dreyfan

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by dreyfan 10y ago
Depending on experience but $90-$140k salary and 10-20% profit sharing ($50k-$200k roughly) on projects which they contributed.
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by dreyfan 10y ago
I'm in complete agreement. I know the business, I know the tech, and I know I'm absolute shit on hiring/managing. My cofounder isn't any better either. Hiring someone to manage would probably be the most useful next step
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by dreyfan 10y ago
Yeah, we're an LLC. We structured pay so employees receive competitive above-market salaries and then very lofty commissions above that (which is tied directly to revenue earned from their contributions). Your point about commitment is
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by dreyfan 10y ago
It's very possible they could have turned into something great and we were cutting losses too soon. That said, I have fairly high expectations and expect people to be motivated, tenacious and smart. We have such a broad spectrum of wha
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by dreyfan 10y ago
Completely remote though we've opted for US-citizens to keep the taxes simple.
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by dreyfan 10y ago
We've actually attempted that a couple of times (always with pay) but have always been turned down -- People either don't have the time for an eventual maybe or already have other offers on the table. I think in a job market that
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by dreyfan 10y ago
not at all, if anything it's been the opposite (lack of vetting): we find someone that looks good on paper and interviews well, so we roll the dice and hire them. Then end up having to let them go in a few months when they can't h
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by dreyfan 10y ago
I'll share our story and current situation: We bootstrapped with time (evenings & weekends) until we had enough revenue to keep the lights on, at which point we quit our full-time jobs and pursued it 100%. We're in our fifth y
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by dreyfan 10y ago
Not too surprising. PHPixie spams /r/php like crazy. Trying to ride the huge success that Laravel has experienced except they are skipping the steps of having a solid product or a strong community.
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by dreyfan 11y ago
We bootstrapped 4 years ago and after a year we had enough revenue to pay ourselves a small paycheck. Kept the platform and team lean the entire way. Today we're a team of 3 people and we closed out 2015 with $2M in revenue. The growth