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How do you know the CEO was not working the other times they were out of the office?
by segmondy 8y ago
How do you know the CEO was not working the other times they were out of the office?
- seibelj 8y agoHe wasn’t, mostly yachting and partying, very wealthy man. But the company was lighting VC dollars on fire. Someday I’ll write an expose of that place, such an odd culture. We had a burn of something like $2mil a month, 75 employees, and no product or customers to speak of.
- icedchai 8y agoSounds like a B2B startup I worked for in the late 90's. The CEO had "rockstar" qualities, raised a bunch of cash, over-hired, delegated everything... It didn't end well.
- ryandrake 8y agoNice if you're the one partying. Pretty sad for everyone else though. Life's not fair. Lots of talented people out there who could build a business and turn a profit, and instead the VC money always chases the smooth talking B-school bro's with Ivy League pedigree, and other big-network phonies.
- smileysteve 8y ago> delegated everything Did one thing correctly.
- madeuptempacct 8y agoWealthy family or self-made?
- vincentmarle 8y agoFacebook
- seibelj 8y agoSelf made from previous IPO
- foobarqux 8y agoDo you happen to know the name of the Italian pharma exec he is dating?
- simonebrunozzi 8y agoWhy would this be relevant in this conversation? Sounds more like gossip than prime HN material to me.