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by eladgil 15y ago
I agree you should compensate people for being really good. Is there someplace I stated otherwise?
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Hire For The Ability To Get Shit Done(blog.eladgil.com)
145 points by eladgil 15y ago|94 comments
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12 Year Old Steve Jobs Meets Bill Hewlett (of HP)(blog.eladgil.com)
16 points by eladgil 15y ago|2 comments
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What Is Your Startups Acquisition Offer REALLY Worth?(blog.eladgil.com)
10 points by eladgil 15y ago|0 comments
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5 Reasons To Sell Your Startup(blog.eladgil.com)
8 points by eladgil 15y ago|1 comments
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by eladgil 15y ago
A clean cap table is preferred, but e.g. 2-3 small gifts is fine. I would not advocate starting to give equity to 2nd cousins etc. :) Maybe another option (more overhead) would be to set up an LLC for the family and gift the stock there...
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Startups: Give Your Family Stock In Your Company(blog.eladgil.com)
17 points by eladgil 15y ago|2 comments
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IncubatorIncubator Files For IPO(incubatorincubator.com)
2 points by eladgil 15y ago|0 comments
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Entrepreneur: Why You Should Read Every Word of Every Legal Doc(blog.eladgil.com)
10 points by eladgil 15y ago|0 comments
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Our 10 Step Engineering Hiring Process at Mixer Labs(blog.eladgil.com)
15 points by eladgil 15y ago|3 comments
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by eladgil 15y ago
I think the list of apps on iPhone only is actually pretty extensive. A lot of the apps will show up much later, or will eventually end up with an analogous app but not necessarily the original. Some examples: -MindBody Yoga. A directory
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Android First: New Trend In Mobile Development(blog.eladgil.com)
10 points by eladgil 15y ago|4 comments
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by eladgil 15y ago
In what ways? It would be great to hear more...
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4 Ways Startups Fail(blog.eladgil.com)
22 points by eladgil 15y ago|6 comments
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by eladgil 16y ago
Persistence is a good way to put it too. Seems like the interpretation of the terms are similar. From Google "define persistent" or "define tenacious"... Search Results te·na·cious/təˈnāSHəs/Adjective 1. Not readily letting go of, giving
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by eladgil 16y ago
Agreed, charisma can be a huge asset. But it is not necessarily an indicator of a good entrepreneur, and it is not a pre-requisite. I think the other 2 traits are :)
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by eladgil 16y ago
If you meet a number of founders of really big companies, in many cases they are sort of awkward, introverted people. The salesy, flashy people may be really good at convincing, but sometimes they can get away with less execution. This ca
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What Are The 2 Most Important Traits in An Entrepreneur?(blog.eladgil.com)
26 points by eladgil 16y ago|12 comments
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by eladgil 16y ago
That is an interesting point. When we were in the "stealthy" part of Mixer Labs' lifecycle, telling people "we were not telling most people what we were doing" made people want to talk to us more. E.g. recruiting sometimes went more smoot
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Is Stealth Mode Stupid?(blog.eladgil.com)
74 points by eladgil 16y ago|22 comments
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by eladgil 16y ago
Good points. Sometimes hiring isn't the highest order bit, and metrics for the company are definitely key.
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by eladgil 16y ago
Maybe I will write a separate post on this in the future?
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Your #1 Job As CEO(blog.eladgil.com)
48 points by eladgil 16y ago|10 comments
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by eladgil 16y ago
I have also seen a lot of people address that majority of these points in their pitch deck. E.g. they will often have the hiring plan, product roadmap, market structure, proposed business model etc. in the deck. Some of the details will o
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Questions VCs Will Ask You(blog.eladgil.com)
50 points by eladgil 16y ago|3 comments
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by eladgil 16y ago
That is a pretty different dynamic and more similar to an angel round, given all the competition from angels for the same investment. The key is, once you get to Series A, the universe of potential financiers collapses down to the venture
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by eladgil 16y ago
That is usually best. Some people you can also just reach out to directly, e.g. on Quora. Or you can go to an event and talk to e.g. a panelist, and then follow up afterwards.
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by eladgil 16y ago
Thanks - that is actually my next post which is queued to go :)
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How to Raise a Successful VC Round or Series A(blog.eladgil.com)
38 points by eladgil 16y ago|8 comments
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by eladgil 16y ago
Yes agreed. I focus on FF/starter stock versus series F. I have not seen an early stage startup successfully negotiate series F stock given e.g. supervoting rights. Later stage companies (see e.g. FB and Google) with strong founders in pl

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