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MikeFaber

62 karma · joined May 19, 2021

Co-founder at marketplace & B2B eCommmerce SaaS @getvendo Monetizing opensource at @spreecommerce Imagineer, doer, storyteller. Sci-fi nerd.
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MikeFaber··on How to Start a Delaware Corporation as a Non-US Citizen Founder
So you’re living the startup dream, building a product, getting traction, getting admitted to Y Combinator, or getting US-based VCs interested. You need to start a Delaware C-Corp, like now, so that your seed investor could wire you the money. But as it turns out, you’re a non-US citizen founder. Here’s a simple solution to all your problems.
MikeFaber··on A16Z Should Do Marketplace 1000, not 100
One important takeaway from this year’s a16z Marketplace 100 ranking, it’s that it could really soon become a Marketplace 1000.
MikeFaber··on How to Start a Delaware Corporation as a Non-US Citizen Founder
So you’re living the startup dream, building a product, getting traction, getting admitted to Y Combinator, or getting US-based VCs interested. You need to start a Delaware C-Corp, like now, so that your seed investor could wire you the money. But as it turns out, you're a non-US citizen founder. Here’s a simple solution to all your problems.
MikeFaber··on Hard times ahead for DTC eCommerce and the rise of a dropshipping marketplace
What’s happening with Shopify is a health indicator of the entire independent DTC retail industry. And Shopify stock dropped 52% in the past 6 months. Long story short: hard times ahead. Google is about to introduce similar privacy changes to Apple’s which killed Facebook ads as a cheap source of traffic. The times of independent DTC brands might be coming to a painful end. There has never been a better time to launch or join a multi-vendor marketplace than now. Vendo is an all-in-one platform that allows you to onboard Shopify brands to your marketplace, as vendors, easily. Or to convert a Shopify store into a marketplace.