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Here is the podcast episode where Ben and Moisey Uretsky share how they built DigitalOcean. Worth a listen.

https://alejandrocremades.com/ben-and-moisey-uretsky-from-hu...


Cofounder issues is one of the main reasons why startups fail. Structuring things the right way at the beginning is critical.

Below is a threat with great recommendations when there are cofounder issues.

https://cofounderslab.com/discuss/how-do-you-deal-with-a-cof...


Thanks so much for the feedback Kevin. Very helpful. Will discuss with our product team. All the best, A


CoFoundersLab had been working on solving the problem of cofounder matchmaking for about four years now. It's a big problem: research suggests that of all startups that fail, about 33% fail primarily due to cofounder related issues!

In this quest, they have brought onboard various experts such as former executives from Match.com, and leading researchers for the Kauffman Foundation. Furthermore, CoFoundersLab has acquired several companies over the years enhancing its IP portfolio, and execution capability.

Through CoFoundersLab, members can search a self-selected pool of cofounder candidates, while getting a much better sense for wether the cofounder candidates posses complementary skills, and have compatible personalities, goals, and values!

There is no "silver bullet" solution, but CoFoundersLab.com is an out of this world better approach to embarking on the journey of cofounder search!

Disclosure: I am the CEO at Onevest and we just announced a merger with CoFoundersLab.


Hey, no offense but this comment reads like a press release. It's possibly to share your message/perspective in a forum without using terms like "enhanced its IP portfolio."


Get over it, it was fine. I love when people start by saying "no offense" for now on just say "offense".

Disclosure: No interest in either of companies or own any stock. Disclosures like this are for jackasses like the comment above by morgante.


We are not trying to be sneaky here. Our engineering team is actually the one that came up with the idea. We are hiring and we are definitely doing it in a fun way.


> We are not trying to be sneaky here.

Yes, and the proof of your good intentions is that you posted the contest's conditions on your Web page -- the licensing and disposition of the contest entries, the awards if any, and so forth. The fact that these essentials are missing was an oversight?

> Our engineering team is actually the one that came up with the idea.

Your social engineering team?

> We are hiring and we are definitely doing it in a fun way.

No contest conditions = no fun. Those are the rules.

All you're telling me is that you're inexperienced in running a business. Take this opportunity to show that you understand the modern world -- fix the contest content of your Web page. Explain what it means, where the contest entries go, who owns them and so forth.


Correct. We are operating via Regulation D.

http://www.sec.gov/answers/regd.htm


We don't automatically send anything through LinkedIn. However, we have a feature that allows an entrepreneur to send an invitation to someone else via LinkedIn's API. In order for that to function we need the permissions you are referring to. When we have more time we will probably reduce the number of requested permissions for general users.


We have over 6,000 registered startups and 3 are currently in preview mode before accepting investments in 6 days. One of them won the “Audience Choice Award” at TechCrunch Disrupt NYC.


Maximum and minimum amounts are set by the startup. On average $1k-$5k is the lower range of investments.


Here is the link to the site https://mega.co.nz/


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