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From what I've observed (in myself and others), many people building startups start off motivated by money, but interest in money alone isn't sufficient to keep them motivated for …

Unlimited is a Ponzi Scheme https://staysaasy.com/product/2020/12/12/unlimitted.html

That's a ton of cash, but I believe that this eye-watering number is based upon the fair-market value of equity _granted_ in a particular year. That is, other executives might actu…

In my experience people regularly spend years/decades on the verge of quitting, occasionally even actively interviewing just to confirm whether the grass is really greener elsewher…

Some quick thoughts: * Is there another reaction? Depends on what "doing ____" is? If it's recreational (e.g. daydreaming) that's it's whole own problem (and it is a problem). If i…

I come from product/engineering but have been involved in selling enterprise software contracts of various sizes. A few ideas on software sales: * If you're on the tech side and yo…

I've been saving my list (on startups specifically) here: https://staysaasy.com/startups/2020/09/24/startup-book-readi...

In my (admittedly limited) experience, Very Successful People say versions of "that will be really hard" very often, and say "that is impossible / won't work" effectively never. I'…

IME most people will generally appear to be making things up as they go – even if they have significant relevant experience. Every situation is unique, and experience tends to look…

I really agree with this advice, with the added thought that very very specific struggles are usually easier to write about and more compelling to read. For example, this post that…

IME if it's inconvenient to write, you'll never do it. My blog co-author and I do our drafting and editing in Google Docs for that reason. Once you're done writing, you're sufficie…

It also has some mild advantages in terms of auto-generating links to their homepage when referring to the company by name in places like Teams or Slack.

Yup and as recently as 24 months ago, $3B would still have been somewhat pricey at their revenue and growth rate. It'd be very hard for me personally to justify investing in a prod…

I consistently have trouble figuring out how to login to Workday, much less "use" it.

I imagine that that would be really hard to achieve (or manage for the company) in practice, although I'd love to see a world in which employees could essentially get pro rata righ…

Thanks for reading, and glad that you've enjoyed the blog! We've preferred to stay anonymous as it allows us to write more authentically.

They occupy a really strange place in the industry – relied upon by many, but heavily conflicted in terms of their incentives. The ritual and strategy of participating in something…