Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 28, 2009
I started my first company in 1999 in London at the height of the dot com craze. As the economy soured and people grew wary of buying Internet software (we were SaaS as early as 1999 – our buyers were certainly “early adopters&# ) and life grew more difficult. Join because you’ll make a good not great salary.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 14, 2010
The price of property has an inherent value tied to two factors: 1) the rental rate you could charge for your property and 2) annual salaries in a given geography. Most of these companies will not get big enough and earn enough profits to pay big enough salaries for teams. You’re stuck in the past.&#.
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Both Sides of the Table
MAY 19, 2019
It was 1999 and I had valuable Internet skills. I cut my salary in half and started my own company. I found a firm that was interested but they told me they hadn’t raised enough money yet to pay me a full salary. Pay me half salary and if we raise a fund together you can pay me back.” Be politely persistent.
Reid Hoffman
MAY 16, 2020
At the same time, I was beginning to realize that the Internet was fundamentally different from closed, proprietary online services like CompuServe or eWorld. Because of the Internet — and especially because of the World Wide Web — things were starting to move very quickly in Silicon Valley in 1995. Trust your allies too.
Hearpreneur
JANUARY 7, 2017
Something similar happened during a salary negotiation seminar years later. After creating many successful start-ups- from internet fashion companies to home market businesses- I spent several years researching a category that intrigued me from a health-standpoint. My oldest son, Coby Joshua, was born with Down syndrome in 1999.
Hearpreneur
OCTOBER 30, 2015
In January of 1999, I co-founded a marketing agency with a former boss. I was searching the internet for hours hoping to find the perfect gift to commemorate a special date in the life of my fiancé, Steve. For creatives, it is a global stage for creativity where title and experience don’t matter. 3 – I was Fired Twice.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 27, 2010
That is when no customers wanted to work with Internet startups because we as an industry had burned so many customers. I was paid less in salary in 2004 than I was paid at the job I quit in 1999 (a job I had held 8+ years). No employees wanted to join startups – they were all looking for stable jobs.
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