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   The Hiring Squad: Hiring Engineers for Engineers, by Engineers(thehiringsquad.net)

   8 points by wpeterson 16y ago|3 comments
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   by wpeterson 16y ago

   That sounds right. Once you shift focus from defining the business model to scaling the business.
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   by wpeterson 16y ago

   Steve Blank argues that a startup is "an organization formed around discovering a business model". By that definition, you're no longer a startup once you've established your business model and proven the assumptions built into it. You can
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   by wpeterson 16y ago

   There's a lot to be concerned about here for anyone who provides a data mining backed web application or service. At PatientsLikeMe patients are trading use of their information for free access to data analysis tools and social community.
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   by wpeterson 16y ago

   You should share everything but individual salaries. If there's good or bad financial news, the best thing you can be doing is having public discussions about it. If you're making decisions about the direction of the company, everyone shoul
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   by wpeterson 16y ago

   +1 on this. If you learn enough to do a bad job building your prototype, you will learn what you don't know. Right now you don't even know what you don't know. Also, you can't hire someone for a job you know nothing about. Doing (even a p
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   by wpeterson 16y ago

   +1 on this. One of the most concise arguments for a secular humanism based on shared suffering and the human condition. Fundamentally important.