tomtom101

Im a Brit that used to get 30 days paid plus public holidays who is now working in the US at a tech company that has no vacation policy. I love my job and work long hours and often some weekends. I have a family and love to travel, but I much prefer the environment that I work in today. I am very ambitious and want the company that I am working for to do well and I want to do well. I am prepared to put a number of years hard work in with little or no vacation as there will hopefully be a much bigger upside at the end of it. If you want 20-30 days holiday a year that you take, then consider what opportunities you are missing. I think FullContact's 15 days paid PAID policy is excellent and strikes a good balance, but Europe has gone too far. I believe the Mediterranean countries are going to get left behind in turns of development and could end up looking like 3rd world countries in 50 years from now unless the work ethic/culture changes significantly.

WOW! Just downloaded, watched the video and tried it out. Simply brilliant. Only one extra feature request/tweak - instead of defaulting for a meeting location when using the "suggest times to meet button" could it also have an option for my conference call number as a lot of my meetings are by phone.

All of the advisors I have recruited so far have not asked for anything in return they have just been happy to help. This document is great for when you really want to engage with an advisor, but think the equity ratios are not only dependent on the stage of the company, but many other factors such as team, product and prior experience. Be interesting to see how this develops and is probably something I would use to try and offer more of an incentive to some of the advisors that I want to get real value from.

Really great post. I studied Arabic for 15 months at the British Military language school and after working as a "Terp" I went on to run the policy for language support to the British Military. I encourage you to continue with your studies as the more time you spend learning the language the more rewarding it becomes. Once you start to move away from MSA and learn dialects it becomes much easier to speak, but even harder to listen. Good luck and great post.

Even better - don't try and get a job, create them.

The NHS in the UK was designed to be a healthcare system free at the point of delivery. It has become such a part of British life that I would say it is now part of British culture. However, it has grown into something that cannot be sustained in the long term and now people cannot imagine ever paying for healthcare. I am now living in the US and have very good insurance and have access to far superior facilities when I was in the UK, but if I had to choose between the 2 systems I would choose the NHS every time. Access to basic healthcare should not be a privilege, but a right. I know the costs may seem prohibitive, but how can anyone justify not providing it whilst spending billions on defense? Surely spending money to save lives is better than spending money to take them.

Anyone else noticed lots of VC's and Angels tweet when they are flying somewhere? How about driving to the airport they are flying into and waiting for them to come through the arrivals gate holding a sign with their name on. A free ride to wherever they are going in return for hearing your pitch. Considered doing this, but my gut tells me this is just too stalker like to work. Think it would freak me out if someone did it to me.