Rules for joining a startup

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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’)

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