Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 5, 2010
Through comment conversations with many of you I tried to emphasize that it isn’t enough to just have one attribute. They often make great team members such as head of products, CTO, head of sales, CFO, etc. I didn’t negotiate hard on carried interest. You need the whole package. I had nothing to lose!
Steve Blank
MARCH 26, 2014
innovating new products and services within an already scaled business model), the processes that companies have optimized for execution inevitably interfere with the search processes needed to discover a new business model. Worse, the potential new product might give customers a reason to delay the purchase of today’s products).
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Hunter Walker
MARCH 30, 2023
Humans Don’t Scale Sure you can help human workers be more productive over time but they’ll never be as efficient as software automation or customer self-service. And either way it lets too many of us get away with not having to deal with the actual implications of the products we build.
This is going to be BIG.
JANUARY 10, 2021
How many years did VCs continue to pour money into these companies before there was ever a “what if” board conversation? Was there ever that kind of conversation at the board level? But second, it just makes the product better. Does the experience with Clubhouse so far give you much confidence that lessons have been learned?
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 2, 2016
I found the conversation a bit disconcerting. But the celebratory nature of today’s conversation felt tone deaf and seemed to ignore the rules that get bent in favor of those with resources or born into privilege. VCs also get capital gains tax rates on “carried interest,” which is what irritates the masses.
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