ceoinvest

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by ceoinvest 17y ago
Note to self: determine if they have any IP policy stashed away somewhere. The startup existed as its own corporation before they hired me; in fact, they hired me because they liked the startup.
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by ceoinvest 17y ago
Retainer--that's not a bad idea. So they could potentially hire me out for X hours per month, and there would be an upper bound on X? Any chance your current employer could become a paying customer? Already are, actually.
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by ceoinvest 17y ago
Do you know of any examples where this has been done?
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by ceoinvest 17y ago
If you fail even by doing the right things, you are tragic, and I wouldn't call that a failure because I believe in rebirth. Off-topic: what's your measure of success?
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by ceoinvest 17y ago
That is some seriously encouraging commentary. Thanks.
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by ceoinvest 17y ago
Good point!
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by ceoinvest 17y ago
Good suggestion, I'll have to think about that. Then again, the startup definitely has enough work to keep me busy full-time, and taking a 1/2 cut in pay to work 20 hrs a week on the startup is almost worse than going to $0 pay to go as fas
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by ceoinvest 17y ago
Yes, it is. They could offer a lot of promotion, but our biggest challenge right now isn't exposure, it's (no surprise) revenue.
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by ceoinvest 17y ago
The work from home or part-time arrangement sounds OK. He has already hinted at that. As someone else has said, I worry a bit about IP in that case (although I never signed any agreement with my employer).
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I'm leaving my day job. But my CEO doesn't want me to leave.
17 points by ceoinvest 17y ago|37 comments