Steve Blank
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Laura Thomas is a former CIA operations officer. Below is the first of her three-part series. —- At least a few times a month, people looking to jump ask about my transition, which has led to me consolidating my answers below. Only 15% of my time was doing the more exciting operations.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 1, 2023
Giving a cofounder a salary won’t get you the “fire in the belly” you want. Level of responsibility and time allocated. Cofounders only able to work part-time, with responsibility and major income sources elsewhere, don’t carry the same risk as others with more operational responsibility.
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Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 9, 2020
Giving a co-founder a salary won’t get you the “fire in the belly” you want. Level of responsibility and time allocated. Co-founders only able to work part-time, with responsibility and major income sources elsewhere, don’t carry the same risk as others with more operational responsibility.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018
Giving a co-founder a salary won’t get you the “fire in the belly” you want. Level of responsibility and time allocated. Co-founders only able to work part-time, with responsibility and major income sources elsewhere, don’t carry the same risk as others with more operational responsibility.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 4, 2014
Giving a co-founder a salary won’t get you the “fire in the belly” you want. Level of responsibility and time allocated. Co-founders only able to work part-time, with responsibility and major income sources elsewhere, don’t carry the same risk as others with more operational responsibility.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 24, 2016
Giving a co-founder a salary won’t get you the “fire in the belly” you want. Level of responsibility and time allocated. Co-founders only able to work part-time, with responsibility and major income sources elsewhere, don’t carry the same risk as others with more operational responsibility.
Occam's Razor
DECEMBER 3, 2008
My goal is to climb the ranks and increase my salary." I get many emails in the spirit of this one and thought it was about time I wrote a proper post about it. I am getting to how you can increase your salary part. It is quite likely that you'll sit in the IT (CTO / CIO) function. Please stick with me.
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