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Engine Yard’s in great hands, and I’ve done what I wanted to do
- aditya 18y agoThe way I see it, your typical VC-backed startup needs 3 different teams from birth, to growth, to exit: 1. startup team: visionary founders, mad hackers getting little sleep to push the envelope on the product, great bizdev, amazing product people that understand their market. 2. growth team: operations people (ceo/mgmt team), larger engineering team to stabilize product and continue pushing features, more of everything. 3. exit team: people with relationships in key positions that can then make the connection for acquisition/exit. (This is all anecdotal and I'd love to be corrected)
- sown 18y agoI wish I could find more places in the first phase. I was part of a startup that got acquired a while back and I can honestly say I miss the earlier days. :(
- andr 18y agoThe curse of the entrepreneur: The more successful you are the less satisfied you get.
- pclark 18y agoshould founders be going to investors saying "we're ready and willing to change gear" or "we're ready and willing to step out when we're ready to change to a growth team"?