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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

Low salary. The truth is that in my experience very, very few people really enjoy the “pure&# startup environment: months with no salary, months with no live product and lots of trial, error & rejection. Inbound calls from partners, people who want to join, atta boys from friends. Long hours. Time away from family.

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10 Famous People Who Flourished After Being Laid Off

YoungUpstarts

Mark Cuban wasn’t always a successful Internet mogul and NBA owner. When Bloomberg was a partner at the investment bank, Salomon Brothers, he and 62 colleagues were fired because the company was bought out. In 1997, Armstrong was fired from the French racing team Cofidis while he was undergoing cancer treatment. Mark Cuban.

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If You Don’t Define Your Personal Brand the Market Will

Both Sides of the Table

My starting salary was $27,000. This was pre Internet. In 1997 I was sent to England to work on a project for the oil company Halliburton. We got to define Internet offerings for one of the largest telcos in Europe. “You should really be an operating partner. 25, ISDN, T3s, etc. He took me. And then a second.

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

Low salary. The truth is that in my experience very, very few people really enjoy the “pure&# startup environment: months with no salary, months with no live product and lots of trial, error & rejection. Inbound calls from partners, people who want to join, atta boys from friends. Long hours. Time away from family.

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My story and support for the Founders Visa

K9 Ventures

couldn’t draw a salary). The latter was fine by me since there was no money in the company for me to draw a salary any way. I graduated from Carnegie Mellon in 1997 and decided to use my OPT to give the company a proper shot. I formed SneakerLabs, Inc. in December 1996, while on a student visa.

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Building a Great Startup Board: Pt 1

Reid Hoffman

They might both be accomplished writers or editors, but for a particular project, each partner focuses on a single role, and their different foci make the partnership stronger. As investors, we are active partners to the founders and CEO. I am the invited partner in the room who is here to help this company succeed.”.

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