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The Corrosive Downside of Acquihires

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The Aqui-hire Business. Usually the location of the engineers matters great so having offshore engineering makes acquihires unlikely. Let’s assume $2 million in seed money. It says if you want to make “real” money - quit. Get some famous angel or seed money. Chief Vesting Officers)?

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

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Inevitably, the excuses begin: I need to hire people to build the product. I need money for the servers. No raising money. In later posts I’m going to get into more detail on specific topics like hiring, raising money, what types of ideas have the potential to get big, finding your founders, and the like.