb 23, 2015, at 11:12, discuss-requ...@blu.org wrote: The problem with the github app is the fact that it only works for github. I would recommend SourceTree instead - it's free, and excellent, and you won't have to learn a new GUI when you do something that's not on github. Seconded.

Re: [Discuss] Startup?

2015-03-01 Thread Max Timchenko
On Mar 1, 2015, at 14:35, discuss-requ...@blu.org wrote: Reach out to all your friends and contacts, get all their advice. Become comfortable with having everyone sign NDA's so you're not publicly disclosing anything. Get your form NDA from your legal counsel - because if you download

Re: [Discuss] Startup?

2015-03-01 Thread Dan Ritter
On Sun, Mar 01, 2015 at 10:11:18PM -0500, Max Timchenko wrote: On Mar 1, 2015, at 14:35, discuss-requ...@blu.org wrote: If a friend approached me for an advice about their startup but wanted me to sign an NDA first I would refuse outright. Here's one you might not find so repulsive, from

Re: [Discuss] Startup?

2015-03-01 Thread Edward Ned Harvey (blu)
From: John Hall [mailto:johnhall...@gmail.com] What about all the expenses for administration and legal services ? Isn't this part of why you'd seek an angel investor? You'd *better* be able to swing that much yourself. A few grand of expense here or there, and a year of working without

Re: [Discuss] Startup?

2015-03-01 Thread Edward Ned Harvey (blu)
From: Edward Ned Harvey (blu) Oh. Definitely read this. It helps a *lot* to understand how you should be incorporating and who/how to invest. http://www.sec.gov/info/smallbus/qasbsec.htm Oh yeah. This too: http://fundersandfounders.com/how-funding-works-splitting-equity/

Re: [Discuss] Startup?

2015-03-01 Thread Rich Braun
Steven Santos asked: So, I have come up with an idea ... I could spend the next 20 years trying to do this on my own, but its too good of an idea not to do something with. Have any of you ever pitched a big idea to an angle investor? Any advice for pitching such a big idea? Where do you

Re: [Discuss] Startup?

2015-03-01 Thread John Hall
There are accelerators like mass challenge http://masschallenge.org/ , incubators and sandboxes. Call them and go to their meetings. I found this site angel list that looks promising. https://angel.co/incubators In general to get started you need to be able to explain what your business does, who

Re: [Discuss] Startup?

2015-03-01 Thread Edward Ned Harvey (blu)
From: Discuss [mailto:discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Behalf Of Steven Santos Have any of you ever pitched a big idea to an angle investor? Any advice for pitching such a big idea? Where do you find an angel investor for such a thing? This is something I now have a lot of

Re: [Discuss] Startup?

2015-03-01 Thread Tom Metro
Edward Ned Harvey (blu) wrote: My advice would be first of all, be careful what you say to anybody... I've been involved with or on the distant periphery of the startup community for several decades, and one of the fastest ways of spotting a novice is the degree to which they are protective of