njens

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   by njens 8y ago

   All true. I've shared a large report that I wrote with a consultant to help unpick some of the detail. Superficially, the CEO is right. Scratch the surface, and I'm right. Who's right or wrong is moot(?). I like the thought t
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   by njens 8y ago

   CTO isn't the right title for my actual role. I've got the "map to the customer", many options for pivots with detail, I understand the customer from another side too (it's teaching tech... and as a former teacher t
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   by njens 8y ago

   I would enjoy it... but that would be short-lived if the company is worth it... and this is hurting because it is
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   by njens 8y ago

   pants. Is it bad to address this with equity. Our handshake was based on equal equity and standing (I asked for a lot more than 50/50 initially and took the leap-of-faith to join forces), and that the job-titles were secondary... that&
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   by njens 8y ago

   No, I can't do this startup by myself. He's done some great things already getting the company funded and finding me. (Hard words to say.) I left my academic job to experience the thrills and spills of founding+leading, that'
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   by njens 8y ago

   Thanks. This is all good to hear and something I'm struggling to reconcile. In academia I was always keen to show and develop a real capability, as opposed to being the comfortable academic. I wrote a lot of code and some decent engine
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   Ask HN: Not feeling it from the CEO. What can I do? (equity split)

   36 points by njens 8y ago|60 comments