so Dave, what did you decide to do?

have you tried Sand Hill Road at evening rush hour? :-)

sleeeping in of course!

Conan O'Brien's Dartmouth 2011 Commencement Speech. Its awesome and at the end, very humble http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmDYXaaT9sA

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I'm looking for a team to build a hosted, cloud based, well documented app message queuing service.

yes, sort of.....i just leave the window open as accomplishes the same thing in San Francisco with the ocean humidity.

peanut butter and apples. best of all worlds!!

the one that uses the word "f*ck" in the most entertaining and creative ways.

do you really still use a checkbook? :-)

turkey, jerky! (with lots of gravy and mashed potatoes and squash of course!)

an experienced investor would never require the entrepreneur to be personally liable for an investment.

Designed in Seattle, built in California

Don't worry so much about figuring out the "path". Trust that it will work out. Make decisions. go. try. Opportunities will open that you can't foresee downstream from where you are standing; Spend time with people you enjoy. You will lose some sooner than you can possibly imagine; Learn as much as you can about things that excite you; Seek advice but listen to your own heart/mind--they know you best.

is a tattoo considered a scar? :-)

be schitzo: divide you time between the two with a bit more on hacking. Others will want to see your work, and your work will speak for your idea/who you are more so than hustling without something to show.

around sunrise, by far.

steve@baselinev.com Fellow Formspring investor Travis said it best though: "unions and politics suck"

a sole founder is hard. as I mentioned earlier, its lonely. I do invest in one-founder-bands (burbn and IndexTank would be recent examples) but always want to understand how the founder thinks about bringing on partners/co-founders. I shy away from founders that think they can do it all on their own as I see it like doubling down on a 13 in blackjack. You might win but the odds are way stacked against you.

watching the engaged interaction between users and the absolute devotion may of those people have to Formspring--it reminded me of a similar pattern I personally witnessed at Starbucks, eBay and Twitter in their respective early days.

great question. presumably there are needs beyond an MVP to build a company; and not many founders/early team members can work for free for a long time so a salary is nice to pay the bills. Of course, if you create a company that generates cash immediately from an MVP then its less likely you'll want to raise is my guess