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HippoViolation··on Even the Rich Are Being Priced Out of Central London
One. can confirm!
HippoViolation··on How Startup Options and Ownership Work
AND on another note, I've noticed some founders want to put you on a 5 or even 6 year vesting schedule.

I should go back to welding.

HippoViolation··on How Startup Options and Ownership Work
I used to be bitter about stuff like this but I've gotten over it.

The chances of getting wealthy by joining a small startup are very small. It happens, but it's probably not going to happen for you.

If you really want to do well, you have to pull together the resources to start a successful company.

On a different note, I used to work for an almost billionaire, they were incredibly cheap. I often reminded myself that you don't make a billion dollars by wasting money!

HippoViolation··on How Startup Options and Ownership Work
At the last 4 startups I joined, when I asked about number of shares, valuation, etc after getting my options agreement, the owners treated the info like the nuclear launch codes, or that I was asking something deeply personal and I should feel bad about thinking about asking.

Note: I am poor.

HippoViolation··on The Genius of James Brown
look up James Brown's cape man: http://chronicle.augusta.com/life/people/2011-11-13/james-br...
HippoViolation··on I Lived Like a Baller for a Month in Venezuela on Just £75 (2015)
This article is nearly a year old. The living situation in Venezuela, a year later, is much more dire now.
HippoViolation··on WikiLeaks Has Officially Lost the Moral High Ground
I doubt whoever runs the wikileaks twitter account was unfamiliar with the history of the 3 parentheses thing. The 3 parentheses people are not doing this to overcome unicode issues.

Also who knows who runs the wikileaks twitter account. I find that a little creepy.

HippoViolation··on Vine isn’t growing and most of its top executives have left
Perhaps DeRay feels a bit of brand loyalty to the Jack Dorset empire.