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💬 HIT Volunteers Only - Founders Task Force
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Thu, 14 May 2026
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Hi all, following up on the directory topic here
12:40
I just realized that I didn’t see a section that captures the stage for founders, which is info that has come up several times
12:42
@74277248364615 did i miss it?
12:42
If not, could it be added? And we could also add it in the admissions form?
12:42
i didnt cover it well, will review in profile.
also good add to admissions form yes
12:47
123630717538524
Thank you!
12:50
For admissions form can you give me a specific change you want please (either to existing q or adding a new one) and I’ll make it?
Happy to update it!
13:04
Sure! When a person says that they are a founder, it would be great to have a question next asking what stage are they in
13:08
With a dropdown
13:08
What do you want in the dropdown? Same as this or tweaked?
13:09
Also @123630717538524 are you pro with google forms? I am a little scared of conditional formatting but can give you access to make edits if you know how!
I can also just do so on my end but am not as sure about conditional formatting or dropdowns (i feel like these hypothetically should exist but not sure how to do it in google forms).
13:10
I am not but could take a look
13:11
I’ll give you access and DM you, one sec
13:12
dont think this is perfect yet. sorry didnt consult claude. but i think the definitional question is if parttime / moonlighting while in FT job already are qualified as founder or not.
13:21
here the assumptio is fulltime in all cases.
13:24
in order to be called a foudner
13:24
the clustering by funding round is based on my perception of Type of problem a founder hsa, the complexity of investor relations and operations the founder is worried aout
13:25
123630717538524
To your point, what about the following?
Ideating
Building (part time)
Building (full time)
Launched bootstrapped
Funded pre-seed
Funded seed / series A
Funded series B+
13:25
this is more inclusive. i like it
13:25
ideating is possibly anyone then with a dream .
13:25
123630717538524
So ideating and building part time are not quite founder yet
13:25
The others are
13:26
ah right its for the admission survey , so yes, that s def open to non founders. i thought it was like IF YOU ARE FOUNDER, then ... tell me ur level.
tldr - i think we err on side of inclusiveness for now
13:26
123630717538524
Btw are you using the admissions form data in the directory?
13:28
yes for sure
13:29
i have built both options, linkedin sourced and community manager uploaded.
13:30
i am thikning the best endstate here is to feed the admission direclty into directory.
lets finesse this 1 on 1 soon .
13:30
123630717538524
Agree! The more we can feed the directory without asking people to go fill extra info, the better
13:31
Thu, 21 May 2026
123630717538524
Hi @74277248364615, qq: have you intaken the linkedin data of hit members into the directory database?
16:52
Per out last task force conversation, it would be helpful to have a sense who is in the founders only group, and perhaps hit community group more generally. Would like to avoid doing the data gathering manually if possible
16:54
short answer - i have not ingested the founder or the overall community yet
it is not a big job to do that.
remind me what segmentation do we wanna do ? which linkedin data would help the most?
18:01
Fri, 22 May 2026
123630717538524
What you are already pulling is good
11:57
Education, experience, etc
11:57
The basics
11:57
Mon, 15 Jun 2026
123630717538524
Hi all
14:08
We have our monthly catch up in an hour
14:09
Here is the agenda - feel free to add topics
14:09
Great chatting! Here are the action items:
15:58
- Laura to send poll to coordinate later time on Monday for the task force meeting
- Jan to share data pull for founders whatsapp group
- Jan to add startup stage to directory
- Laura to draft a form to capture interest in the Exec Pod
16:00
^ putting my best guesses for now!
16:16
Oh btw, all those are EST times @74277248364615
16:40
Tue, 30 Jun 2026
123630717538524
Thanks for the extra push in the chat @142279549415587 and @141540831789228 🙏
23:09
Thu, 02 Jul 2026
123630717538524
Sounds good! Hopefully post holiday it will be better
22:24
Fri, 03 Jul 2026
123630717538524
Sounds good yeah summer can also be hard so makes sense
00:00