Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Your highest priority right now is hiring the 1 or 2 people that are going to join your company and make a difference. There’s you and your killer CTO co-founder. These kinds of connections seldom emerge from middle management who view the immediate threats more than the long-run benefits.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Thor Ernstsson is the founder of Alpha UX , a product validation company serving real-time user insights to Fortune 500 product managers. However, valuing the intangibles of time saving, expertise, network, etc. I spoke with Thatcher Bell , Managing Partner, CoVenture. 5% vest at clickable prototype.

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www.metamorphblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

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. Vest, young man. That is what gets people excited.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Update: The end is near, Expensify is hiring a.NET programmer! As you might know, we’re hiring the best programmers in the world. If you are a startup looking to hire really excellent people, take notice of.NET on a resume, and ask why it’s there. And.NET’s languages (C#, IronPython, managed C++, etc.)

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www.quora.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

As a result, there is a much bigger supply of these people than there are of founders who can get a company to the point of hiring some early employees. Even better, executives will negotiate the acquisition price of their company down; in exchange for a larger amount of post-acquisition retentio n equity and accelerated vesting.

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