_curious_

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by _curious_ 6y ago
The author seems to be a good writer but it getting old hearing people wax poetic about their opinions on the valley - anyone got facts to support anything?
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by _curious_ 6y ago
I believe it, though there is plenty of opportunity for earned media - its not PR firm, ads, or nothing...
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by _curious_ 6y ago
Sounds like you have a high standard, as you should!
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by _curious_ 6y ago
"otherwise they are a founder and should be rewarded accordingly with equity." Of course - as they were. My point was on cash money comp. Never said they worked for free hence their title of technical cofounder which implies equi
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by _curious_ 6y ago
Care to elaborate on what "rich with availability bias" means? I've never heard that one before. Also, the individual in reference wasn't the of the gender you're assuming.
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by _curious_ 6y ago
Agreed, it's not even about the money. My last company had a technical cofounder who by all means was highly sought after and managed a team of 15-20 other developers in their primary dev consulting company meaning not only did they ro
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by _curious_ 6y ago
It's the right idea but the wrong tool. Debt is actually the enemy of the founder/entrepreneur IMO...but building equity in yourself through moonlighting, side hustle, etc - is a better pathway. This is known as hard work = 60-80
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by _curious_ 6y ago
For some founders & entrepreneurs, it forces them to work smarter - not necessarily harder - and that's the goal, to figure out what isn't working right and change it to reduce/eliminate the anxiety caused by an under-p
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by _curious_ 6y ago
"You need the best PR firm you can get to return your calls." Saying someone "needs" something (ie paid PR) in order to succeed could also be deemed terrible advice.
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by _curious_ 6y ago
"You're going to end up with a bunch of rich white dudes as founders (because very, very obviously the other way that people can afford to take smaller checks is if they have a lot of money in the bank)." There are many found
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by _curious_ 6y ago
Interesting thoughts Carol, thanks for sharing. It's important to have this sort of conversation with yourself when considering the foundations of starting a company. The fact that you've expressed it in such a way that others can
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by _curious_ 6y ago
"...I guess my point is, I think all I cared about was the geography and temperature profile, and the lifestyle the place would bring me. The actual company I'd work for came after these." This approach/reasoning is too
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by _curious_ 6y ago
But isn't the chance implicitly always there?
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by _curious_ 6y ago
"most people want to do more than just get by" maybe so, maybe not? There's a massive gap between wanting something and doing what it takes to get it. If you were to ask people vs. watch what they do, you'll see the trut
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by _curious_ 6y ago
This is the second experiment/invention video of yours I've come across over the past year and equally enjoyable - keep up the great work!
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by _curious_ 6y ago
Over the past few years in tech, I have interacted with and observed (as a fly on the wall) a wide variety of recruiters, hiring managers, etc. from companies as small as a dozen (usually around the time a founder/CEO brings in externa
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by _curious_ 6y ago
"Most established professionals are not interested in a 10 week trial period after which they might be back on the job market." Why not? If the position isn't a fit for either side after X time on-the-job, that's OK righ
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by _curious_ 6y ago
I don't see why @IG_Semmelweiss comment here is dead, it's not wrong...banks were incentivized to provide capital to their highest debtors / longest clients who otherwise were at greater risk of default and loss to the bank s
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by _curious_ 6y ago
The issue with this line of thinking is that it doesn't end...until it does. Neither you nor I will likely be alive, but our children may very well be :/
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by _curious_ 6y ago
You're not wrong
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by _curious_ 6y ago
How does the invisible hand of the market determine "those who did not really need it" ?
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by _curious_ 6y ago
Some people - and the companies they operate - will, given the option, on principle, not take money which they have not earned. In the event that they did/do accept said money they did not earn, and that money was applied effectively a
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by _curious_ 6y ago
"but we can now keep an eye on those who did not really need it." Who's to say?
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by _curious_ 6y ago
So will your employer be paying the "loan" back?
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by _curious_ 6y ago
"It's far too political to introduce/enforce anything that makes unemployment numbers worse. It's like a "too big to fail" on a much larger order of magnitude." Yes and ?
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by _curious_ 6y ago
How interesting it is...not even through the A's yet in my major city and I am seeing peer companies on here reporting more "jobs retained" than they even employ...if that doesn't indicate what a scam this whole thing is
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by _curious_ 6y ago
Why do you think that is?
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by _curious_ 6y ago
"I hope more content creators will mirror their videos on services they pay for and have more control over." I think this is the key...using the YT up/until you no longer can and then (presumably once an audience is present)
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by _curious_ 6y ago
In the not-to-distant future, this might actually play out IRL considering the direction some people want to take things...you sound like a thought leader who is ahead of their time and therefore may I suggest posting to LinkedIn meanwhile
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by _curious_ 6y ago
"Imagine if you could fund a tech startup by pre-selling product to customers" I know of a couple tech ventures that did exactly this...they (1) had established a minimum viable audience and then (2) queried their people for what

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