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Re: If working for a company is so bad, how can you possibly convince people to work for your startup? Isn't this deception?

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Post by staunch » Mon, Mar 26, 2007, 1:44 AM UTC

pg wrote: post #2

(a) Most people either don't have the energy to start a startup, or don't want the stress. For them jobs are right. (b) For the earliest employees, it's more like being a founder than having a normal job.

How useful are type "a" people at all? Sounds like a kind definition of people lacking passion and the desire to grow. Isn't hiring them a recipe for mediocrity at any stage?

Re: If working for a company is so bad, how can you possibly convince people to work for your startup? Isn't this deception?

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Post by chrisjohnston » Mon, Mar 26, 2007, 3:12 AM UTC

Working for a company is bad for you. Some people need the safety and security of a job. They need someone to tell them when to be at work and what to do when they get there. They may be dedicated employees, they may even be great managers, but they have no desire to take the risk involved in starting something from scratch. They crave the comfort and security that comes from an established company and can't handle the very real possibility that if that start a company it might fail.

Re: If working for a company is so bad, how can you possibly convince people to work for your startup? Isn't this deception?

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Post by vo0do0 » Mon, Mar 26, 2007, 3:34 AM UTC

I believe in small teams and people that has stock options... I read something that could answer this on the hot or not blog founder few days ago.

http://james.hotornot.com/2007/02/on-having-balls-part-ii-staying-hungry.html

Re: If working for a company is so bad, how can you possibly convince people to work for your startup? Isn't this deception?

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Post by rajamohan » Mon, Mar 26, 2007, 4:50 AM UTC

provide him the ownership and when they feel they too are the owners contribution and dedication automatically flows and that is what bind them together with the company.

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Post by lmuwanga » Mon, Mar 26, 2007, 7:32 AM UTC

It's not deception. The great thing about start-ups is that we determine the company culture. With mine I'd like employees to enjoy more autonomy than in corporate where it's laid back and everyone has a voice for the direction of the company.

Re: If working for a company is so bad, how can you possibly convince people to work for your startup? Isn't this deception?

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Post by ecuzzillo » Mon, Mar 26, 2007, 10:39 AM UTC

staunch wrote: post #11

pg wrote: post #2

(a) Most people either don't have the energy to start a startup, or don't want the stress. For them jobs are right. (b) For the earliest employees, it's more like being a founder than having a normal job.

How useful are type "a" people at all? Sounds like a kind definition of people lacking passion and the desire to grow. Isn't hiring them a recipe for mediocrity at any stage?

Some positions can't involve non-a people. You couldn't hire someone with world-conquering drive to be your 1000th recruiter at Podunksville University, Delaware.

Re: If working for a company is so bad, how can you possibly convince people to work for your startup? Isn't this deception?

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Post by brlewis » Mon, Mar 26, 2007, 6:27 PM UTC

It is true that saying "Working for a company is bad. Come work for my company" doesn't make sense, but so what? I don't see people saying exactly that. Where did your question come from and where are you going with it?