EleventhSun

I'm a technical founder, looking for a co-founder. I have no way of assessing other non-technical co-founders, which pretty much limits my options to technical co-founders.

How often are there companies founded by dual technical co-founders? Google comes to mind.

It's going to be awkward talking to VCs while both of us are staring at our shoes.

To get into YC, I mean. Is there a pitch event?

Clerky say that they can register Delaware C corps electronically, however on the site corp.delaware.gov, I can only find some pdfs to mail in, and those pdfs don't seem to render correctly.

From the Clerky site: "In order to ensure reliability, we electronically file your certificate of incorporation with the Delaware Secretary of State. We typically return the filed certificate of incorporation to you within 2-3 business days."

It looks like I need a "registered agent" when incorporating as a Delaware C corp - anyone know how to choose one? Is there one that YC companies typically use?

Are cap tables typically private?

That is to say, can new investors see the entire cap table?

On angel.co/syndicates, there are many syndicates, and they have 4 numbers each:

1. "Syndicate Backing" Is this the amount of backing available per startup, or per all startups in a year?

2. "Typical Investments" What do these numbers mean exactly?

3. "Deals Last 12 Months" I'm assuming this means startups funded in last 12 months?

It's very confusing.

I read in a previous thread that VCs sometimes do reference checks before signing a deal. That's fine, I work for one of the Big Co's in the valley and they can confirm my employment there.

However, do they typically have a verbal chat with the prior manager, like a fully-fledged job reference?

The reason I don't want to use my manager as a reference is because I've never done any overtime. Any spare minute I've ever had has gone towards a startup or side project.

On the one hand, Trump has an 'interesting' relationship with foreigners. On the other hand, he does like small business.

It's already possible to start a business on the E-2 visa. Additionally there's the startup visa that Obama was spearheading. It will be interesting to see if the startup visa goes ahead, and if there will be any changes in volume / difficulty of obtaining the E-2...

In the context of running a startup in the Bay Area.

For example, a post I read eons ago described how, when talking to an investor, and they ask you if you're talking to other investors, you always say yes. The reason being is that you always want to appear to be able to give them competition, and moreover, if you say no you look inexperienced.

Any other catches like that you can think of?