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Re:Why Even Ron Conway Couldn’t Persuade Me To Move To Silic... by ImprovedSilence on Thursday April 07, 2011 @06:43PM (#2421525)
I live in DC, something of a community is getting off the ground here, but by and large it's still a city full of people too concentrated on the good paying day job to really push them over the edge. Or at least from what I've seen. Impossible to find developers willing to work for equity, everyones a "consultant". Can't use hired guns when I'm bootstrappin, now can I? But like I said, it's getting better.
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Re:Why Even Ron Conway Couldn’t Persuade Me To Move To Silic... by bobbyfive on Thursday April 07, 2011 @07:22PM (#2421656)
I get asked regularly to do web dev work for equity, and that will never happen. It's essentially asking me to do work for free and share risk (yes, payment in the form of equity is like being paid in lotto scratch tickets).

Hired guns may be your only option.

That said, I truly wish you success (and that DC has a supportive community for you).

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Re:Why Even Ron Conway Couldn’t Persuade Me To Move To Silic... by kovar on Thursday April 07, 2011 @07:25PM (#2421668)
I'm bootstrapping and using hired guns. They're getting paid by revenue I'm bringing in doing, essentially, product research - ie, consulting in the field we're selling into.

Also may end up in DC due to potential client base - lawyers.

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Re:Why Even Ron Conway Couldn’t Persuade Me To Move To Silic... by dasil003 on Friday April 08, 2011 @12:22AM (#2422442)
How much equity are you offering? I mean if you can't afford to pay a market salary, then you need to either A) have traction and massive sex appeal or B) be bringing people in as co-founders. This goes equally well out in the valley.
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Re:Why Even Ron Conway Couldn’t Persuade Me To Move To Silic... by rexreed on Thursday April 07, 2011 @10:58PM (#2422223)
Come up a bit farther north to Baltimore -- it really IS happening here. Check out Startup City. DC is a stone's throw. Join the fun, help us make Mid-Atlantic happen.
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