Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

If you hire 6 sales reps in January at $120,000 / year salary then you’ve taken on an extra $60,000 per month in costs yet these sales people might not close new business for 4-6 months. If you spent the 3 years perfecting some hugely differentiated technology IP that may also be different.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Compensation decisions obviously affect hiring and retention. They’re looking to be paid properly in the context of the overall salary structure, including cash, benefits, and equity, and to be paid commensurate with performance. If you’ve got patent or other IP needs, you may want to engage specialists in those areas.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Product/Metrics (70%/30% time) * Get your product activation (sign-up + meaningful action) to 60% * then, Get your product retention to 20% weekly. Then decide if you can build more value on either end of that process to demand a higher premium. You can always change the pricing to meet demand and optimize for pricing yield.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

there are start ups who are legitimately using.net because they don’t need to look directly into the tcp/ip stack. Purchase IP from the vendors. It was just the command shell that demanded backward slashes. of course, you’re allowed to have your opinions. it’s easy to stand against something. What did we do?

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