I’m starting a series on how to evaluating promising startups from a employee perspective. But, before I talk about any specific companies, I’d like to talk about the framework I use to select the companies. It’s impossible to predict a startup’s success and failure because there are so much uncertainties. Even the most successful [...]
Entries from September 2008
If I can pick and choose any start-up to work for, I’ll pick … Part 1
September 30th, 2008 · Comments
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Beat Recession Advice #2: Cut your expenses, save money and conserve cash
September 27th, 2008 · Comments
"Save for a rainy day" — well, the rainy days are ahead of us.
All of my advice are common sense, but have you been doing any of these to cut expense and save money? Let’s take massive action NOW to prepare for the rainy days!
Figure out how much cash you have, your monthly [...]
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Product Manager job openings at Myspace
September 25th, 2008 · Comments
Earlier this week I posted Beat Recession Advice #1: Form a network of recruiter friends . As I mentioned in the article, the best time to look for a job is while you’re still employed. If you start to think about your next career move, and want to join a company that is on the [...]
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What if you have five 17-year old Kobe Bryants on your team? (And why you should never hire someone directly from McKinsey to run your business.)
September 25th, 2008 · Comments
Kobe Bryant has developed into one of the best all-around basketball player. But, he wasn’t like this in 1996 when he was drafted by the Charlotte Hornet and traded to Los Angeles Lakers. He was 17-year old, athletic, extremely talented, and exciting. But, he was also flashy, selfish, and show-boating. He was immature and didn’t [...]
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Is Fred Wilson doing something wrong?
September 24th, 2008 · Comments
Yesterday, Fred Wilson had an interesting post about his reaction to Technorati’s State of Blogsphere report :
"I’ve had about 150k visitors per month for several years now. My audience is stable but flat. I get about 100k visitors per month on my website and another 50k via my feed. [...]
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