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Issues around accepting salary plus stock options in job offer
I've been offered a job within a new SaaS startup. I'd be the first technical hire. They've offered to match my current salary and give me 2.5% stock options. Or I take a couple of £K extra with no ...
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How to negotiate for equity when joining a startup as one of the first employees?
I am looking to work at an early stage startup, and I am currently negotiating with founders of several such startups. All of these startups have just raised their first funding, and for each of them ...
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Find an engineering position at a startup
What is the best way to find an engineering position at a startup? Typical job listing sites don't often have postings for these opportunities. While I realize networking is key, how does one get the ...
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What is the JOBS Act?
The Senate passed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act) by a vote of 73-26. The Senate added new crowdfunding protections, the House will likely accept them as-is, and the President is ...
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should I quit an MNC job and work in a startup
I am working in an MNC as a software engineer. Most of my work involves supporting an old crappy vb6 application and making some changes to it whenever some change request comes in. I dont get much of ...
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Finding the right startup
One of my friends is itching to leave a very well paying job in a big corp. and join a startup. But since startup's don't get enough visibility, finding the right start can be a challenge. Are there ...
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Choosing between startup, juicy job offering, or both
I'm kind of in the dilemma of choosing between continuing with my startup or accepting a very well paid and intellectually motivating job offering from a multinational company who just opened a local ...
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How informal is too informal for a startup job posting
Do you think this is too informal for an opening to a job posting:
We are in need of a super-motivated pirate/ninja/rockstar/(insert more web 2.0 buzz words) marketing/bizdev guru to join our ...
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How to Find a CMO for niche products
I currently run two 3rd-party poker related SaaS and will soon launch another.
Both products are very specialized and niche but there is a large demand for both products within the community. My ...
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Can a telecommuting job help one grow his skills compared to job at office?
How would you compare a telecommuting (overseas) job at a startup (when everything at the startup be it the work, the environment, the people, etc looks exciting enough) with another job at the ...
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Unsuccessful job posting, what did I do wrong? What should I focus on?
First, it is not my intent to abuse the Q&A forum to hire people, I'm asking about what I've done wrong. I've removed my company name, details, and industry from the posting below.
I'm a new ...
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Should I suspend my startup? [closed]
I was working for a large financial firms as Senior Technical Architect, spending almost 15 hours a day. I quit my job around 18 months back to start this startup and taking an underpaid/under skilled ...
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How to structure a resume after startup failure?
I'm in the frustrating position of looking for a job after spending two years building a start-up that has faced terminal challenges. My problem is that my start-up had little to do with my prior ...
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Where can I get a designer?
For my startup (web 2 SaaS) I am looking for a good designer, probably with HTML/JavaScript skills. It seems this is pretty difficult - all good people have jobs. So I am thinking about remote work. I ...
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What kind of responses to job postings have people received when they used startuply.com or a similar service?
Were the responses to the postings worthwhile?
I am a little apprehensive to use these types of job posting sites because I am afraid that I will get a million worthless responses that I will have to ...
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Free software job boards? [closed]
Are there any good boards for software-related jobs- preferably free? I am trying to find a software marketer; it's either Craigslist (resulting in hundreds of non-targeted emails/resumes) or a paid ...
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Is there any good IT startup company in Australia? [closed]
Am considering startup company as about to graduate.
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Is it customary to leave a start up when something better comes along?
I've came across a job post for a software engineer position at a recent startup. The responsibility included pretty much everything that involves programming. I would be an employee, and will not ...
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What ordinary youngster should place in CV?
I'm 16 years old and I want to start working somewhere on vacations, but to get employed to some interesting job I need a CV. What do you think I should place there ?
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What would be the appropriate share?
I'm a software developer in a East European country working for a tiny software firm with only few developers. Our owner is also our manager; he lives in the North America and makes arrangements and ...
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New job to bootstrap startup?
Context: I started a SAAS based platform for small and medium sized companies around a year back. To save some time I intentionally took this underpaid job close to my home. I have successfully ...
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Starbucks Interview Process - Hiring Happiness?
As a big Starbucks fan and avid traveller I have noticed a trend while travelling whether its from Toronto to Texas to California... All Starbucks employees seem to have a very similar personality ...
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Where do you look for startup job openings? [closed]
I tried google but not very good results.. so I wanted to check with the folks here. Any advice is welcome..
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Are there any genuine online job/work that can earn you some money?
This may be a vague question but i was always wondering this, of course i am not talking about spamming nor things like that but about genuine and reliable online job/work that can be done from your ...
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Why corporate recruiters shy away from past Entrepreneurs?
After 5 years of experience, I quit my job to start my own firm. Now after few months, when I'm re-applying for new jobs, getting a very low response from HR and placement community. Is it a crime to ...
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Is it easier to find a job in a new industry or a co-founder?
I am not trying to flame or troll the board. :)
And putting aside for a moment the issue of whether someone who is looking for a job is cut out to be an entrepreneur.....
It seems to me that many of ...
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Should I join an established company or a startup?
I have the opportunity to join a company in a new industry. I'm not sure if it's 100% the type of work I want to do, but it seems like a very interesting opportunity and I'll get to be around a bunch ...
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“Sales job” for students/pupils…where to advertise?
We have a new product, which is targeted at wearers of eyeglasses. We sell quite nicely via our website, but we figured it was much more efficient to approach wearers of eyeglasses directly....by ...
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How will Healthcare Reform Impact Small Businesses?
So it looks inevitable now…the healthcare bill will probably be passed tonight. Without getting into the politics of it, how will this impact small businesses? How will this impact your company? Or ...
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What one government action would help you the most to create more new jobs?
The key to the economic recovery is the creation of more jobs. Small business is viewed as the job creation engine and all small businesses were start ups at one point. Governments say they are ...
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Saying goodbye to a job or career that you do not like to start a new business
What are your top three reasons for not leaving a job or career path that you absolutely hate to start your own small business?
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Do you discuss your startup with your current employer?
You are working on your startup, but you still have a fulltime job.
How do you tactfully discuss your startup with your employer? Or do you even discuss it?
Will this open a can of worms - ...
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Finding jobs as startup company?
So, what is the best way to find jobs as startup company? Do you find customers via web, newspaper adds or by your friends help? Any other way?
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How should a freelancer sell a product?
I have a certain program that I would like to sell over the Internet world wide.
Unfortunately, my country is not supported by PayPal when it comes to getting paid. I can only buy with PayPal. I am ...
