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by bspear 4y ago
How I got in: referral from friend who found the startup through another friend. Why I joined: Was tired of big tech and wanted to learn faster. Founders were smart. Ran a surprisingly tight interview process. Advice: if I were to reverse-e
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by bspear 4y ago
Individual writers control their own email lists
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by bspear 4y ago
Right, you'd think they have bigger fish to fry
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by bspear 4y ago
+1 to your landing page design. Very fun and engaging. Some feedback: - Onboarding is too long: incentivizes fake sign-ups just to see the jobs - None of the investors listed seem that impressive, which makes me think this is just limited s
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by bspear 4y ago
http://angel.co/ is a common one, although some of the startups are a bit sketch, so you gotta do your research. https://topstartups.io/ filters for higher-quality startups
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by bspear 4y ago
Yes, valuations have gone through the roof, but the equity grants have not kept pace. This is a huge disservice to candidates. Got especially bad in 2021. Really important for people to research startup pay before signing: https:/&#x2
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by bspear 4y ago
Same!
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Writing is a single-player game(otherlife.co)
137 points by bspear 4y ago|41 comments
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Rallies to the Bottom(ofdollarsanddata.com)
1 points by bspear 4y ago|0 comments
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Revenge Is Easy(ofdollarsanddata.com)
2 points by bspear 4y ago|1 comments
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History of Digital Nomads(every.to)
1 points by bspear 4y ago|0 comments
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by bspear 4y ago
The growing demand for currency not controlled by the government is undeniable. Only a matter of time. But this time, hopefully less irrational exuberance for alt-coins that serve no purpose besides speculation
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by bspear 4y ago
dumpster fire sounds right. their support team is also basically non-existent, so if you ever have questions about your account, expect multiple days of waiting
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Trying Too Hard(collaborativefund.com)
1 points by bspear 4y ago|0 comments
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Rallies to the Bottom(ofdollarsanddata.com)
1 points by bspear 4y ago|0 comments
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by bspear 4y ago
Do you mean this: https://topstartups.io/
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by bspear 4y ago
Diligence on the startup so you know what you're getting into. Also prevents early employee churn because people feel duped once they look under the hood. The greatest frustration is usually around: 1. feeling like your equity cut is n
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by bspear 4y ago
TBH, I've stopped believing that a job will give me meaning. I have to give meaning to the right job. Learned that this is easier when: - company is small enough for me to be in direct contact with customers vs. seeing quotes from use
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by bspear 4y ago
I'm usually skeptical of corporate BS, but I imagine they did have a strong relationship. 14-year stints are very rare, esp. for people that have plenty of options knocking on the door
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by bspear 4y ago
Think OP meant $70M not $70B if they just raised $17M in funding. To calculate your gross $ value today, you need to know your # of shares (10K) divided by total fully diluted outstanding shares (607,500,000) multiplied by the valuation (pr
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by bspear 4y ago
Is it just me or does Stripe ship something big every week
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by bspear 4y ago
Fascinating
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We all knew this would happen(ofdollarsanddata.com)
3 points by bspear 4y ago|0 comments
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Q1 2022 Reflections(vanessalau.co)
1 points by bspear 4y ago|0 comments
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by bspear 4y ago
Paypal is basically a poor man's Stripe
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by bspear 4y ago
The first product every candidate experiences is the interview loop. If they have a sloppy and redundant loop, it directly impacts the quality of talent they get. People who have lots of options aren't going to put up with BS. Usually
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by bspear 4y ago
Employee sized quantities should be much bigger at a Mittelstand company vs. VC-funded. You don't need thousands of people when you're going after 7-8 figure outcomes, which means each employee should be able to get better profit-
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by bspear 4y ago
> Promote employee stock ownership for American Mittelstands This is crucial. Many bootstrapped companies don't offer much stock ownership from employees. Yes, they can pay a good salary, but these employees are laying down the busi
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by bspear 4y ago
Sadly all the news around UST and its associated dramas precipitates more people to try to liquidate
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by bspear 4y ago
In the early days, recommendations worked the best (people I knew, other people on the team knew). Cold outbound had lower conversion rate, but quality is high because you select the profiles, so it's worth trying. Once you get more tr

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