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Stripe always on a tear

Don't think author is replacing unhappy personal life with workaholism. He's saying that when you have low energy in some parts of your life, it drains into other parts.

Now that he enjoys his work more, he's finding that he also has more energy for gym / social situations etc.

I had the same experience in big tech. Lack of work progress made me depressed and bled into other parts of my life.

Startups have their own issues, but at least there's more momentum on most days. Important to go with well-funded ones in this environment though, preferably by the top VCs: https://topstartups.io/

- 11 months of runway feels tight given market conditions have tightened; are you close to closing seed?

- Does your 25% MoM growth translate to revenue? If so, be clear about that

- Can your existing engineers refer friends they know?

What you're experiencing is pretty typical of a pre-seed startup that's unknown right now

https://twitter.com/theryanking/status/1485784823641755648?s...

Curious to hear more about DVFs. Not surprised they exist, but doubt they are the majority?

Which is also why YC backs so many DVFs (domestic violence founders)

Are you Ryan Breslow?

Gotta love the satire. Another thing investors have is access to the full cap table and what people are paid across their entire portfolio.

Employees have hearsay and scraps of info that friends are willing to share. Limited information = easy exploit

Found this database of startup comp that sorta evens the playing field: https://topstartups.io/startup-salary-equity-database/

Anything else out there?

- https://www.milkroad.com/ - https://topstartups.substack.com/ - https://latecheckout.substack.com/ - https://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/