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"My role is to make sure the company makes money." Do you own the company? If not, you're a hired gun. My unsolicited advice: be a professional, have integri
by supahfly_remix 15y ago
"My role is to make sure the company makes money." Do you own the company? If not, you're a hired gun.
My unsolicited advice: be a professional, have integrity, make money for the company. One day, perhaps through no fault of your own, you might not make money, and the company will subsequently kick you out on your ass. Then, you'll see the value of those intros you made.
- wheels 15y agoDo you own the company? I am a co-founder. From my reading, this article was primarily targeted at founders, so I responded in kind. Edit: As a side note, there's a hidden subtlety in your phrasing that's worth pointing out. When you're an employee, your interests are still primarily personal. When you're a founder, the line between personal and business interests are scant if they exist at all. As an employee you'll often be in contact with folks that (whether consciously or otherwise) you think may be useful for you at some point. As a founder, that extends out to the business, and the question of if they'll be useful to you in that moment equivalent to if they'll be useful for the company. Now, there is life after the present company for founders as well, but psychologically, at least for me and I assume many others, that realm is far less in the foreground than it is for an employed person.
- supahfly_remix 15y agoMakes sense...now I understand why you used "we" and "us."
- VladRussian 15y agogoogled for "be nice to people quotes", and among other things it brought "Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down."
- gvb 15y agoThe value of those intros you made will be all the friends you will now have in the industry that owe you a debt of gratitude, if nothing else.