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Can We Ever Have Too Many Startups?(chrisyeh.blogspot.com)
11 points by chrisyeh 16y ago|3 comments
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How do you choose between job and family?(chrisyeh.blogspot.com)
8 points by chrisyeh 16y ago|10 comments
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Jive, OpenDNS, PBworks founders + VCs talk about bringing in an outside CEO(chrisyeh.blogspot.com)
2 points by chrisyeh 16y ago|0 comments
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Why Posers Are An Inevitable Part Of Silicon Valley (And Lead To Crashes)(chrisyeh.blogspot.com)
6 points by chrisyeh 16y ago|1 comments
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by chrisyeh 16y ago
The problem is that the true Silicon Valley way (build great stuff and change the world) has been overtaken by the poser Silicon Valley way (go to parties and focus on raising money). This happens during every boom. Fortunately, the next
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To Make Money, Be A Garbageman(chrisyeh.blogspot.com)
2 points by chrisyeh 16y ago|0 comments
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Competence Kills(chrisyeh.blogspot.com)
1 points by chrisyeh 16y ago|0 comments
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Why I'm 10X As Influential As Ashton Kutcher On Twitter*(chrisyeh.blogspot.com)
4 points by chrisyeh 16y ago|1 comments
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Creator's High: Why Blogging Is The Easiest Way To Achieve Flow(chrisyeh.blogspot.com)
2 points by chrisyeh 16y ago|0 comments
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Support, Don't Envy Your Fellow Entrepreneurs (chrisyeh.blogspot.com)
1 points by chrisyeh 16y ago|0 comments
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by chrisyeh 16y ago
All of these are possible. But open the company up to lawsuit.
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by chrisyeh 16y ago
I'm both the author of the post and an investor. If everyone bootstrapped, I'd be out of business. But I want entrepreneurs to know the risks they face.
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by chrisyeh 16y ago
VCs rarely go into a deal expecting to fire the founder. The only way that would make sense is if A) the business is red hot and B) the investors see the founder as a lucky fool rather than as the person responsible for the business' succe
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by chrisyeh 16y ago
The best way to do this is to set your vesting date as early as possible. Once your stock is vested, they can't take it away from you without your consent.
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by chrisyeh 16y ago
Josh makes a good point. VCs are in the business of making money. One of the most important factors in making an investment successful is the management team. If the founder can't deliver, they need to be able to find someone who can. I
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How To Avoid Getting Fired From Your Own Company(techcrunch.com)
109 points by chrisyeh 16y ago|45 comments
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Rewards and the Motivation Paradox(chrisyeh.blogspot.com)
2 points by chrisyeh 16y ago|0 comments
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Wikileaks' Fundamental Hypocrisy(chrisyeh.blogspot.com)
6 points by chrisyeh 16y ago|0 comments
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by chrisyeh 16y ago
Long, long ago, when I was a Stanford undergrad, Jim Collins spoke in one of my classes. At the time, no one had ever heard of him. But he had a huge impact on me. As soon as I got back to my dorm room, I printed up a big sign reading "B
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by chrisyeh 16y ago
I'll check with him. He likes to keep a low profile. Otherwise I'm sure he could get a front page post by writing, "How I Built A $1 Million/Year Blog Network With $0 Funding."
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by chrisyeh 16y ago
I should probably put my CrunchBase profile as a link on my blog. As you can tell, I haven't redesigned it since 2001. http://www.crunchbase.com/person/chris-yeh I have personal experience with the PBworks story as both their first inves
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by chrisyeh 16y ago
Ha, you're very observant. I love HN; it's one of my main sources of information. But there is an incredible sense of impatience created by all these stories of rapid success. Overnight success is the exception, not the rule.
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by chrisyeh 16y ago
Apple was founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak on April 1, 1976. Apple went public in December of 1980, roughly 3.5 years later, in the most successful IPO since the Ford Motor Company.
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by chrisyeh 16y ago
The trick lies in being able to tell when something will never work. Sometimes the light at the end of a tunnel is an oncoming train. And no amount of patience will help a buggy-whip company when Henry Ford comes knocking.
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Impatience Kills Startups(chrisyeh.blogspot.com)
69 points by chrisyeh 16y ago|30 comments
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by chrisyeh 16y ago
This is huge. I went on a major follow binge.