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Have you pitched any VC's or angels? What premoney are you giving them?

If you don't have a premoney, then cut him a fair salary for the time he worked in a convertible note. The convertible note will be the optimal way to have a nice looking cap table.

I just suggest that you deal with this matter quickly while everyone is in a good mood. Success in a business after someone leaves can be dangerous...

Google. Find their blog, usually it'll have a contact email, send your elevator pitch. This method has been highly successful for when I'm doing PR for Phone Halo.

Do the math on what x% is in dollars based on your premoney evaluation. Give him the note for that amount and treat him as if he were a friends and family investor.

Great work guys. Can't wait to get one.

You're paying yourself? I would highly suggest keeping as much cash in the business as possible and put off paying yourself for as long as possible. You'll suffer now but thank yourself later. Get entrepreneurial on how to score free rent and food.

It always feels good to get something out the door. Look forward to hearing questions and feedback.

Thanks, Chris

if you have created something that people will go out of their way to pirate, congratulations. Piracy should be the least of your concerns. Focus on getting as many users as possible.

For iphone development, b

The survey gains general statistics about loss and then is geared to help us fine tune our marketing. I am hoping that seeing some real world process of a company trying to fine tune their marketing will help other HNers fine tune their marketing as well

Please help us out, we're trying to get user feedback for our start up. I'll make all the data public in a post on HN.

Thanks HN, Chris

He chose the safe play rather than risking it on the company he decided to devote his life to. The numbers show that he made the wrong choice, hence a mistake.

The fan boy within me screams watch this! The best movie about start ups to date.

Very true, however I think that the roller coaster ride is experienced almost daily in my case.

Okay, from the website hits there seems to be alot of interest. I'm going to draft up a little website and organize a little tournament. Will post when the site is up.

Glad you got the discount!

Hey HN,

I've been working on Phone Halo for 2 years and this is a great milestone for me. I know this wouldn't have been possible without the people on this forum and the interesting discussions that happen here.

As thanks, here's a special HN discount code for $10 off.

Coupon code: IMAHACKER

-Chris Herbert

Very cool idea. Would love to use this for customer support for my business to have users yell their complaints to us.

When you take a job, it's an investment. You want to make sure that the company you are investing in takes itself very seriously. Asking for Ninjas and Rockstars to fulfill an important role? Works only if you're casting for a movie.

If the VC wants vesting, put in terms. If you are removed by the investor, all stock is immediately vested. Basically, vesting is a way to make sure you're not going to walk away from the deal.

Pardon the obvious question, but what jobs require this unique combination of skills?

I would 1) attend networking events 2) go to trade shows 3) put up an ad on craigslist 4) use social media (and hn) to network

Good luck -Chris (at) phonehalo.com

art of the start by guy kawasaki

there's alot of places to outsource your iphone app development. Honestly, I would just get the app sourced, its alot cheaper.

After you get started, you can hire a programmer for <1% equity + salary. I'd be happy to send you to a few iphone developers.

-Chris

Thanks for the leads. Star hackers are hard to find. -Chris chris(at)phonehalo.com

Competitor of Farmville:

"Tired of Farming. Try Digging"

The competitors innovation was a digging for treasure game.

Hi HNer's,

Have you ever lost your phone?

Have you ever lost your Keys?

Phone Halo uses a smart phone application paired with proprietary Bluetooth hardware to prevent loss from happening. It's simple solution that's jam packed with features to ensure that it's effective and complete, yet not annoying. The system provides full bidirectional security. Public launch is 3/21.

We are sharing a booth at CES with YC funded Wakemate. Please come visit us at Booth #35117 if you are at CES.

We are having a special promotion where we give a phone halo out once a week to one lucky person who tweets about #phonehalo.

Please give us your feedback and we ask for your support.

-Chris Herbert chris@phonehalo.com

Just got more bcards and this saved me over $40 on the checkout. Helpful for bootstrapping entrepreneurs.

Fun. What are the different levels you can reach?

never hurts to ask :)

and macworld (of course!)