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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

I told her that I believed America’s best asset – driven initially from software innovation mindset in the San Francisco Bay Area and media innovation driven from Los Angeles – was our willingness to accept failure. of Elon’s ideas to come to fruition and let him fail on the rest. We hired outside experts.

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Inspiring Entrepreneurs: Ted Livingston’s rollercoaster ride as CEO of hit messaging startup Kik

The Next Web

At the time, RIM was the dominant smartphone company and Livingston settled into a “process-heavy” job within the company, where he worked tirelessly all hours. “By At the end of my four-month term, they brought me on part-time to run a team that built out a system around the software I’d developed at night.”.

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Startup Lessons for the Proto-Founder

www.metamorphblog.com

We hired three guys from that batch and paid them in iPhones. Treat everyone you hire like a co-founder. It builds trust and earns buy-in from the people you hire. When you’re hiring folks, don’t promise equity upfront. Tiny, contracting market. You’ll be the only startup there. More questions?

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

Update: The end is near, Expensify is hiring a.NET programmer! As you might know, we’re hiring the best programmers in the world. oz burgers as fast as possible, and commit the rest of your career to an endless series of McDonalds menus. Expensify Blog. Expense Reports That Don't Suck. Sunday edit : Still going!

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

Derek Sivers about me blog books email list contact How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen 2010-06-19 Do you have an idea for a website, online business, or application, but need a programmer to turn that idea into reality? Save the rest for later. Hire one from each. Then carry on with the rest.

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Out of the Crisis #27: Eren Bali of Carbon Health on public health, COVID vaccinations, and working as a unified society to solve problems

Startup Lessons Learned

And during that time we have seen it again and again: unlikely people thrust into the spotlight for their work fighting the pandemic, and even more, tirelessly working away out of the limelight. I think one of the things that we, who are, you have the privilege of being here, in America, in California, in Silicon Valley.

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“Regardless of who is in the White House, we have work to do from the bottom up and from the outside in” – Five Questions With Jennifer Pahlka of Code for America

Hunter Walker

I had heard of Code for America but wasn’t exactly sure what they did or how they did it. Donate , come work at Code for America , work in government , or join your local Code for America Brigade ! One example comes from our first year of the Code for America fellowship program. And you can help.

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