The Startup Magazine
JULY 9, 2020
I grew up in the small town of Amory, Mississippi (population 6,871). More importantly, I used that money to help my mother with our mortgage and put myself through college at the University of Mississippi. My family was by no means wealthy and it was expected that I spend most of my free time outside of school, working.
Steve Blank
JUNE 15, 2011
Bubbles are not new; we have had them for hundreds of years (the Tulip Mania , South Sea Company , Mississippi Company , etc.). Hiring technology talent in Silicon Valley is getting difficult, and the time it takes to drive across Palo Alto has tripled—all signs of the impending apocalypse.
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Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
They can also help startups think through things like how to grow and when to hire their first employee. Mississippi State University helps process the data each year and organizes the results for the ASBDC. How SBDCs help existing businesses. They also tend to last longer than the average startup, or experience greater survivability.
Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook
MARCH 18, 2014
Or are we willing to to shut the door to those people on the margins hanging on by their fingernails — waiting tables, pouring espresso drinks and working at the country club — and hope those hired to come to the valley to work for established companies will re-create the magic? People who are a bit hungry for success.
Up and Running
JULY 16, 2015
By contrast, Stuart grew up working in his father’s law office in the Mississippi Delta. Then hire them. “We wanted ice cream that we make from scratch,” Emily says, “to showcase local, Oregon dairy, and using local, seasonal fruit, berries, and produce.”. You always need more money to make it happen.
Steve Blank
MARCH 28, 2009
Stay Hungry, Stay Curious When these bombers got their first modern Electronic Countermeasures suite (the ALQ-117 with automatic wide-band receivers and jammers), I got sent back to school for three months (to scenic Biloxi Mississippi again) to learn how to repair it.
www.paulgraham.com
APRIL 28, 2010
For example, a seed firmshould be able to give advice about how to approach VCs, which VCsobviously dont need to do; whereas VCs should be able to giveadvice about how to hire an "executive team," which is not an issuein the seed stage. You dont have to spend time on bureaucraticstuff, because you havent hired any bureaucrats yet.
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