How do you evaluate and find co-founder if you have an idea with main intention being to avoid becoming obsessed with idea and ruining it?

About to leave soon for PE - more so because I wanted to try it out instead of stick in banking. Unlike a lot of stories, I actually love my group and feel really guilty leaving - my seniors genuinely care so much about me, but ultimately I’ve closed enough deals where it’s just repetition and I don’t want to wake up 40 one day with nothing to show for my life except 20 years crankiin the office and whatever many deals I’ll have closed by then. what’s the best way to go about breaking the news?

Anyone have any idea of when summer cycle bonuses will be communicated at MS? I recall getting numbers second week of July last year but seems like things are delayed…

How did you know when the person you were casually dating was someone you wanted to see long term? What was it that made if “feel right”?

Anybody know of a chart or study completed that shows what net worth you need to have to be considered in the top 1% for your age?

Looking for some window motivation lol

I am working in Digital marketing and i want to make a career switch. Preference is data and analytics related fields. Please help me with the options and opportunities which can be achieved with lesser relevant experience. Also, I did computer science engineering, with an understanding of coding, if that helps. I am ready to study and learn new technologies but i don't know what exactly I should learn. Help would be appreciated.

Got admitted to Kellogg and Ross so far, no money at Kellogg but 40k/year at Ross. Chances I could use that to leverage some money from Kellogg? Guessing maybe not because they aren’t really peer schools but curious everyone’s thoughts

Random thought - why can't you prepay for hospital expenses with an FSA card? I'm about to lose $700 on an FSA and thought how helpful that would be as we want to have a kid next year. I can go buy a sick first aid kit but a payment for future hospital services is out of the question.

Anybody stay at any Hilton properties in Downtown Dallas? Kinda wanted one more downtown than the Anatole but all I see is Garden, Homewood, and Inn &a Suites. Any worth it or just stay Anatole?

I just stress-ate two doughnuts. How’s your day going?

What is day to day work for a lead consultant at TW?

Is it super busy like so many calls with clients (post office hours or even on weekends)?

Best hotels with a lounge (ie included breakfast, dinner) in the Bay area? Preferably around Palo Alto

My creative team lets the account team drive the copy and art direction for the team because they are the most knowledgeable people on the brand. It is the path of least resistance. There is no use for me to be a creative participant if this is the way it is. How do I encourage my boss to stand up for the creative process?

What are the best Hotels to stay on points (Bonvoy, Hyatt, Amex) on Maui?

Hi Fishes,
There is an opening in Deloitte India in Consulting (Retail, FMCG, Finance, Strategy, M&A).
DM me for referral.

Thanks

Women who train: what helps you stay motivated during the exhaustion and/or pains of shark week?

Big 4 FDD or A&M FDD for coming out of college?

I need help. Anyone have information of being an advanced medical support assistant for veterans affairs? I got offered a job in the SF valley . The pay Is a bit less but it's about 5.5 miles from my house.close. Why do people pray for government jobs? At the moment I'm with ucla health as an admin assistant float permanent& have been offered permanent placement at a site in LA about 16 miles . The pay seems pretty decent& also have the pension plan. Been here about 2 years no issues.

I'm a trainee patent attorney specialising in UK and EU software patents. If anyone would like my opinion (not legal advice etc etc) on their startup idea, or protecting their tech or AI algorithm in the EU etc., please feel free to leave a comment and I'll get back to you!

I recently left public accounting to join a start up. I don’t have too many connections in this world yet, does anyone have recommendations for either articles, books or other sources of information I could use to get an understanding of the startup world and how I can make the right career choices moving forward. - *I’m on the product manager side*

Thanks in advance!

I need some help understanding how Estonian e-residency company would work if the operations are based in India. How would the tax part work?

Once you’ve discussed a business idea with friends and family, and they think it’s reasonable, what’s the next step?… Is it building a wireframe, getting an employee/cofounder, building a pitch deck based on just vision?

Interested in buying a company and unsure how to source good deals for small businesses between $1-20MM in revenue. How do you find companies like this for sale?

Side hustle or startup ideas for someone who isn’t technical/doesn’t code? Where should I look or where to begin? I don’t have any strong passions or specific skills that I’m confident in. What books, articles, blogs, orgs, events, people I should follow for inspiration that has helped you? I have some cash to invest and am looking for a part time hustle that can cash flow at least a little bit of money on the side.

Has anyone worked with the company ROWE before in their business?

So I could use some advice for my startup. We currently are putting finishing touches on our MVP. We don’t really have any users, but we’re not sure if we should first try to secure funding (without users) or build up the user base first then go for funding. How much value do VC’s place on users before funding and how many users would they like to see for preseed funding. Any feedback is appreciated.

Can someone educate me on funding rounds? When conducting a series A or beyond do the founders pre allocate exactly where they are going to spend the money raised or include in their pitch deck? Assuming they hit their target

What do people recommend for start-up relevant marketing resources/books/personalities/podcasts?
I have a lot of enterprise marketing experience, but making a jump to a startup and want to get up to speed as quickly as possible.

Just created my FIRST product! Can someone give my website a 10 second skim? It’s related to gratitude.

I'm looking for historical data about cars sales. Anyone have an ideas where I could pull the data from on a more detailed level?

When a VC invests money in a company, does that company then need to pay taxes on the funds they receive?

Accepted a research position a few months back for SaaS Private Wealth startup. I feel like I’m being underpaid even though I’ve only been here a few months. Not sure how to approach it if I should at all?

who has experience working with bubble? wondering if it’s a good platform for me to start building an idea on… very early stages but thinking it can help me be as lean as possible until getting to an actual product / prototype

Any suggestions (or books or articles) around taking startups from smaller (50-100) to the 300-500 range? Would love to read more about challenges that usually come up at this stage and how people navigate them. I just joined a series C and want to be prepared to navigate things.

Working on building a platform where people can create startups without quitting, and folks with extra time at hand can work on these ideas for equity.

Thoughts? Would you be interested in either creating one or supporting the ideas of others that you find exciting, for equity?

We're prototyping, reach out to me if you would love to be involved and give feedback. The problem is a challenging one.

I’m interviewing for a series B company. They said they’re flexible with titles but I am eyeing their director role. What’s the typical equity grant for a sales director?

My family just secured a sponge iron manufacturing project approved by the government of India. I would like to contribute by bringing in a portion of the funding. Where do I look for angel funds pertaining to such kind of projects? Project cost: ~40M. Looking to raise $13M for up to 30% equity