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by calcsam 11y ago
This is why Chris Dixon advocates "full-stack startups" like Uber / Buzzfeed / Tesla. Sometimes you have to rethink an industry from the ground up.
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by calcsam 11y ago
Email founders of seed / Series A startups in adjacent spaces. Tell them you really admire what they're doing, and would love to get their take on the thing you're doing -- could you grab coffee for 30 mins? Don't ask th
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Really good interviewers and really bad interviewers both have idiosyncratic candidate judging methods. Startups, when they start to hire at scale, try to standardize a methodology to compare apples to apples -- to avoid really bad (arbitra
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by calcsam 11y ago
Lesson: no matter how much you make, you can find something to worry about.
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Ask for an extension on their offer. Here's a good guide to getting a lot of job offers really quickly: https://medium.com/@calcsam/outsource-your-job-search-3e9909...
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by calcsam 11y ago
Well..just off the bat... What's your ARR? Do you read SaaStr? This post is a great intro: http://www.saastr.com/saas-acquisitions-if-you-sell-do-it-at... What clauses are on the acquisition? What is the vesting? Does
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by calcsam 11y ago
Engineer at Zenefits. Can confirm this.
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When you purchase another company, the difference between its market value (if publicly traded) and the acquisition price is booked as an asset called "goodwill." If it's clear you've overpaid for the asset, you have to
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by calcsam 11y ago
Clayton Christiansen's response: http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2014-06-20/clayton-chri...
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7) As an aside, it will be difficult to enroll on your fiance's health insurance. You are not dependents of each other & not married. If you guys did tie the knot, you would have two qualifying events (marriage & you losing you
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(1) Buy COBRA. Do it now. You have 60 days from when you left your old job. Fill out the COBRA form, either your old carrier or old employer should have sent it to the last address you had on file. If you haven't received it or lost i
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No. That was great. They apparently are not as nice as you thought they were. A considerate dev would say: "Well, I have to say, I'm sorry to hear that. It was a pleasure getting to know you and I hope we have the chance to work t
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Martin O'Malley to keynote ESRI user conference(esri.com)
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This is really, really bad for people in abusive relationships.
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Patrick McKenzie used a broker to sell Bingo Card Creator: https://twitter.com/patio11/status/585837620057350145 https://twitter.com/patio11/status/585837902883454977
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Glad it's useful! I'd extensively read engineering career advice, for example: * Patrick McKenzie's blog: best post: http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-pro... * Aline Lern
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It sounds like you have a ton of relevant experience -- I would love to work with you -- and your main hurdle will be the interview process. Never fear, this too can be engineered :) Some thoughts: * Practice makes perfect. Practice your st
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Mine: "The next time a recruiter pings you, ask them how much you're worth." https://medium.com/@calcsam/the-next-time-a-recruiter-pings-...
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You may want to read this: http://blog.alinelerner.com/if-youre-an-engineer-who-wants-t... And reach out to Aline.
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The odd thing is the original offer, not your new offer. You are at about market rate for full-time employment. Consultants often charge >$100/hr, which works out to >$18-20K/month.
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by calcsam 11y ago
(1) For other families that you aren't able to help, how long would it take them to find alternative housing? (2) What would that situation look like?
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Square raises more money to make small business loans(fortune.com)
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Proposed new shorthand: YAJF
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Former Blueseed team member here. This is completely misleading. The reason we failed to get anywhere was that we couldn't find any viable path forward without raising $30M, and our team had neither (a) deep SV success & connection
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by calcsam 11y ago
You probably need users before you can get investors. Look at it from their perspective -- why would they take college students seriously until you can lead with "we have X000 users"? That said, there's no harm approaching th
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If you're offered an intercompany transfer, why don't you counteroffer with something like: "I'd love a change to test-drive the day-to-day aspects of the job before I can give a full-throated yes. Why don't I spend
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by calcsam 11y ago
Interviewing.io is a company started by a recruiter who used to be an engineer.
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Marsh & McLennan has a market cap of $30B -- though this also includes the Oliver Wyman consulting firm & a couple other subsidiaries
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https://twitter.com/pmarca/status/515249537385250816 Parker Conrad: "@pmarca how should a CEO eval their own situation on this? What's the rubric / framework to decide if it's "too much&qu
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HR Startup Zenefits Raises $500M at $4.5B Valuation(forbes.com)
1 points by calcsam 11y ago|2 comments

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