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| bio | website | 1withrd.com |
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| location | United States | |
| age | 45 | |
| visits | member for | 3 years, 7 months |
| seen | Dec 20 '12 at 22:53 | |
| stats | profile views | 351 |
VP of Products at Stack Exchange, aka, Stack Overflow Coveted Associate #C800:0000
Previously, I was Founder/CTO of Allworx that achieved a respectable exit and in general think of myself as an Entrepreneur.
I like to work on and think about building businesses, market positioning and product strategy. Although, by training, I'm a Software Engineer, Hardware Engineer, Embedded systems and Networking Expert....and, oh yeah, a Corvette enthusiast.
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Nov 2 |
awarded | Commentator |
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Nov 2 |
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Why would someone work in a startup? Nice list - I agree with all of them. |
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Nov 2 |
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Why would someone work in a startup? @jpartogi - Generally speaking anybody working in a larger sized company that is exceptionally good has this mindset to some extent AND once you find one, they tend to know who the others are. Overall, I think the best places to look are for the relatively few good people in the poorer run enterprises. |
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Nov 2 |
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Why would someone work in a startup? More detail, wording improvements |
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Nov 2 |
answered | Why would someone work in a startup? |
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Nov 1 |
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What about health insurance? @James Black - Incorrect on your COBRA comment. It is available when your job is terminated by the employer AND when you voluntarily leave your job. See dol.gov/dol/topic/health-plans/cobra.htm |
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Oct 29 |
awarded | Critic |
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Oct 29 |
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Entrepreneurship podcast Added TWIST reference |
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Oct 29 |
answered | When and how do you reward yourself? |
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Oct 28 |
answered | Entrepreneurship podcast |
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Oct 26 |
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Programmer wants to be an Entrepreneur! Point taken and I agree with your logic. Certainly, I agree one should take a company as far as possible without trying to raise money. This avoids the distraction and also maximizes valuation. Good discussion. Thanks! |
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Oct 26 |
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What is more important - having funding or keeping control? I find this answer fairly cynical. The question of whether you should go after funding or not is actually independent of whether you can achieve funding once you decide to go after it. I agree that the should part does become academic if you fail to raise money once deciding you need to, but because of the time involved in trying to raise money in the first place, I would not suggest trying just to see if you can. Only go down that path if there are sound requirements in the business for raising money and there are no other good alternative to meeting your business objectives. |
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Oct 26 |
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Programmer wants to be an Entrepreneur! Incidentally, I read through your answers to some other questions and found one to up vote. However, in another answer, I definitely sensed a frustration towards a likelihood of achieving funding. You are consistent, but as someone who has successfully raised VC funding, I have trouble with your cynicism on the subject. |
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Oct 26 |
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Programmer wants to be an Entrepreneur! I would have up voted your answer because I agree with your second and third points however I disagree with your first. VC money is achievable. Its rare, but it is not the same thing as unicorns. The chance of catching a unicorn is zero - they don't exist. Raising VC funding is just really hard and most people give up before they get there. There are certainly many ventures that have raised VC money even before completing school. To be clear, I am not necessarily arguing to go for VC money as a software start up, but it is an option and is warranted in some cases. |
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Oct 26 |
answered | Programmer wants to be an Entrepreneur! |
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Oct 24 |
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Finding more time to work on our startup Nice Answer - would vote this up twice if I could! |
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Oct 24 |
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Best start-up pitch videos This should probably be a community wiki question |
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Oct 21 |
answered | Founding a startup while at school |
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Oct 20 |
awarded | Supporter |
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Oct 19 |
answered | Entrepreneurs' CVs - Dos and Don'ts |
