Really slick design. I'm guessing most regular folks won't think that hard about sharing their browsing history; if you expect privacy on the internet, you're being silly. And if you put a big juicy button on a pretty page, most folks will click it.
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Reach out to russ@doubleup if you want to discuss. Tons of opportunity in this space for smart people.
Doubleup.com (http://www.doubleup.com)
We're online sports games of skill that allow you to play for money: play short-term fantasy contests, win cash tonight. Suffice it to say that this is a super hot space, so if you like sports and making money, this could be the place for you.
We're built on RoR, founded by highly successful internet marketers (as in, tens of millions of users and hundreds of millions of dollars), and we have a ridiculously nice office in downtown SF with a sky high view of the Bay and all three bridges.
Seed round secured. The original engineering team has built the basic product but is staying on with our incubator, and we now need a tech lead to join DoubleUp for an external funding round and spin off with the core team as a co-founding CTO.
Reach out to russ @ doubleup.com after checking out our site, and let me know where you'd like to fit in.
We're online sports games of skill that allow you to play for money: play short-term fantasy contests, win cash tonight. Suffice it to say that this is a super hot space, so if you like sports and making money, this could be the place for you.
We're built on RoR, founded by highly successful internet marketers (as in, tens of millions of users and hundreds of millions of dollars), and we have a ridiculously nice office in downtown SF with a sky high view of the Bay and all three bridges.
Reach out to russ [at] doubleup after checking out our site, and let me know where you'd like to fit in.
The vast majority of legal work they do for you as a startup is form work, so don't ever pay a partner more than a half hour to review it. 90% of the work is literally changing names in a document: incorporation docs, board notes, issuance of options, option plan, assignments of IP, and financing docs should all be standardized. I know this because I worked at Gunderson as an attorney.
What you want from startup lawyers is a clean form that your investors have seen before. Don't do anything that makes an investor think twice. Any form from the firms I mentioned above will do.
Net net: you shouldn't worry about $700/hour. It's too much, you shouldn't be hiring that particular attorney, and even if you do owe thousands of dollars, you shouldn't have to pay it until you're financed (which means you have the cash anyway).
Too confusing. I'm staying home.
"Simple user accounts and analytics for your website" is a much clearer description than "Social Authentication Done Right."
Bottom line: you cannot buy a political office anywhere in America. You still must be voted in. You also cannot directly give money to a politician for their personal benefit; money can only be contributed to their (re-)election campaign. It's valuable because it buys media (that's 60% or more of a campaign cost).
So money, and lobbyists, are just proxies for large blocks of votes.
To fix this problem, you really need voters who stand by their own principles and aren't overly influenced by one-sided media (that's the only reason a politician needs money).
You also need to somehow disconnect the influence of media and advertising from actual voters. Would love to hear ideas on that particular problem.
More realistic changes include those that Lessig proposes: finance campaigns through what is effectively a capped tax credit offered to every taxpayer to allocate among candidates as they see fit, then repeal Citizens United.
The point about making the salary average is that it is by definition neutral, doesn't discriminate against anyone. I don't argue that we shouldn't pay politicians at all (what Benjamin Franklin wanted) because that does discriminate against the poor, who could never afford to be politicians irrespective of ability. Sounds like that wouldn't bother you anyway, but I wanted to clarify.
No matter how you do as President, you'll be comfortable for life (not counting speaker fees, which are at least market-driven). Seems like such a sweet deal, I'd do it just for the money...and that thought is what scares me.
I disagree that wealth is an accurate proxy for capability in any field.
I think we owe it to ourselves to look into this.
My guess is that it didn't happen that way at all. Instead, the legislature voted to increase salaries for itself, and no one bothered to ask questions. Now we have retrospective justifications that it's hard so there were no candidates until salaries were raised, but I just don't see that happening anywhere.
Anyone who institutes an unconstitutional policy should be told so, flat out. Simply following orders or doing your job is no excuse, just like it wasn't for the Nazis.
Check-ins sort of got us there, crowdfunding is a step closer. Anything that draws real connections that have value from the easy-to-create online connections that social networks offer has the potential to be huge. I'd say Groupon and AirBnB are really part of that trend, and I don't think it's over just yet.
Early stage, well-funded web startup with SoMa office seeks talented developer as lead engineer. This is a core position; you will have a chance to influence every element of the company's technology, and you will receive a salary, options, and a desk in an office in SoMa. Must be local.
We're keeping our business plan under wraps, but the gist is that we're building a platform that will help local and state governments raise new money from an existing public resource. Read the paper: the time is ripe for this idea, local governments are going bankrupt all over the country. They are desperate for new solutions (see Governor Brown's State of California speech last night), and we will offer them a solution that will raise millions at the local level.
If you like novel solutions to hard problems, saving the US from bankruptcy and working at a company with a massive profit potential and an incredibly well-connected advisory board and investor roster, then tell me what you can bring to the table:
wallacrw<at>yahoo.com.
Must have several years' experience building scalable web applications, with a preference for folks interested in auction theory. You'll have to demonstrate that you can take an idea and implement it from the ground up, and that you can work closely in a small team as a co-founder.
But I wasn't thrilled about my job. I didn't feel proud when I told strangers what I did, and that really got to me. I wanted to work on something that I cared about, and I wanted to try my hand at risk, learn some new skills. I also had zero interest in turning into those who were above me at the firm.
So I quit with almost no plan, and I ran a startup I created out of thin air, Trendero.com. It launched, it worked, and I saw a bright future stretch out before me.... Thing is, it actually still hasn't taken off. I haven't made a dime from the idea, and now I'm looking around at BD roles with other startups, since I've basically burned through all of my savings.
That all being said, I'm happier, prouder, healthier than ever before. I fought some battles, lost a few, made some awesome new friends. And I'm proud to talk about what I've done, happy to wake up to my new, much more frugal life.
So do it, screw the plan. That's the story you'll want to tell your grandkids.
Caveat: I have no kids, no wife, no dog, no mortgage. I knew the window was closing for me to do this kind of thing when I quit, which was largely why I made the decision. But if you have other burdens/responsibilities, think a bit more carefully. Chances are, you will be substantially poorer for a while.
So that's the idea: we need folks who dig game theory, who think auctions are exciting, and who want to build something entirely new. The fact that it will be a "patented process" should be exciting to the candidate, since many companies don't have the financial backing to patent their processes and/or choose not to as a matter of resource allocation, meaning their engineers don't get the pride of having invented a patented process. Ours will.
Thanks for responding directly.