When thi say crypto, do you mean a company that is issuing it's crypto currency or a blockchain business? 
  
 -PS Lawyer in the Web 3 domain

Also available on TG if you want to chat about the space in general JadeArgent

Lawyer

Software Developer

Nah. None of the crypto companies are doing well. And if the company isn’t based out of some crypto friendly nation then it’s a big no.

Product Manager

Analyst

I have an offer from an early stage company in crypto space and i need help in making a decision if is it worth or not. As the sector is highly under the regulatory radar so business is at risk whe...

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I have an offer from an early stage company in crypto space and i need help in making a decision if is it worth or not. As the sector is highly under the regulatory radar so business is at risk whenever new regulations comes is as in case with the most fintech companies as well. Also do you think crypto does hold some real value and is here to stay for long?

Need advice. Is it worth joining a crypto based startup at an early stage, keeping in view that the sector is too much under the financial regulatory authorities radar and business semantics can turn overnight?

Need advice. Is it worth joining a crypto based startup at an early stage, keeping in view that the sector is too much under the financial regulatory authorities radar and business semantics can turn overnight?- Grapevine

Is crypto still has a future after too many regulations in different countries. Is still worth joining one ?? The starup has got some funding and is into building some kind of bitcoin wallet

Should I join a crypto startup ??

Founder

Welcome to Fintech India's Private Community

Full disclosure:
I'm currently in a service based company, but want to venture into the fintech world and eventually join a fintech product company in the lines of Razorpay, PayU, etc. But being from the service industry, that too from a small non-popular startup, has been a main blocker.
Recently I got an opportunity to join a not-so-popular but well-thriving crypto exchange. Will joining this company help me to eventually transition to fintech domain in future ?

Is joining a crypto exchange a good step towards getting into the fintech world ?

Frontend Engineer

Welcome to Indian Startups's Private Community

How do you evaluate the risk and the potential of the offer from an early-stage (seed stage done) startup in India?

For example (hypothetical), a seasoned leader / founder is starting a new startup in fintech industry (e.g., next zerodha, etc). They raise 10 million USD at 30 million USD post-money valuation. 

I took fintech as example specifically to ensure it's not only engineers that will be needed from the beginning.

* Now, If I were to join as a founding team member (founding engineer for example), what kind of salary, ESOPs one should expect as minimum?

* If I were to join after 2-3 engineers are already hired (so not founding engg anymore), what is realistic expectation? 

* What are some questions I must ask to evaluate if the offer and equity I am being given is good or not.

(I know there's probably no way to generalise a "good/bad offer" as that likely depends also on very specific situation of the startup - like what problem is it trying to tackle, and what is the potential of it, etc. So feel free to share your experience as well if not advice)

Evaluating risk of joining a seed stage startup

Software Engineer

Hello grapevines!
Need your help/opinion here.
I work for a big corp. ~6YOE. 48L.

The work culture here seems a bit off. Constant pressure to compete and snatch the work and prove oneself. Chaos is being glorified. Onsite team is unresponsive and hiding information. Asking for a KT is being judged upon(expectation is apparently to read through the code). Everyone is trying to earn brownie points by impressing the manage because no one seems to know what to work upon. Technical ability is being looked down upon in the name of domain knowledge.

I switched recently to upskill and grow, but seems like it was a wrong choice.

I’m looking for early stage startups to switch to. I know the current market situation is bad, but I’d take the risk as long as I’m getting to expose myself to good problem statements and less bullshit.

Looking to join early stage startups

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Hi folks,
I wanted to know your opiion, I’m a graphic designer at a mid stage startup where i have been working for past 1.5 yrs and now i have got job offer to be in founding team for branding and marketing (which i have good experience in both) of a early stage startup which is already funded, product is good and so are founders. Should i do it?

Mid stage startup or early stage startup

Marketing Associate

Would you guys consider joining a startup with only 3-4 people in the office? I’m a recent graduate and got an opportunity to work with a team of 4 

however i’m not sure if i should join because i’ve always wanted to work at bigger organisations and get that corporate feeling and i im also an introvert and hate being “seen/perceived” (iykwim) and that’s the case with smaller teams 

but again looking at the job market rn im scared id end up employed 

what to do?

Joining a startup

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Should I work at well-named startups or companies to work at (eg: CRED, Infosys, etc) with less pay?

Or Should I work at unknown startups or companies (eg: early-stage startups or local companies) with higher pay? (x2 the salary here).

Note: For the above, the experience & designation are the same.

The question is related to future work prospects does working at we'll name brands help me get higher pay in the future?

Help me

A senior of mine, took a job with 30% paycut after being laid off earlier this year. The work is okay, but no growth from what he can see (service based company problems)

He has a casual offer to move to Bangalore and work for a friend's seed funded startup. The pay maybe significantly lesser than what he is making right now (so further paycut), but the work is a dream role, will get to shape and build the product basically immense growth. 

Bangalore is an expensive city, less money will be another concern. 
For background, he is 33M, not married, working remotely from his hometown so saving on rent too.

What advice will you give to someone torn between working for money and working for dreams?

