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by bspear 4y ago
There's more: medical, crypto
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by bspear 4y ago
Ya the researching companies thing takes so long esp. if you're going for startups. These sites saved me a lot of time: https://topstartups.io/ , https://breakoutlist.com/ Also helps to take a few days
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by bspear 5y ago
Identity feels attacked.
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by bspear 5y ago
https://every.to/napkin-math/ , https://www.productlessons.xyz/ , https://ofdollarsanddata.com/
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Futility of Utility(every.to)
3 points by bspear 5y ago|0 comments
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The Velocity Problem (2017)(coindesk.com)
1 points by bspear 5y ago|0 comments
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by bspear 5y ago
Elephant in the room here is inflation. Entry-level (particularly white-collar) salaries have consistently gone up. These consulting firms are now competing with big tech and well-funded startups for talent, and falling short on equity. Esp
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by bspear 5y ago
Were you profitable before you raised? Just curious if you wanted a bigger outcome or the smaller scale wasn't sustainable either
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by bspear 5y ago
And what were the right things for you?
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by bspear 5y ago
1. Validation from brands/people considered to know what they're doing 2. $$ to grow business 3. Founders sometimes gets to take money off the table (example: Clubhouse founders made millions in their seed round) 4. Easier to hire
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Startup Self-Repricing(tomtunguz.com)
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by bspear 5y ago
I've interviewed many FAANG employees as a startup hiring manager. They passed the technical bar at a higher rate, but many were not able to stomach the salary cut. Even fewer adjusted to the environment. Found the individual, their at
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by bspear 5y ago
Omen for bolt?
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On Understanding(ma.tt)
2 points by bspear 5y ago|0 comments
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Twitter's Probably Screwed(every.to)
7 points by bspear 5y ago|1 comments
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by bspear 5y ago
This is cool! how are you thinking about attracting users (besides HN)
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by bspear 5y ago
Agreed! Greatest driver of inequality is not salary but equity. If more employees (including frontline) got some equity, even if it was a tiny %, could make a huge difference to their lives. Particularly true at early-stage startups: https
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How to Read Self-Help(blog.tjcx.me)
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by bspear 5y ago
> So I built something people wanted. Consumers wanted it, doctors wanted it, I wanted it. Where did I go wrong? They didn't want it enough. More specifically, the exchange of benefits for the cost was not clear enough
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by bspear 5y ago
Extra credit at school means something tangible. Extra credit at work rarely does. I think this message applies especially to people working in big tech and/or people working primarily on salary, not equity. When you have equity in a s
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by bspear 5y ago
> all salary data is available internally That's pretty amazing, wonder if that applies to equity too. Most startups that are transparent about their metrics still don't share comp. If they did, I'm sure many people would
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When optimists are too pessimistic(ofdollarsanddata.com)
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Substack's Ideology(every.to)
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by bspear 5y ago
Great recruiting hook, but is it different from secondary sales that later-stage startups are already doing? I suppose predictability in liquidity is useful, but wonder if price per share will be lower than preferred price. And could incent
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Bob Iger invests in metaverse startup(cnbc.com)
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by bspear 5y ago
Actually think founders need to look existential questions in the eye, and figure out reasonable answers to them. Yes the questions are better framed in an open-ended non-demeaning way, but asking them will save you from locking yourself up
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by bspear 5y ago
Startup salaries have gone up a lot in the last few years from the boom in funding. Experienced engineers with several years of experience are clearing $200K+ in base, and getting a solid equity cut too: https://topstartups.io&#x
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The Kanye Story(thekanyestory.com)
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Apeing into War(drorpoleg.com)
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Knowledge Compression(angelajiang.com)
1 points by bspear 5y ago|0 comments

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