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acremades··on DigitalOcean S-1
Here is the podcast episode where Ben and Moisey Uretsky share how they built DigitalOcean. Worth a listen.

https://alejandrocremades.com/ben-and-moisey-uretsky-from-hu...

acremades··on Co-founder Conflict
Cofounder issues is one of the main reasons why startups fail. Structuring things the right way at the beginning is critical.

Below is a threat with great recommendations when there are cofounder issues.

https://cofounderslab.com/discuss/how-do-you-deal-with-a-cof...

acremades··on Show HN: We are Self-Crowdfunding our Series A
Thanks so much for the feedback Kevin. Very helpful. Will discuss with our product team. All the best, A
acremades··on Ask HN: How to find co-founders
CoFoundersLab had been working on solving the problem of cofounder matchmaking for about four years now. It's a big problem: research suggests that of all startups that fail, about 33% fail primarily due to cofounder related issues!

In this quest, they have brought onboard various experts such as former executives from Match.com, and leading researchers for the Kauffman Foundation. Furthermore, CoFoundersLab has acquired several companies over the years enhancing its IP portfolio, and execution capability.

Through CoFoundersLab, members can search a self-selected pool of cofounder candidates, while getting a much better sense for wether the cofounder candidates posses complementary skills, and have compatible personalities, goals, and values!

There is no "silver bullet" solution, but CoFoundersLab.com is an out of this world better approach to embarking on the journey of cofounder search!

Disclosure: I am the CEO at Onevest and we just announced a merger with CoFoundersLab.

acremades··on Hacker News Challenge
We are not trying to be sneaky here. Our engineering team is actually the one that came up with the idea. We are hiring and we are definitely doing it in a fun way.
acremades··on Show HN: Our Equity Crowdfunding Platform Is Officially Live
Correct. We are operating via Regulation D.

http://www.sec.gov/answers/regd.htm

acremades··on Show HN: Our Equity Crowdfunding Platform Is Officially Live
We don't automatically send anything through LinkedIn. However, we have a feature that allows an entrepreneur to send an invitation to someone else via LinkedIn's API. In order for that to function we need the permissions you are referring to. When we have more time we will probably reduce the number of requested permissions for general users.
acremades··on Show HN: Our Equity Crowdfunding Platform Is Officially Live
We have over 6,000 registered startups and 3 are currently in preview mode before accepting investments in 6 days. One of them won the “Audience Choice Award” at TechCrunch Disrupt NYC.
acremades··on Show HN: Our Equity Crowdfunding Platform Is Officially Live
Maximum and minimum amounts are set by the startup. On average $1k-$5k is the lower range of investments.
acremades··on Ask HN: Kim Dotcom's Mega Is Down?
Here is the link to the site https://mega.co.nz/
acremades··on Ask HN: Kim Dotcom's Mega Is Down?
So weird. I can't access the site. Thanks for the info.
acremades··on The Best of Kickstarter 2012
Check out the kickstarter for startups here http://www.rockthepost.com
acremades··on Ask HN: Startup wants me to join in 3 months?
Might be a matter of funds... They might be closing their Seed funding round and until they do so they might want to reduce risks.
acremades··on The Best Startup Offices In San Francisco For 2012
I like Twitter's roof!
acremades··on [dead]
Raised over 100% of its funding already.
acremades··on [dead]
Great tool to record the front and the back at the same time from a manual perspective.
acremades··on Ask HN: What are your thoughts on this pitch deck from Square?
Thanks, just changed it.
acremades··on I love you, dad
I am sorry to hear you had to go through that Notch. My heart and prayers go to you and your family.
acremades··on Redesigned MIT OCW Website
I agree here with some of the comments. It needs a little bit of work on the front end.