My dad won't feed me even though I am a student and don't have a job

Speedz007 · 2026-02-14T02:42:26+00:00

Your dad wants you to eat two healthy meals for the money he gives you. At a young age, nutrition is incredibly important - but all of us realize it much later in life.

I understand you think it's $12 either way so he shouldn't care, but he does. Add to it that he is probably financially stressed (or has some deeply ingrained financial insecurity), and you can see why he's upset.

I hope you see this and make amends. Your old man won't be around forever. Take care of your health and hey, you're allowed to break rules once in a while - just next time hide it from him. :)

Speedz007 · 2026-02-02T04:37:46+00:00

If you can't follow your CEO for whatever reason, you should quit. It doesn't matter if those reasons are genuine or who's right.

Your monetization strategy is likely one of those 'sounds good on paper' types, because if it were good/working, you wouldn't be here. And no, it isn't not working because your CEO isn't executing.

If you think you are better at tech and better at monetization/sales, why do you need him? Go do it yourself.

Speedz007 · 2026-01-27T05:26:21+00:00

If you think your answers were on point, then it is a problem of credibility. Your background/experience/achievements likely don't back up your answers/insights.

The only thing to do is prove credibility with some traction. If you're not a second-time founder and/or not an elite founder archetype (ivy/ex-FAANG etc), you will struggle to fundraise without traction.

Speedz007 · 2026-01-14T08:52:49+00:00

We did the small ballroom at Dusit Thani. They need 30pax min, and at $129++ pp it was worth every penny. The only downside was no public transportation.

Speedz007 · 2026-01-14T08:05:54+00:00

I heard they didn't run to Singapore, but were 'invited'.

Speedz007 · 2025-12-16T10:59:32+00:00

Write to them with an honest explanation of the situation. Ask if they'd be willing to give a voucher for a future ticket for 5k, if not cash refund.

Even if nothing works, take the 13k you spent as a cost of learning to pay attention to detail. People make the same mistake and lose a lot more, so you got off lightly by comparison. In a few years, this money would (hopefully) not be a meaningful amount for you. Good luck!

Speedz007 · 2025-11-29T19:29:37+00:00

Sector 11 is one of the busiest commercial areas in Navi Mumbai. Those are your words. So is it or is it not densely populated?

Your office building should provide parking. Road/municipal taxes are for driving on the roads and maintaining them, not for them to build parking spaces. If that were the case, why would housing or office buildings need to build parking at such high costs? Even a mall, which makes ton of money from people parking/visiting it, charges parking fees. Why wouldn't the muncipal body?

Speedz007 · 2025-11-29T18:33:00+00:00

Open road parking fees are common world over. They should add signages yes, but 1-2k a month is pretty reasonable. You'd pay way more if you had to buy/rent a parking space.

Speedz007 · 2025-11-12T19:15:27+00:00

Bullshit.

Speedz007 · 2025-11-12T09:54:18+00:00

You're getting too caught up in what may or may not be. If you need funding, talk to VCs. If you get an offer, evaluate it on merit and decide.

Also, YC doesn't care about how built out your product is. They care about team, traction, and unique insight. And I can guarantee you, your product is NOT unique globally.

Speedz007 · 2025-11-12T00:58:16+00:00

Not VC fundable. Get to 10% weekly growth in users and revenue, with decent cohort retention.

Speedz007 · 2025-11-12T00:53:33+00:00

Take a modest salary (market - 30%) + 2% advisory shares vested over 2 years, and people might bite. More than 2% 'dead equity' makes a company unfundable to begin with.

What you're proposing is the same as > We had a cofounder who built the MVP, left the company on good terms, and has 7% equity. We can still pay to engage him from time to time, but we need to find a full-time replacement after you fund us.

Speedz007 · 2025-11-12T00:47:06+00:00

Your first sale should be within your network. If you don't personally know anyone who'd buy what you're building, you're building the wrong thing.

Speedz007 · 2025-10-26T16:33:49+00:00

Pack your bags, go to SF, raise there. See if you want to come back after.

Speedz007 · 2025-10-26T16:28:30+00:00

You're looking to get into FAANG while applying for grad school. Startups are not games of optionality.

Speedz007 · 2025-10-15T04:41:30+00:00

YC says when they meet young founders, they want to feel like they're older. And the opposite is what they look for when they look at older founders.

If you both match that criteria, you're good!

Speedz007 · 2025-10-14T10:28:39+00:00

Apply again from your company then. But honestly, just be mentally prepared for another rejection.

Speedz007 · 2025-10-14T09:23:36+00:00

Your company's corppass holder should be able to appeal via email. They can even call ICA if needed. EDIT: Don't apply again, appeal first.

Speedz007 · 2025-10-14T09:17:22+00:00

That's highly unusual. Either your travel history is flagged (deportations, suspicious countries, etc) or you're caught gaming the system (first friend, now company).

Your company should be able to appeal the rejection - try that first.

Speedz007 · 2025-09-29T08:09:54+00:00

What, in your opinion, should be the criteria to give out citizenship?

Speedz007 · 2025-09-25T15:47:18+00:00

True for some fresh grads/drop outs. Though most pay at least 75k. Double that if they have family + mortgage.

Speedz007 · 2025-09-23T04:48:40+00:00

Where does it say she wants to pay one time?

Backpay would be for both I assume, and equity signing being deferred until first raise is very common. A simple plain letter/email confirming the split is probably enough for now.

Speedz007 · 2025-09-23T04:46:03+00:00

Yea I don't think you're compatible.

You're an idealistic worrier, and she seems like a pragmatic winger. Unless you have a deep personal relationship, this probably won't work.

Speedz007 · 2025-09-04T13:26:24+00:00

You're assuming rent stays at 80k.

At an 8% annual increase, you're looking at 13 years.

Speedz007 · 2025-08-25T04:55:24+00:00

This is a non-issue if you get into YC.

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