blizkreeg
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Comment · 1 year ago
As a naive person, I have a simple question - why would they even fly to an airport where there's 100mph winds? Wouldn't ATC know this and tell the flight way in advance to fly to a different destination?
Comment · 1 year ago
This comment reminds me of the infamous Dropbox comment :)
Comment · 2 years ago
The asymmetric reward is the _company_ having a liquidity event thereby enriching the founder, NOT a funding round enriching the founder.
Comment · 2 years ago
Sells or shuts or goes public.
Those are the only three outcomes for a venture backed startup.
Comment · 2 years ago
Founder liquidity is wrong -- and not because employees don't get the same deal.
It's wrong because it is NOT uncommon for a founder to take chips off the table sometimes enriching themselves to the tune of millions only for the startup to then "fail" -- either go bankrupt, sell for peanuts, or sell for only a modest multiple.
You're not done until you're done. But founder liquidity has now become a path to getting rich when the outcome of the company is still unknown and up in the air. If venture backed founders don't want that risk, they should start bootstrapped companies.
At a minimum, there should be a cap on it (not % but $), and yes, it should be extended to early employees too.
Comment · 2 years ago
Interesting name! (probably get rid of the dashes if you can :) I liked the idea of a demo site. Very few take the pains to create one.
Is there a way to target individual users or a subset of users?
Comment · 2 years ago
SEEKING WORK | Oakland | Remote
Looking for something a little different here: I'd like to help an early stage startup hire remote overseas talent and build a stellar dev team.
I'm an experienced engineering leader/early stage CTO who has led software teams of up to 10. I've built a number of products from the ground up. I've hired at least 35-40 engineers in my career thus far, and a number of them from outside the US in the past few years.
Here's how I see myself helping:
- help non technical founders source, vet, and interview developers
- help non technical founders as initial/interim CTO helping the hired team hit their stride and get productive shipping (by setting the right processes and culture)
- act as deputy VP of eng helping the VP of eng with interviews, resume screening, and anything else that helps them with hiring
Resume: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5flvdmfrxaq8ytipzqthc/Profile...
I previously led a team of 10 at a notable company to re-build its platform entirely. More recently, I've been leading a small team at a Series B startup in a fractional eng lead capacity. I have worked with engineers from diverse cultures and countries (I'm an immigrant myself) and know how to relate to and vet them.
React out if this interests you. I'm open to other interesting freelance consulting opportunities as well.
Email in my bio.
Comment · 3 years ago
I feel like I'm in the same boat as you. I'd love to chat and exchange notes or just discuss challenges. My email is in my bio. Would love to hear from you if you're open to it. It's hard to meet agency owners who run small/solo agencies.
fyi - i'm based in the bay area.
Comment · 3 years ago
Why do you want to shut the dev shop? I run a dev shop myself and would love to hear your perspective.
Comment · 4 years ago
Q for engineers on this thread: would you be more open to a "recruiter reach-out" if that person _is_ an engineer themselves but independently also helps startups build teams as a recruiter?
Comment · 4 years ago
i meant a physical book