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Startups General Anonymous 01/20/15 (Tue) 01:53:53 No.313

You're prelaunch forever edition

http://startupclass.samaltman.com/ - Free video lectures on building a startup business, from pre-idea to lategame
http://angel.co/ - a venture capital firm that funds startups on a regular basis
http://ycombinator.com/ - apply here if you think your idea is good enough
http://crunchbase.com/ - index of tons of businesses, if you're not here, you're not shit

twits:
https://twitter.com/sama - Sam Altman
https://twitter.com/ycombinator - World's best incubator
https://twitter.com/paulg - Paul Graham
https://twitter.com/pmarca - Marc Andreesen

what's up lately in the world of startups, /biz/? anybody work in one? anybody trying to start one?

where are you based? what stage are you? are you hiring? do you need a cofounder?

suggestions for the op? lmk in the thread.

today's article - https://medium.com/mattermark-daily/why-is-the-number-of-seed-rounds-raised-in-q4-2014-down-30-38627517ca4e -> seed funds less common in 2014, but more $/fund: are VCs getting smarter?

Anonymous 01/21/15 (Wed) 05:03:37 No.321

Can you really do all the paperwork and legal shit on your own, without having an experienced mentor show you the ropes or investing thousands in a lawyer?

Anonymous 01/21/15 (Wed) 17:02:20 No.323

>>321
Yeah man, the paperwork is one of the easiest things to do and there's a ton of documentation to help you get started.
That said, you do need to do it right or you get fukt.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/business/smallbusiness/01sbiz.html?pagewanted=all

Anonymous 01/22/15 (Thu) 15:40:58 No.328

>>323
Well, I don't want to get fukt. Sounds like risky stuff unless you shell out for a lawyer.

Anonymous 01/22/15 (Thu) 16:38:45 No.331

>>328
That's the idea, lawyers get paid to reduce legal risk. Most of them will give you a quote when you tell them what you want, and starting a business is p standard. Should only be like $150 at most

Anonymous 01/22/15 (Thu) 17:14:18 No.332

>>331
>$150
Woah, that's low. Are there lawyers consulting dozens of would be entrepreneurs every week?

I was expecting you to say a startup would be like $5k in lawyer fees (at which point it's a lot of money to risk without a serious business plan).

Anonymous 01/22/15 (Thu) 17:29:43 No.334

>>332
There are some lawyers who specialize in small/med businesses, yeah.
Honestly at the startup stage you only need to worry about "am I legally a business, can I receive money in exchange for goods/services" and you figure out the more serious legal liability later. If you dish out a ton of cash just to cover conceivable freak of nature, you are wasting time and money.
just as an example, some startups blatantly copypaste the TOS of other websites, and once they clear series A funding or make some revenue they go back and get a lawyer to fix it.

so yeah just get the bare minimum license, register your business name and you're set. you might not even need a lawyer, i'm sure plenty of people near you know how to set up a company.

AlfredNimoy 01/26/15 (Mon) 22:18:20 No.361

>>313
Met Sam Altman on Saturday. He was a speaker for a youth hackathon