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Ask HN: Where to ask for outside advice as a young startup member?

by Spectral on 1/11/16, 11:52 PM with 2 comments

As a young, first time early employee or co-founder, where would one go to describe working conditions and contract terms to get a seasoned entrepreneur opinions & thoughts on if it's worth it?

As a human being I rationalize a lot of things (this unfavorable working condition isn't THAT bad) but have stronger reservations about other things (this thing in the terms seems suspicious, I don't feel comfortable about it but how do I change it?)

Where or how do I go about finding a mentor to answer some of these questions?

As a young person (mid 20's) I don't have too many connections to older peers and if I ask people within the company I see that their opinion / "honest advice" tends to be biased and many times they will say things to advance their own agenda. For a service like this I would gladly pay a couple hundred bucks for a one time session to talk it out with an experienced professional.

I've tried submitting to Ask HN with my problem, but that didn't garner much any responses.

  • by MrHygiene on 1/12/16, 3:05 AM

    Not sure where you live, but most metro areas have a meetup/event called Startup Grind. It really should just start with googling startup + your city ... there's probably a more active community than you might expect.

  • by sharemywin on 1/12/16, 2:28 PM

    Here's a pay site, just like you menetioned:

    https://clarity.fm/