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Not Every Startup Is “Killing It” (How to Speak Up During Tough Times)

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But during the year 2000, we went through three different CEOs, fraud nearly killed the company, our revenue was negligible and unproven, and at our worst point, the company was burning well over $10 million a month — A MONTH! We went public in 2002 and eBay bought the company later that year for over $1.5

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Playing Startup

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My first startup job was as an early employee at PayPal, where I took a job at the end of ‘1999 and started a few months later in 2000. I started off as a product manager and while I never actually slept over at the office, there were frequently late nights.

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