Ted Glasnow
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Ted Glasnow
1) Start negotiations early 2) Mine for intel during interviews 3) Don’t give in to the pressure 4) Skip past recruiters at FAANG 5) Read between the lines 6) Learn the startup playbook 7) Win hearts and minds 8) Get relevant data 9) Compare offers thoroughly 10) Advocate for yourself
Niya Dragova • The 10 commandments of salary negotiation
[Fixable is] a managed marketplace, but we're connecting you—the homeowner or the business owner, the DIYer—with the right pro for your project. It’s a virtual consultation. It's all on your phone, text, pictures, video chat to help you with your specific project and then to give you all the tools to be successful there.
Sacra • Q&A with Dan Spinosa and Drew Stanley from Fixable on building a managed marketplace for DIYers
Trade schools aren't pumping out as many professionals, and older ones are retiring because their bodies can only do it for so much longer. This gives them access to work from home, like the rest of us have.
Sacra • Q&A with Dan Spinosa and Drew Stanley from Fixable on building a managed marketplace for DIYers
During a negotiation, it is important to have clarity on a short list of things you want and a short list of things you will not accepts. It is also important to be transparent about the decision making process and stakeholders
Erik Torenberg • Cristina Cordova (ex Head of Platform & Partnerships at Notion)
Type of company: Marketplaces and platforms; Most common North Star Metric: Consumption growth
Lenny Rachitsky • Choosing Your North Star Metric
Our chief scientific officer emeritus, Mark Kozubal...stumbled across a unique filamentous fungal microorganism that had a lot of really unique properties, including being 50% protein by dry weight, a natural filamentous texture, and the ability to grow super efficiently.... It's a super versatile protein that can be used as a textured biomass,... See more
Jan-Erik Asplund • Not Found
Before crafting an agreement, it is helpful to draft a high-level term sheet of key deal points to drive agreement quickly
Erik Torenberg • Cristina Cordova (ex Head of Platform & Partnerships at Notion)
"This is one of the most common mistakes among new product teams when I ask "How does your product grow?" The answer is typically a long list of turbo boosts. It is typically because there is no hypothesis on what the growth engine is, and as a result they are compensating by trying to cobble together a lot of little things." - Brian Balfour... See more
reforge.com • The Racecar Growth Framework — Reforge
Sales-led companies oen add a bottom-up self-serve product, primarily to drive lead gen