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So I am a contractor at FAANG in a major US city. I have participated in startups for some time, enjoyed it a lot, gotten to a YC interview once (sadly didn’t make it). One of my best buddies is talking about maybe relocating to the Valley (I am on the east coast) and I am very interested in joining him. We both work at the same company on the same project and want to pursue our remote contracts while giving our side projects a better chance at growth. We really enjoy remote work so location never was an issue. However, I do think there is a lot of validity to relocating. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Life is too short to read crummy books. So after reading the review on Blade Runner 2049 which touched on PKD and Nabokov I have decided get Pale Fire. I am curious what you would recommend on top of that (I was also planning to get A Confederacy of Dunces). That said, take a penny leave a penny, if you haven’t read A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again or Gibsons’ Neuromancer, try and make time. They’re exquisite!

So I have been involved in a new startup that has been fortunate enough to land some interviews this past week. We pivoted an MVP and landed customers within a month which was really exciting and it helped us land so some meetings with huge potential. Queue my social anxiety. I tend to ramble and that can lead to me being a bit defensive. I am just curious how others deal with accelerator or VC meetings and more specifically the rapid fire questioning. I love what I do and spend my time trying to ensure our customers are as happy as they can be. I just don’t want to get flustered and ruin things for my partners, if that makes sense. We try not to mock interviews or focus too much on our couple competitors but instead find what our customers want. Thank you so much for making it this far, I greatly appreciate any and all advice.

I am currently involved with a company that brought me on as an angel investor but I also have co-founder status (I am technical and worked with the CEO to help crank out our MVP, which even started generating revenue which is neat). And have about 1/3 of the equity in the cap table. They are very fair and the other two founders are great. We are trying to go by the book and I’m just curious how it would work with cliffs and vesting if I have provided material support in the form of cash infusions while also working directly. I have been involved long before VCs got interested and feel it fair that I don’t have as much of a cliff and a shorter vesting schedule considering I provided plenty of moolah. But I also want to stay and help them grow as best I can. That said I don’t want to do anything to upset upcoming VC meetings. Any suggestions or anecdotes from others with more experience would be fantastic. Thanks a ton, and happy almost Turkey Day :)

Hey all! So I have been slowly working on a pet project that, in it's simplest iteration, is a mobile gaming arcade. That said, I have become disillusioned with the current pay-to-win model (as has the U.S. government, apparently). I have encountered a few games (Path of Exile comes to mind) that embrace a play-to-win mindset and I am just trying to brainstorm some cool alternatives that a) don't rely on predatory advertising or marketing and b) don't force users to pay if they want to see their name on a leaderboard. Thanks for any and all advice.