Steve Blank Why Entrepreneurs Start Companies Rather Than Join Them
You can kind of imagine the world getting split into two: jobs that have a very clear set of next steps—working in the military, or working at Starbucks, or working as a manager in a large company, clear jobs—and then you got opaque jobs. And I think starting a company is an incredibly opaque job—it's very unclear what to do next. It's very unclear... See more
Patrick O'Shaughnessy • Finding Undiscovered Talent
Unsurprisingly, hiring friends and former colleagues was by far the biggest channel. This also in part explains why multi-time founders, and anyone with a large network (e.g. Y Combinator), have an advantage:
“All of our early hires were friends/ex-coworkers.”
“First hires were practically all former colleagues. Several people who worked with me in m... See more
Lenny Rachitsky • Hiring your early team
-Starting a company (yes)
Nadia Asparouhova • 27: Friend groups
Steve Blank says, “A startup is not a small version of a big company.” Great ideas don’t come from mimicking corporates, or anyone else for that matter. The best ideas come from discovering specific new insights about customers and developing new ways to satisfy their unmet needs. In short, run your own race.
Matt Lerner