Consultant

which one would be better to join and how to evaluate:

 fairly old startup (~10 years) with extremely competent folks (Top IITs) VS 2 year old startup in Seed Stage with friendly team but team size <10

getting similar comp but much higher stocks in the seed stage. extremely confused because I think it’ll be similar work life balance in both. don’t know if it’s right time to take risk so early in my career (my YOE: <1)

I also think the work might be hectic in the first than the second. learning curve might be more in the first. from another standpoint, the first company is much more well recognised and more "stable"

also- for folks who have been in the job for a while, how important would it be to stay close to your home eventually? do you feel lonely in cities away from home?

sometimes I feel I should go for stability and other time I feel it’ll be fine at max the early startup will give me atleast one year experience so very confused

Need Help: Mid Stage vs Early Stage Company

Current
Top food/grocery tech
Base: 19l
Exp: 1.6 yrs
Remote

Have offer from
B2B Fintech (Seed funded - growth potential is crazy due to the founder)
Base: 23l
Esop (36l, vested over 4yrs)
WFO (5 days)

I am thinking to switch due to the growth potential, but the base is less and it is complete WFO. What should I do?

Need opinion on Switch

Got a offer from crypto statup 16 base 2 performance bonus 
Current is 14 base  they are quite well established have been building for 4 years in the space on polka.
Don’t know should join them or not?
They are full remote and my current job requires me to go to office. 
They are currently dubai based

Help me decide

Product Owner

Welcome to Product Managers's Private Community

I have been on this journey for a long time now. Lots of failure comes with loads of learning. Each step or initiative I took has helped me grow as a person, the business guy (ed-tech, media space), and also in terms of technicalities (full-stack product management, hardcore hands-on into technology and I love user experience)

Ps: currently running an edtech startup in pre-seed/seed stage

Feel free to ask anything, would be happy to help even personally

5 years of failure (Entrepreneurship) AMA

I have a business idea, similar to takeaway food cafe stuff, planning to start from my own town (Tier2). Have done enough market research in the last few months and am sure enough to generate 1-2lakhs in profit with one store(will expand more to different cities asap).
But is it really worth it? I am a recent CSE graduate, and I fear that if I invest all my future time in this I might miss opportunities to start bigger scalable companies in the future as I would also miss the corporate ladder bus.

Should I start up?

I am working in a Pre Seed GenAI Startup (2020 Founded) as Head of Engineering (Team of 20 with 5-6 in Engineering, No CTO) 

It's been 3.5 years (3yrs Full Time + 6mon Internship) Previously it is in EdTech now in GenAI Space 

My CTC is 8 LPA + 0.45% ESOPs (10-12L in 25cr valuation). 
Skills: Nodejs, Nextjs, Monorepos, MongoDB, AWS, Serverless

1-2yrs ago we were thinking about scaling the tech team, etc but then that EdTech model started failing and then we went to a war time after that we pivoted currently also we are burning money revenue is there but very less (25% of the expense)

I was of the view that I want to lead teams and scale products That's why I was there in the team It can be the case tomorrow if we scale 

but Now I am confused whether I should switch my job and or stick with the startup maybe the startup grow tomorrow or a big VC fund us to scale (as I have ESOPs) or it will just be a waste of time or opportunity cost

Please guide 🙏 Anyone with a similar startup experience would really appreciate your help 🙏

Need Career Guidance in Tech (Switch or Not?)

Welcome to Office Gossip's Private Community

I recently cleared the interviews for a very well seed funded startup. I want to know how should I negotiate? HR has asked me to tell the expectations, how to benchmark it?

Also, how much ESOPs should I ask for? 

YOE-1.5

Salary Negotiation

Operation Manager

What questions would you ask to evaluate if you should join an early stage startup in this market?

The objective is to ensure job longevity, avoid getting laid off and experience a reasonable amount of growth.

Is there anything else that we can do apart from asking questions to the company folks?

Evaluating early stage startups in this market

Have lately been exploring switching out from Uber to early stage startups. Exploring founding engineer roles / CTO roles with people I know well

The worst of it has been just the fact that our salaries are hard to match (even with Cash + ESOP, no matter what you do)

Like I know you need to be okay with less cash. But I now feel that it’s such a jump down, I wonder if it makes sense.

And then this feeling forever makes me averse to trying out something big, risky, bold.

It’s a catch-22 situation lol

Uber feeling like a CTC trap and it is ruining my life

Security Engineer

Hey everyone,

I'm currently working as a SDE at a startup with about three years of experience. I'm considering making a move, and I've received an offer from an early-stage startup where I'd be joining as a founding engineer.
My main motivation for wanting to switch to some startup is the potential for high learning and growth opportunities, especially since I'm still relatively early in my career. However, I'm a bit torn between targeting multinational corporations (MNCs) like FAANG and sticking with startups.On one hand, MNCs offer more stability and potentially valuable stock options, which can be more than just paper money. 
So, my question is, should I prioritize learning and growth by staying with startups, or should I also consider the FAANG tag and potential stock benefits? Also Would there be any added advantage when I later interview at some FAANG , after working as a founding engineer for 3-4 years in some startup (given I’ll have to build multiple things from scratch and owning multiple modules). The base package for the offer I hold is roughly equivalent to what FAANGs pay at my level.

Any advice or insights would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Need advice. Is it worth joining a crypto based startup at an early stage, keeping in view that the sector is too much under the financial regulatory authorities radar and business semantics can turn overnight?

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