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Making Decisions in Context

Austin Startup

Compensation decisions obviously affect hiring and retention. Set any vesting schedules and expiration dates on roughly similar terms, if for no other reason just so you can track all of them correctly. If you’ve got patent or other IP needs, you may want to engage specialists in those areas.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

Both Sides of the Table

When you account for competition for talent, the difficulty of retention, the cost of living and the difficulty of rising above the noise – there are many advantages of staying put. It’s clear that America has a vested interest in promoting entrepreneurship in many regions in the country to stimulate innovation & job creation.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

Product/Metrics (70%/30% time) * Get your product activation (sign-up + meaningful action) to 60% * then, Get your product retention to 20% weekly. Press is something you should do once you know your activation / retention metrics are good. It all depends on where you’re at. Here’s my high-level approach for startups.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

there are start ups who are legitimately using.net because they don’t need to look directly into the tcp/ip stack. Purchase IP from the vendors. It makes you look like a religious zealot and a kind of high self-regarding anal retentive. of course, you’re allowed to have your opinions. it takes no intelligence.

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