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Re: Fear vs. Greed at Facebook

Jemma Sanders — Wed, 18 May 2022 07:47:48 -0000

Facebook's greed definitely led to a lot of mistakes and a lot of losses for the company. And they don't seem to have learned anything from it.

Re: We Need an “NTSB” for Entrepreneurship

Jemma Sanders — Wed, 18 May 2022 07:45:39 -0000

We do need one, but I doubt there is any political will for it. A lot of politicians are connected to these companies, but when the companies fail, it's the little people who suffer, not the politicians.

Re: Outsourcing For Startups

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Re: We Need an “NTSB” for Entrepreneurship

fnazeeri — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 10:17:07 -0000

A good point. Interestingly, here in the US, we're much better at business failure than in other parts of the world, Europe in particular. I was shocked at the penalties for failure of a startup in the UK. So a long way of saying, "it could be worse..."

Re: We Need an “NTSB” for Entrepreneurship

Robert Chow — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 09:05:22 -0000

It's interesting how people often use sports analogies when talking about business, but ironically the business and sports worlds react to failure quite differently. How often do we hear athletes and fans obsessively analyzing what went wrong for weeks (sometimes for years) after some sports team's loss of an important game: "If only Brady had better receivers...Why did they leave Buckner at first late in the game?..." But when it comes to business failure, no one wants to talk about it. It's like a hit and run accident with everyone leaving the scene of the crime as fast as they can lest they become associated with that business failure. But as painful as it is, we learn more from our failures than our successes. Even in success there are often things a business could have done better, but we're all too busy celebrating to see it.

Re: Outsourcing For Startups

andy — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:16:38 -0000

i very much want to read this post. actually, i tried to read this several times but the floating 'share' button got in the way.

'stop being so fussy, let me try again,' i thought. but the share button kept floating on top of the text i was trying to read.

Re: The Real Reason Google May Fail

Nick — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:23:17 -0000

Errr, Wikipedia doesn't have ads, bud

Re: If Linus Torvalds Were A Lawyer…

Joan — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:18:49 -0000

Honestly, I've been on his blog and was impressed with the depth of his content.

Re: 4 Top Myths About Start-up Pay

vinaeco — Wed, 23 May 2012 16:10:05 -0000

Fascinating post - this is a question I get asked about probably every other week, nice to have some data supporting contrarian views on the key topics!

Re: Microsoft Buys 37signals For $300 Million

Mi — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:58:18 -0000

Yeah, so this obviously never happened.

Re: Outsourcing For Startups

Andrew Boardman — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:54:36 -0000

Sound article - as a former entrepreneur who didn't outsource I agree 100% with your content. It is overwhelming enough to start a new business, let alone dive into areas in which you have little to no expertize or enthusiasm. The ramifications of trying to do everything yourself include failing at the business, not because of the quality of the idea or your expertize but because of being distracted from your core business & losing time to non-essentila functions.
One other item I would outsource would be the HR function - there are many companies that can manage that component depending on the size & need. They can certainly help you scale up when you hit critical mass.

Re: Outsourcing For Startups

Seshu — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:07:44 -0000

As an entrepreneur my 2 cents is not to outsource and if you are outsourcing try finding a competent party. Again given cash constraints an entrepreneur has one tends to go for the cheaper option or available (quickest) option which would bite you very badly. I detailed out my experiences in my blog post - http://desisauda.wordpress....

Re: Why I Canceled My CO2stats Account

tomdidom — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 06:11:19 -0000

And their customer service is non existent

Re: How Liquidation Preferences Work

Katieconfused — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 11:06:12 -0000

Assume your guy above was a Series B investor. What if there is another shareholder that has come in as Series A, but with a 2x liquidation pref? Does the Series A guy have the right to get his 2x before the Series B guy gets his common ? i.e. If the Series B guy takes his 1x first does he have to "wait" before the Series A guy has taken his 2x?

Re: What’s The Safest Seat On An Airplane?

Coolnuwan — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:45:16 -0000

crashing means no control over pilots hand.

Re: The Coming Venture Capital Boom

Ashe — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:10:30 -0000

The full post link does not work, please check.

Re: Death of Headhunting

Jonathan Brickman — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:13:28 -0000

yeah, sorry...I agree with the low level tasks of gathering resumes, basic filtering, which will put the onus on the candidate so they make it through the technology piece. I was referring to the higher level piece of the process when you have the final steps of the process so we are in agreement. I think the same about sales 2.0 etc....thankfully, human communication is still necessary or we all in trouble :-).

Re: Death of Headhunting

fnazeeri — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:07:42 -0000

Technology certainly doesn't replace people, but it sure can alleviate the need for people to perform certain tasks. Having seen executive search from the inside, I can say that much of the actual work is very low level with maybe 10 or 20 percent raises to the level of analysis and decision making you reference. It will take time to replace that, but the rest is at high risk, IMO.

Re: Death of Headhunting

Jonathan Brickman — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:40:54 -0000

You know, the world believes that technology can replace people...sorry, that will never happen. It takes a human being with judgement to analyze data and make a decision. Technology is a huge lever but that's all it is. Technology can't interpret data and people like a direct interaction. It works that way in sales, trading, recruiting...and I think any marketplace that involves judgement and not just facts. I remember the famous Sanford Bernsteing publishing a piece "The death of the institutional salesman"..didn't happen and it won't happen. Algorithyms won't run the world.

Re: How To Test If Your Idea Is A Company

Jarrettcollins — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 09:18:10 -0000

Another survey tactic: give $100 to the favorite charity of one survey respondent (chosen at random).

Re: 5 Reasons Convertible Debt Sucks

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Re: Venture Debt For Startups

Mark MacLeod — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:45:46 -0000

Great overview of venture debt. I am a fan in most cases. It can be used offensively to accelerate value creation and give more leverage to your early investors, postponing the next valuation till you are further along, and can be used defensively to keep things going while you work through some bumps. But you need to know what you're getting yourself into. When venture debt providers need to exercise their security, they come down hard.

Re: Killer VC Pitch Deck

Mark Carleo — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:02:57 -0000

Great post, I love it! Thanks.

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Re: Law Firm Wilson Sonsini Now Preparing Term Sheets For Free

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