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So, you're gonna code the whole thing, do the servers and work for sweat equity...
******You must get a business lawyer to implement all these points!! One who knows business contract law!!! No exceptions. Do not get you...
World-Class Performers Don't Work - They Enjoy High Performance
Think of all of the things you 'have to' do right now. What would it look like if you took away the pressure and performance anxiety and maximized the fun?
Fire And Motion (2002)
Sometimes I just can’t get anything done. Sure, I come into the office, putter around, check my email every ten seconds, read the web, even do a few brainless tasks like paying the American E…
One Thing You Don't Need To Be An Entrepreneur: A College Degree
We were in a board meeting today and the founder/CEO made a comment about a deal he's working on and I said "well you learned that well in school." He smiled and said, "we didn't go to school" (meaning college). I didn't actually know that, but it did not surprise me. I have learned that […]
The Right Way to Lay People Off
Ben Horowitz is a cofounder and general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers, The
Questions to Ask When Interviewing at a Startup
A biweekly newsletter on navigating the chaos of building & investing in startups. Topics include venture studios, entrepreneurship, product management, analytics and more, leveraging a combination of best practices & instincts. Click to read Focused Chaos, by Ben Yoskovitz, a Substack publication with tens of…
Your career is a game of Dungeons & Dragons, not Monopoly
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Being a generalist requires more sleep than specialists
An informal site with writing on psychology, statistics, and trade-offs.
Tips for Tech Leads
One of the unending sources of frustrations of being an experienced engineer in a company full of fresh graduates is having to deal with new...
Rands in Repose: How to Run a Meeting
I bag on meetings. I bag on meetings because like any nerd I expect the universe to be efficient and orderly and there is no more vile a violation of this sens
Linus Torvalds: Debugging hell
So I've spent much of the last couple of days remotely debugging this insane suspend failure (or to be exact, resume failure) that happens ...
PhD or Not PhD: that is the question
Every year I am approached by students asking about grad school in Computer Science. I generally sit down with them for an hour or so and g...
A Newbie’s Guide to Startup Compensation (or “Stock Options will Make Me Rich”)
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