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ehoward

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Blog: erikhoward.net

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ehoward··on Portland Seed Fund borrows Y Combinator concepts, pledges 'tough love'
Their intentions are are right, but execution is all wrong.

Besides the "pay-to-play" aspect, most entrepreneurs will chafe at the tight leash they are under if they are accepted into the program.

A bio-tech firm is going will definitely need more time than the typical Internet startup to gain traction.

The relationship between angel and entrepreneur should be more advisory than adversarial

ehoward··on Ask HN: What "infrastructure" do you use at your startup/company?
I've been happy with them. The API is simple to use. Isaac is a great down to earth guy. Handled the pricing uproar well earlier this year well.

I'd also suggest Chargify and Braintree.

ehoward··on Ask HN: What "infrastructure" do you use at your startup/company?
Billing: Recurly.

Accounting: Quickbooks

Provisioning: Home grown on EC2/GoGrid/Rackspace

Banking: Local bank

Newsletter: AWeber

IT: Depends. Most I handle, but some of the mundane is outsourced.

SCM: HG @ Codebase

If I had to do it over again, I wouldn't obsess as much as I did over the infrastructure. Check and re-check your backup & disaster recovery plan.