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"Startup founders do not care about providing careers for engineers, and usually want to stop being a "startup founder" as soon as they possibly can - they are
by pmoriarty 5y ago
"Startup founders do not care about providing careers for engineers, and usually want to stop being a "startup founder" as soon as they possibly can - they are chasing huge exits and being a founder is incredibly stressful."
If that's true, I'd like someone to explain Craigslist.
- djbusby 5y agoNot a Startup, didn't follow Startup trajectory. They were building a tidy little business - except they moved past the little part. When you start, you choose between investors+growth=exit or profitable+steady=tidy Greatly simplified of course but Craigslist chose the second path.
- pmoriarty 5y ago"Not a Startup, didn't follow Startup trajectory." Every company was once a startup.
- djbusby 5y agoDisagree. A Startup is a company designed to grow and scale fast (according to my investor friends) A small business is one designed to be tidy. All business start but not every one that starts is a Startup. Include tangent here about Lean Startup vs Startup. Also, I'm using Startup which is different than startup - the Proper Casing I think implies the Venture-to-Exit part. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup_company https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup_company
- bathtub365 5y agoAn outlier that predates the modern SV scene