Lev Lazinskiy

Rules for joining a startup

Hot takes that I’ve learned along the way.

Do’s

WIP

Dont’s

1. Don’t join a stealth startup.
2. Don’t join a role where you title is “founding X”, the longer the X the more urgent this warning.
3. Don’t join a startup run by siblings, the more siblings the more urgent this warning.
4. Don’t join a startup with a solo founder.
5. Don’t join a startup that adds an extra vowel in their name (i.e ‘heey’, ‘wiin’, ‘claap’)