The Pmarca Guide to Startups, Part 8: Hiring, managing, promoting, and firing executives
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#2Great article!
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#3It is distresssing to see how many mistakes we made.
Luckily that was then.
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#4Weird how he does that PC thing of gratuitously using the feminine. That peaked in the early 90s and has mostly disappeared now. It rings especially false in this industry, where female CEOs are so rare that they're automatically famous on that account.
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#5Weird how he does that PC thing of gratuitously using the feminine. That peaked in the early 90s and has mostly disappeared now. It rings especially false in this industry, where female CEOs are so rare that they're automatically famous on that account.
It accomplished its goal, which was to catch your attention. Even little subtleties have a purpose.
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#6It is distresssing to see how many mistakes we made. Luckily that was then.
Would reading this article have stopped you from making those mistakes?
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#7Weird how he does that PC thing of gratuitously using the feminine. That peaked in the early 90s and has mostly disappeared now. It rings especially false in this industry, where female CEOs are so rare that they're automatically famous on that account.
The CEO of Ning (Pmarca's startup) is female.
http://boardroombroads.blogspot.com/2007/07/eyes-on-you-gina...
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#8Great article!
i believe the etiquette is a discreet click of the up arrow, perhaps a wry smirk at your screen, then move along, nothing to see here...
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#9Weird how he does that PC thing of gratuitously using the feminine. That peaked in the early 90s and has mostly disappeared now. It rings especially false in this industry, where female CEOs are so rare that they're automatically famous on that account.
Funny.... you use "he" and it's gender neutral. Use "she" and it is PC.
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#10Weird how he does that PC thing of gratuitously using the feminine. That peaked in the early 90s and has mostly disappeared now. It rings especially false in this industry, where female CEOs are so rare that they're automatically famous on that account.
The CEO of Ning (Pmarca's startup) is female. http://boardroombroads.blogspot.com/2007/07/eyes-on-you-gina...
I wonder if that blog post evolved out of stuff he said to her.