Rules for joining a startup
Hot takes that I’ve learned along the way.
Do’s
WIP
Dont’s
- Don’t join a stealth startup.
- Don’t join a role where you title is “founding X”, the longer the X the more urgent this warning.
- Don’t join a startup run by siblings, the more siblings the more urgent this warning.
- Don’t join a startup with a solo founder.
- Don’t join a startup that adds an extra vowel in their name (i.e ‘heey’, ‘wiin’, ‘claap’)
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