Lessons Learned After Two Years as a Startup Founder
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#2this was great, thank you for taking the time to pull your thoughts together.
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#3this was great, thank you for taking the time to pull your thoughts together.
sure thing, Jacob-- appreciate this.
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#4Fire people who aren't 10x unicorns as fast as you can? You need a Rictus Director, not a Smiles Director.
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#5Great openness and willingness to be transparent about the fact you don't always feel in control (as much as you would want your investors, team, and users to think so 24/7).
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#6Fire people who aren't 10x unicorns as fast as you can? You need a Rictus Director, not a Smiles Director.
The "startup" guy's an idiot. Typical clueless 23 year old living in their parents' basements asking overly complex financing questions that position themselves like a Goldman Sachs hedge fund manager.
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#7Fire people who aren't 10x unicorns as fast as you can? You need a Rictus Director, not a Smiles Director.
Cross correlation post from the "I Knew a Programmer Who Went Completely Insane" thread:
Clueless company employee, who either doesn't understand his precarious, cannon fodder, expandable position OR is part of the management (computer science OR, both statements can be simultaneously true and most likely they are) says: "In my opinion, you should only use 80% of your working hours doing the "real stuff". Devote 20% of your working hours to non-technical work, active career development and image management."
Guess what any smart 10x unicorn would do? :P
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#8Awesome post! I loved the part about building up the long-term network to reach out to later.
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#9IMO you don't need a team of only unicorns. In fact, ego management will be very difficult if you miraculously manage to build such a seemingly perfect team. You need a good balance between leaders and "followers", who can be great people, but not superstars.
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#10Great post, from the heart. And a beautifully designed website. Great to see someone using their exit money to spread good in the world.