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Not the software startup industry, unless you're flush in easy VC cash. Most of the startups which are trying to solve real problems that I've known/interviewed
by pm90 7y ago
Not the software startup industry, unless you're flush in easy VC cash. Most of the startups which are trying to solve real problems that I've known/interviewed for are extremely conservative with hiring, for the very good reason that bad hires are not just a 0 value add, then can be a negative value add.
Uber is one of the outliers in this regard. But if you look at most successful others (Instagram, Whatsapp and a bunch of others I don't want to name since I want to stay anonymous) all had very small teams right until they were acquired.
- pytester 7y agoI meant that the startup industry would be hollowed out if large corps didn't exhibit this dysfunction and thus create space in the market for them, not that startups do it themselves (although occasionally they do too).
- pm90 7y agoAh, that does makes sense. Apologies for misunderstanding.