Both you can hook it up to your internet email account.
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Nature Poem by Henry David Thoreau
O Nature! I do not aspire
To be the highest in thy choir, -
To be a meteor in thy sky,
Or comet that may range on high;
Only a zephyr that may blow
Among the reeds by the river low;
Give me thy most privy place
Where to run my airy race.
In some withdrawn, unpublic mead
Let me sigh upon a reed,
Or in the woods, with leafy din,
Whisper the still evening in:
Some still work give me to do, -
Only - be it near to you!
For I'd rather be thy child
And pupil, in the forest wild,
Than be the king of men elsewhere,
And most sovereign slave of care;
To have one moment of thy dawn,
Than share the city's year forlorn.
It's a long one so here is the first part:
COME, my tan-faced children,
Follow well in order, get your weapons ready;
Have you your pistols? have you your sharp edged axes?
Pioneers! O pioneers!
For we cannot tarry here,
We must march my darlings, we must bear the brunt of danger,
We, the youthful sinewy races, all the rest on us depend,
Pioneers! O pioneers! ...The opportunity was fantastic and I learned a lot (things todo and not todo). However, as you stated I felt the exact same things you did:
A. Learning Was beginning to stagnate - I was no longer able to continually learn and develop.
B. Company was not growing and my confidence in the rest of the team plummeted. We were focused on the wrong things and promising things to customers and partners that we knew we could not deliver on.
These two things alone where enough for me to know that my time was done. There is a post on Medium, "Rate-of-learning: the most valuable startup compensation" (link at the end) this is why I had to move on. I knew that for me to continue progressing and learning the best option for me was to leave.
In regards to equity and raising capital. I learned two things (1) people can become extremely greedy when equity and raising capital come about and (2) greed can easily lead to ethics and values being compromised. I don't know your exact situation but I would keep these things in mind.
Hopefully this helps. Best of luck!
Link: https://medium.com/@KyleTibbitts/rate-of-learning-the-most-v...
PS: This is another post that may help you by Ryan Hoover. Great post! https://medium.com/@rrhoover/knowing-when-its-time-to-move-o...
1. http://www.scribd.com/doc/111078156/Yc-Application
2. Dropboxes Application - https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27532820/app.html
3. http://blog.zactownsend.com/our-yc-s13-application
4. https://www.themuse.com/advice/the-muses-successful-applicat...
5. A failed but insightful one - https://open.bufferapp.com/buffers-y-combinator-application/
6. http://alexisohanian.com/our-y-combinator-summer-05-applicat...
7. http://www.nancyhua.com/2014/10/08/successful-y-combinator-s...
8. https://medium.com/@mattangriffel/getting-into-y-combinator-...
Hope this helps. Best of luck!
Recently I have started writing. Much to my surprise I really love writing. It helps me decompress and organize my thoughts. Since I have started writing I have a much greater appreciation for great writing and notice how great journalist construct their arguments/information.
So digesting does not have merit. It is merely an means to an end. Triangulating and reconstructing knowledge is where the benefits and real learning take place.
After doing that I think about all the questions I have. Then go forth and read it through keying in on the areas that may answer my questions.
I really like data and graphs so I usually spend lots if time playing around and testing theories that I may have as I analyze.
One criticism I have heard a lot about growth hacking is that the techniques/hacks are often temporary exploitations that only work for a short time. While this is true, all these tactics can iterated and adapted as time passes.
From my experience (lesson learned the hard way), one thing to be 100% confident on is that what you are signing, the employment agreement, is solid. Pay the money for a good lawyer to look it over.
Let me know if you need a reference for a lawyer.
Also them saying, "who ever says 'yes' first gets the job" would make me very suspicious as they are not valuing your skills.
This method is even more helpful if you are starting a company which founders & startup community members will be your early adopters. Writing about your experiences will give users that much more of a connection to you and your brand.
I have been told by some that corporate experience allows you to develop good working relationships that can be used when finding co-founders as well as getting customers.
Jason Calacanis was discussing this in one of his recent podcast/posts and the logic of shooting for startups with high potential/high risk does make sense.