Who remembers their first leap into entrepreneurship?
First day going live or first sale?
What was the experience like?
What advice do you have for others wanting to pursue entrepreneurship?

Which Big 4 is best by work wise.

In the last talk I did, I mentioned my 3 personal favorite podcast hosting services. Wanted to drop them here in case anyone may find useful. Links to more details in comments below.

1. Megaphone
2. Transistor
3. Libsyn

What spas do you all recommend in Houston? I normally go to Chinatown for a cheap massage but I want to try to treat myself to a proper spa experience.

Anyone using Sonic for Wi-Fi? How are they?

Sharing a helpful tool to increase discipline. “The 5 Second Rule is simple. If you have an instinct to act on a goal, you must physically move within 5 seconds or your brain will kill it.
The moment you feel an instinct or a desire to act on a goal or a commitment, use the Rule.
When you feel yourself hesitate before doing something that you know you should do, count 5-4-3-2-1-GO and move towards action.”

Does PwC accepts 10th Marksheet as a valid document for dob ? Anyone who has submitted the same ?

Hi All,
Currently working in S&P Gloabl (Associate Software developer {Tableau})
I am looking for a job change.
I have +6 Month's of experience.
Skills :- Tableau, Python, SQL.

Hello London folk. There’s a lot of great chat about diversity in adland on fishbowl, but it’s all very US based. So I’ve just started a bowl on diversity in London specifically - 9qo8f

I need advice about Zoom. Is it easier to have a zoom link with your personal Id or a simple generated one? I want to connect my Zoom link in my clever portal, but for some reason the generated one doesn’t work, but I’m afraid if I switch anything it will mess up the flow. Any experts do we have advice?

Can I move to Florida the month my bonus hits and not pay any NY State tax on it? Or would I just declare that 1/12 of the year I was in Florida and get the pro-rated refund from NYS on my overall Pay

I’m at a family member’s college graduation. One of her friends is going to Bain, another is going to BCG. Both interned at these places last summer. They said they usually worked 12+ hours a day, as INTERNS! 🤯 How is this possible?!

Hey fish: what are some of your favorite business/self-help books?

It’s pretty boring. What’s the fun thing we can do in Bangalore for this weekend

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How is Tata Altroz (Petrol)? Any suggestions from owners

How much time should I expect between starting a UX design boot camp, doing a job placement program with portfolio building to landing my first gig? I hope to be able to work quickly because I’ll have 15-20/week devoted to learning.

Think it’s possible to do it all under 6 months? I have 10 years of graphic design experiments 6 with a large entertainment company. I’ve saved money and I’m ready for the switch!

Client referred me to thier mother. Has $68k coming due in cds and wants income. Money is qualified. Refuses stocks. Wants some money short term. Any ideas?

Anybody do Getaround or Turo on the side? If so, what has your experience been?

What sort of decisions you make as an executive after analyzing P&L statement?

I’ve been at BCG in the west coast for 3 years out of undergrad. I am looking to join a Series B/C start-up in some strategy/operations role. Any rough estimates for what I can expect for comp (knowing it’s variable)? TYIA

Hi everyone, I’m Matt, the Cofounder and CEO of Fishbowl. I’ll be hosting a Fishbowl Live convo this Thursday at 8 PM EST sharing experiences that I hope are helpful for this community based on the 3 startups I’ve launched.

Ideation… product iteration… fundraising... it’s all fair game. You can join us by tapping on this link at 8 PM EST on Thursday:

What’s a profound way to start a business? The desire to make social and economic impact? Or personal wealth? What should be the main driving factor? I’m curious what your guys’ thoughts and opinions are on this. Feel free to drop a comment :)

Anyone interested in fashion? Stated a clothing brand. Need sales.

I run a small SaaS startup. I am looking for a growth manager for my company, who can wear multiple hats. She should be able to do presales as well as helping me in the building strategies for the company. Any help, what should I look for in an ideal candidates? Any suggestions about how would I interview candidates? Thanking you in advance!

👍👍 Need a technical cofounder to help me get an accounting software platform off the ground.

DM me freaks…pls…😀😂😎

10+ years accounting exp, financial stmt audit, corporate acctg, outsourced acctg, the works 🤦‍♂️

Let’s ‘disrupt’ this staid, boring industry once and for all

Any good recommended books on how to build a scalable product and team? I'm looking for recommendations for two areas: 1) in general laying the groundwork in a startup to have the tools and especially processes in place to scale, and 2) tactical focus on building a SaaS project. I've been promoted into a management role from Dev roots, so need to learn more PM processes to be an effective manager in day job, plus would like to start building my own SaaS solution.

Looking to start an app project and need a full stack developer who wants to also mentor a junior developer along the way. Any advice on where to look besides LinkedIn? Also, not looking for freelance, want the developer to be apart of the team as a business partner and leader.

Really confused as to whether to incorporate my NY- based makeup startup as an LLC or an S-corp? Not based in NYC if that matters and no revenue yet. Should I be looking into Delaware at all (specifically a Delaware C-Corp) if I do plan on raising capital at some point down the line? Also - for any FDA lawyers out there, what is the problem with developing makeup (specifically foundations) with SPF? I've heard it's "heavily regulated." What do I need to be aware of? Thanks in advance !!

Hey 🐠 We’re looking for a technical co-founder for a music/metaverse project (pre launch). Game development / Unity, plus Web3 experience a plus. Our team team has 20+ combined years of music/live-events experience and backgrounds in Product Management, Growth Marketing and Consulting. You would be our first Engineering person. Send me a PM if you’re interested in this space would love to chat!

New to startup ecosystem. What are some resources, books, podcasts that help you along the way? Are there any communities you interact with regularly on Reddit/discord/meetup?

Any entrepreneurs here had angel investors actually invest in your company? If so, how did you find them and how did it go?

How common is it to have an investor in your company also be a customer? As a company should you bend backwards to accept a requirement that serves only the investor and no one else in your customer base?

How do you recruit for startups? Exhausted from lack of responses from cold networking. What else should I do? I am aiming for roles in early stage startups. Didn’t study or work for long in US so don’t have a strong network.

Been wanting to start a Consultancy that offers employment help to individuals. Any ideas on the success rate or how to start networking to have actual clients coming to me? What are the pros and cons?

I have a business idea in the VR/AR space utilizing AI. However, I lack skill sets to evaluate viability or to create an MVP. Neither do I have a network to tap into.

My plan is taking classes to deepen my knowledge while joining and actively participating in communities to find collaborators.

Does this approach make sense or do you recommend other approaches? If it makes sense, do you have any recommendations for classes or communities?

Look forward to hearing your experiences and wisdom!