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My 2 Co-Founders Are Being Head-Hunted By Apple, Google and Facebook. Advice?
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Re: My 2 Co-Founders Are Being Head-Hunted By Apple, Google and Facebook. Advice?
#12I think it's a pretty common occurrence. FB came after me a couple of months ago, but truth be told, I wouldn't even be co-founding a startup if I didn't believe in it. It would take a LOT (read: impossible) to woo me away from something I believe in. I suspect most serious co-founders are the same way.
Re: My 2 Co-Founders Are Being Head-Hunted By Apple, Google and Facebook. Advice?
#13Only see 2 people mentioned on the site.
Is this just a post for traffic?
Re: My 2 Co-Founders Are Being Head-Hunted By Apple, Google and Facebook. Advice?
#14Hopefully they are with you because they would enjoy working on the project and with eachother. If they just want money and a security net then they'll jump ship. Hopefully the community you create with your project is what they want though. Goodluck. :) I'm still trying to find great technical co-founders, and they'll be the type who I'd want to be able to be desired by Apple, Google, etc..
Re: My 2 Co-Founders Are Being Head-Hunted By Apple, Google and Facebook. Advice?
#15Getting a call from a headhunter doesn't really mean that much. They are just trying to get someone with a decent resume into the interview pipeline where they will actually be evaluated. I get contacted somewhat frequently by people looking for machine learning devs (including facebook in the past and google quite recently) but there's never any specifics about position, salary, or project. After taking a few calls with headhunters just to see what it was like, I can't imagine someone who is not looking for a job anyway giving them serious attention. It's not a job offer; it's an offer to trudge through their interview process.
Re: My 2 Co-Founders Are Being Head-Hunted By Apple, Google and Facebook. Advice?
#16Talk to them, ask what they'd do if they got an offer, and then trust them. A good developer will get headhunted fairly commonly, so it's nothing to worry about.
Re: My 2 Co-Founders Are Being Head-Hunted By Apple, Google and Facebook. Advice?
#17The only thing worse that having cofounders who big companies are trying to hire is having cofounders who big companies aren't trying to hire.
Re: My 2 Co-Founders Are Being Head-Hunted By Apple, Google and Facebook. Advice?
#18That's great news. It would be a lot more worrying if you were their last choice for a partnership. Really, count your blessings. And as long as they're being headhunted but they haven't accepted you're in good shape. It's like dating a very pretty woman. You can worry all the time that she's got lots of suitors and you can destroy your relationship by being jealous of all kinds of things that you imagine might happe…
Yup, and remember, Google, Apple and Facebook are all afraid that all of the smart talent is starting to build companies instead of coming to work for them, so their recruiting is increasing to deal with that.
To continue the analogy, big companies are women(or men if you prefer) in their early 30s worried they are gonna be alone forever. And you, your partners and they are all stuck in a bar that you can never leave.
Re: My 2 Co-Founders Are Being Head-Hunted By Apple, Google and Facebook. Advice?
#19Comes with the territory.
Ask yourself if you trust your partners. If you trust them, then don't even worry about head-hunters and recruiters. If you do not, then you should not be in the business together anyway.