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I've made a career of chasing other people's dreams: I look for opportunities at well-funded or well-positioned small companies and insert myself into the oppor
by dleslie 8y ago
I've made a career of chasing other people's dreams: I look for opportunities at well-funded or well-positioned small companies and insert myself into the opportunity to help others achieve their dreams. It's fun, and sometimes it's fortuitous, but most of the time it just pays the bills and keeps my life interesting.
The key is that it pays the bills and remains interesting. If I were to chase my own entrepreneurial ambitions I suspect that the latter _and_ the former would give way to stress and poverty. With kids, that's not particularly desirable.
- pm90 8y agoThe people that made the most money in the California gold rush were the ones that sold equipment and clothing to the gold prospectors.
- sizzle 8y agoe.g. Levi's
- luddaite 8y agoI am just entering the job market and I would like to try and make this my career as well. I'd like to go from early stage company to early stage company and help the founders build something cool. Any tips or advice?
- dleslie 8y agoProbably nothing you haven't heard before. ;) 1. If the pay cheques stop clearing then you stop working and move on. 2. Always eat broccoli, metaphorically: every company wants for someone who is happy to do, and able to do, the work that others cannot or will not do. 3. Don't be afraid to ask how they're funded and what their business plan is; you are, in a sense, an investor who supplies labour. 4. Stock is _usually_ worth less than the paper it's printed on. 5. Manage your managers; they'll push you hard and squeeze blood from you, and only you are able to ensure work/life balance.