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A lot of these anecdotes are the frustration with dealing with people that waste your time. I guess it's not limited to just the startup space but one thing I'v
by bsdpython 11y ago
A lot of these anecdotes are the frustration with dealing with people that waste your time. I guess it's not limited to just the startup space but one thing I've learned is that there is an unlimited number of people that are willing to waste your time and boy is it frustrating.
- jacquesm 11y agoAs soon as your name is out there as a successful founder you'll get a ton of this, the more media coverage you get the worse it gets.
- bsdpython 11y agoA few years ago I got publicity (TechCrunch among others) for a side project I developed. For at least 6 months I got non-stop solicitation emails for outsourcing and 30 second promotional videos. I can only imagine if I got that same publicity tied to a business with known funding.
- sytse 11y agoAfter announcing the GitLab's A round I'm getting two recruiting emails, one outsourcing and one investor email per day. Having a note on our jobs page https://about.gitlab.com/jobs/ https://about.gitlab.com/jobs/ doesn't seem to help.
- watmough 11y agoYour job descriptions are the very model of clarity. I wouldn't normally comment, but it makes a great impression.
- Alex3917 11y ago> A lot of these anecdotes are the frustration with dealing with people that waste your time. Having been both a founder and an employee, these examples don't really ring true to me. At least personally I've seen a lot more employees and consultants wasting founders time than the other way around.
- jacquesm 11y agoAs a founder you're a magnet for bullshit artists trying to hitch their star to yours, especially if you're seen as 'hot' in any way, shape or form.
- Alex3917 11y agoIt's not even just that though. It's like you sign an agreement with a photographer to photograph an event, and then they don't show up and you never hear from them again. Or a potential investor won't respond to your emails, but they add you to their mailing list. Or you hire someone to build a web app, you go away for two weeks, and when you get back it becomes clear that they've been trying to build it on top of their new database hobby project.
- aswanson 11y agoHow do you handle the database guy situation? Do you try to salvage anything or just start over with someone else?
- enraged_camel 11y agoA person like that doesn't have the maturity and experience to stick to tried-and-true tools, so not much will be salvageable. So you should start over with someone else.
- Tepix 11y agoYou asked for a link to a 802.11 USB wifi adapter 20 days ago but I can't respond to that post because it's too old. Here you go: www.aliexpress.com/item/x/32557465326.html It's $1.71, I guess there is additional demand for these things due to the release of the Pi Zero.
- aswanson 11y agoThanks for remembering and responding.
- trimbo 11y agoOn the bright side, at least you get a free latte or cappuccino while having your time wasted.
- ant6n 11y agoI don't do coffee or alcohol.
- trimbo 11y agoAfter doing a number of "coffees" there, I can disclose that Blue Bottle also has a good hot chocolate.
- AznHisoka 11y agoI just want to talk over Thai iced tea damn it! Screw this coffee and/or beer! Thai iced tea!
- CaptSpify 11y agoCan you not get a juice or water or something else whenever you have these meetings?
- Cymen 11y agoNot always. I wasted a day interviewing at TrueCar (well, some faction of TrueCar) and paid for my own lunch. Never heard back from them or the recruiter. Talk about a real waste of time (with footnote I clearly learned I never want to work for TrueCar).
- x0x0 11y agoI had a very negative experience with them some years ago. I'd rather not divulge it because it would identify me, but suffice it to say, I'd strongly recommend no-one waste their time on these folks.