Startups

Keeping Your Startup CEO & CTO from Thrashing

Q: How are startup CEOs (and CTOs) like seagulls? A: They both fly by, swoop in, ruin your lunch, shit on you, and leave. Ahh, the Startup CEO and CTO. God bless 'em. The ones that are capable enough

Lessons I Learned from Co-Founding a Tech Startup

Once upon a time, when I was a wee lass (23 years old, to be precise), and not yet a product manager but a code warrior, I did that clichéd, hackneyed Silicon Valley stunt: co-founding a tech startup with three

Quora: Is it fair for men & women to have different criteria for Y-Combinator, MIT & Caltech?

Summarized from a discussion I had in the comments on Quora [http://www.quora.com/How-could-Y-Combinator-be-more-female-friendly]. Original Question: How could Y Combinator be more female-friendly? This isn't so much about how YC treats women once they get in,

Quora: Can you push out a founder before stock is issued?

*Question was originally posted to Quora on 2 Mar 2014. As a startup, if no ownership shares have been issued and no documents have been signed by any founder yet, but a lawyer has incorporated the business and drafted the

Quora: Should I remove my wedding band before a VC pitch?

My answer, originally published on Quora [http://www.quora.com/Should-I-remove-my-wedding-band-before-a-VC-pitch]. Answer: Don't hide that you are married. And if you are a guy, don't hide that you have kids. But if you are a mother,