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Do you have plans to open source any of the work? Would love to use this for a course/training platform.

Read the fine print. It's not a FDIC-insured account.

It's a crypto yield account that downplays the fact that it's crypto.

Do with that knowledge what you want.

Depending on the size of your team, and whether you just need to "check a box" and say you do it, versus you're actually worried about employee mistakes re: cybersecurity (e.g. you have a big and varied enough team where training is geniunely important), it's pretty easy to design this yourself.

Write up or copy a few page doc outlining security best practices, then require every employee to read & sign an acknowledgement that they've read it. Now every employee has gone through security training.

There's a good chance 115k TC is significantly less than what you could be getting.

I'm currently building a network of domain expert mentors, where companies can connect with experts for advising their existing team to solve business problems. Think of it like very low commitment consulting. It might be a great way to get a better feel for industry (and the salary you can command) before making a hard commitment.

If that sounds interesting, shoot me an email. My email is <my username> at gmail dot com.

Three easy lessons:

1. Don't use MongoDB.

2. Don't use high level ORMs. Stay (reasonably) close to SQL. And yes, it should be SQL. Almost certainly Postgres.

3. Especially don't use Mongoid.

The personal MBA is probably the best resource for solid foundation of all business topics relevant to entrepreneurship.

"Laws of Human Nature" by Robert Greene (ironically, also the author of 48 laws of power, which is often criticized for advocating machiavellianism) is an extremely powerful book.

It has two chapters that are especially relevant for you: "Chapter 2: Transform self-love into empathy: The law of narcissism", which might be self-evident in its value from the title, and "Chapter 4: Determine the strength of people's character: The law of compulsive behavior", which discusses toxic personality types, how to avoid them, and what to do in case you notice those patterns in your own behavior. I think you'll find both of those chapters extremely illuminating.

The whole book is worth checking out too. And a relationship with a good executive coach or therapist works wonders too!

Wanna email me your resume (email in profile)? We're tackling an underserved part of the consumer finance world, backed by top VCs and still early stage.

Could I get your contact information to chat with you more about government contracting? It's a space I'm doing a lot of research in, and very curious to learn more about!

Build a better mousetrap, and you'll learn how to build a better mousetrap. You need to market it (or partner with someone who will) if you want to make money.

1. Get some kind of market validation before you build. Get commitments from paying customers (or even pre-payment), or directly see them paying for a near-identical offering, and have a competitive advantage to deliver it more cheaply.

2. Do an inventory exercise of why these projects have failed. Doing a quick run-through, it looks like you didn't do marketing or user research for any of these projects. If making a side business still excites you, make sure you do these steps before going to build any future side business.

3. I know nothing about landscaping, but as an outsider, Bloom looks a promising product. Go talk to customers!

3. If the marketing side of things doesn't interest you, but you still want to make side money, reach out to me, my email is <hn username> at gmail. My background is pure engineering, but I have friends who are looking for technical co-founders and have ideas that I could use more technical talent on.

This is amazing!

I helped found www.onesalon.org , and from that have experience building global community. Happy to chat if you'd like. Username at gmail dot com