I have never fired anyone too early. How many founders have been in the position of hiring a senior executive — having gone through all the interviews, reference checks, board approvals, and negotiations — only to have doubts creep in all too soon after they start? Your hire doesn’t seem to be delivering on the...
Making your first startup ops hire – what founders should look for - PostHog
Most founders I talk to approach their first ops hire in a totally sensible but wrong way. Their typical approach is to look at the long list of admin…
Which Way Do You Run? | Andreessen Horowitz
The difference between a good CEO and a great one? Trusting your gut and confronting your fears head on.
Why Founders Market Their Products Too Late
Founders predictably underestimate the importance of hiring marketers. Here’s why many startups don’t get round to marketing their product…
Opinion | Congratulations! You’ve Been Fired (Published 2016)
Life in the new tech workplace is suspiciously like life in the old sweatshop.
It’s high time to rewrite the hiring script
The disconnect between how many companies claim that they only hire the best and how they try to actually do that is perverse. A depressing number of job postings are barely more than a list of tec…
First hire to first fire - Canny Blog
Being able to hire someone with our hard-earned revenue is very rewarding. But it's not easy! Read about our experience and takeaways from growing our team.
Inside Automattic’s remote hiring process
How can Automattic consistently hire the best people without ever having a single voice conversation? Let’s face it, hiring is tough. When you ask startup founders what their biggest challenge is, …
We Hire the Best, Just Like Everyone Else
One of the most common pieces of advice you’ll get as a startup is this: Only hire the best. The quality of the people that work at your company will be one of the biggest factors in your success – or failure. I’ve heard this advice over and over
OpenAI Fires Three Safety Researchers
Three OpenAI safety researchers, Tomek Korbak, Mikita Balesni and Jasmine Wang, were fired, ostensibly for ‘mishandling sensitive company information.’
Impatience: The Pitfall of Every Ambitious Person
Big splashes don’t happen. Overnight success doesn’t exist. We have to remind ourselves of that whenever we show impatience.
Every day is now fire season. Let's get you ready for the next wildfire burning near you
We all need to be concerned — and prepared.
Things are going so well we’re doing a hiring freeze
Business has never been better at Basecamp. Despite all the competition, all the noise, and all the changes since we launched 14 years ago, 2017 was the year we earned the most revenue ever. While …
12 Things I Learned from Chris Dixon about Startups | Andreessen Horowitz
#1 “If everyone loves your idea, I might be worried that it’s not forward thinking enough.” Anyone thinking about starting a business should be searching for mispriced opportunities. While markets are mostly efficient in eliminating opportunities for extraordinary profit, there are always areas of an economy in which there are significant uncertainty. These areas are...
Interviews with Failed & Successful Startup Founders
+200 interviews with the brains behind shut down and active startups. Learn from their wins and their mistakes and become a better founder.
one of the only people i've ever worked with who consistently and intentionally hired junior / early career people, and prioritized their mentorship.
Jimmy Lee
One of the highlights of my life is finding incredible webmaster youths to transfer all my remaining skill and resource to ✌️🙌⚔️ Thanks for everything
