Startup Advice
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Startup Advice
I was at Amzn early '00s when we lost 95% of our market cap. Later at FB I negotiated a down-round in '09, and then in '12 our stock dropped 50% post-IPO. I was on the board of a public company that went bankrupt (Borders) and a start-up that went under (Hello). Some lessons:
Dan Rosetwitter.com“The only way to be a painter is to make paintings. That means not doing other stuff.”
Kieran O‘Hare • Following the ‘White-hot Fire Inside of You’
How Gusto Built Scalable Hiring Practices Rooted in Tradition
First Round Capitalreview.firstround.com
“Everyone bifurcates the world into content and distribution,” Whaley told me. He has brown hair, is of average height, and was wearing a nondescript gray t-shirt and jeans when we talked. “From the beginning, we viewed those as the same thing. Each object gets better with more participation, and so does MSCHF. Scale is not the goal. Scale is a... See more
Evan Armstrong • The Art of Scaling Taste
Remember: you + your cofounder vs The Problem
“I encourage founding teams to do everything they possibly can to remember that their co-founders are on their side”
Amy Buechler, Founder Coach at YC
It’s never the right time, but right now is usually the best time.