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Ask HN: How Do You Deal With Startups Being Rollercoasters?

I'm part of an accelerator and working on a product that I strongly believe in. It's in an industry that's just ripe for disruption - online payments & selling online - so I'm even more excited about that.I'm young. 21. Haven't dealt with something like this before. So, I'm wondering if anyone has had experience with this and what, if anything, you did to help you deal with this?I never...

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Ask HN: How much equity should I ask for?

Hello all. I'm a much more active HN-user using a throwaway account to ask an anonymous question.I'm about to go start a venture with a partner and was wondering about equity.Here's the backstory:It's his idea and he has already programmed 70% of a working prototype. The idea was submitted and accepted at a YC-like (but not YC) accelerator...and will thus receive a good amount of...

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