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The Gambler

The Imitation game. 

Lately, I haven’t gotten as much to the cinema as I wanted to but, this movie got me excited, and I can’t wait to see it in Theaters. 

Alan Turing has always been a fascinating person to me, and I’m happy to see that Benedict Cumberbatch is playing his role..

Let's see what happens. 

Two incredibly useful questions to ask in a job interview

"[...] I took it very seriously and felt a responsibility to really try to understand people. I had a few tricks, some I still use when interviewing potential employees, that helped me a lot. My most important two questions were ‘what are you going to do when you get selected?’ and then I always followed up with ‘and what will you do if you aren’t selected?’.  [...]"

I like the approach that Boris is using right here. There's always a chance that you will get the job and there is always a chance that you won't get it. But I think (great) people who won't get the job won't throw them a pity party for the next 6 months but they rather figure out a way either to get the job after all or what they are going to do next.

StartupClass by YCombinator: 

Kirsty Nathoo (Ycombinator CFO)  & Caroline Levy (General Counsel) are talking about the boring stuff that happens in a startup. Legal, Accounting, Finance.

Key takeaways: 

As a founder -- don't get lost in those details (you should care more about the product, hiring & fundraising) 

Hire a good lawyer (for company setup, mistakes can be very costly) 

If you're starting up in the US -- use a Delaware corporation (a requirement for all the YC funded companies)

Outsource payroll and related services (it's worth your money) 

Hire a smart accountant (Always a good idea)

Don't give away board seats easily

Always try to have a balanced equity formula when it comes to the founders (every YC company has a balanced equity formula) 

If your company shares are vested (which they should be) you're creating an incentive for yourself to put 150% in (same goes for employees w/ stock options)