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Some context is needed. That specific email was a scam email sent to the investment team and Sean (partner @ 500) jokingly replied to it playing along with the scammer.

zer00eyz - knowing the fine folks behind MyPermissions. Yes, it might attract them some PR but the offer is real and their love for privacy is real.

I love it when founders will only take what they need and not automatically adjust their salaries to each other even when their life circumstances are different.

I'm Israeli too - I applaud and support the Gazan startup economy. I know this is the only hope to build a solid bridge between the Israeli and Gazan community.

I wish both sides could be more vocal.

That's a legit question and I don't know the answer. However how is it different from hiring someone and letting him go after a month if you think he's not a good fit? The mention of a month of bootcamp or "orientation" is mainly to set expectations.

You should always hire the best candidate which you think will work out but that month allow you to set the right phase, this is a month where you both give the best to make that relationship work - orientation, pairing, documentation, short meetings to discuss potential roadblocks or issues.

All startups usually do this - I just consider it's a good practice to say it out loud that there's a period where we both find out if we want to keep working together.

Moving across continents to work for a company which you're not sure it'll work well with them is a too big risk to take to be honest.

I'm a founder of a startup and I would only move someone across the continents after working with him for a while. For example I would fly him over for a month to work for us to see if there's a fit (without asking him to leave everything yet), covering his expenses, flights and anything other expense he would incur.

I understand if the startup is paying for relocating you but you're still taking a big risk, there's always the chance that you would be let go if you're not a good fit.

How other are mitigating this risk? Is working remotely for a couple of weeks/months with occasional flying viable and moving only after you spent some time with the company viable for others here?

    Sorry! Pricing is not yet available in Mountain View.

Any plan on making this available in Mountain View?

That makes sense