Both Sides of the Table

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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

In fact, we just announced that we hired a new head of our Growth Platform, (follow him on Twitter here ? In 2001 companies IPO’d very quickly if they were working, by 2011 IPOs had slowed down to the point that in 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures astutely called billion-dollar outcomes “unicorns.” Seksom Suriyapa ?—?he

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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

Both Sides of the Table

It took Joel awhile to realize that “If you’re hiring very bright people, let them do their damn job&#. Fundraising: Fog Creek was bootstrapped. This left very smart employees feeling very frustrated because their managers would interfere intermittently and at random moments. 15 minutes. WoW and social gaming addiction.