[–] fearless 12y ago ↗ One can't help but question the wisdom of hiring multiple sales people to sell merchants on accepting a method of payment that has no users.
[–] sscalia 12y ago ↗ Nothing new in this article at all.Remove the CEO. Start over. No one at 22 can lead; especially not one coddled by the Stanford/quasi-ivy/ivy-league system. [–] michaelochurch 12y ago ↗ Remove the CEO.Yes.Start over.Scrap it, especially the shitty name that is now a liability.No one at 22 can leadFalse. It's extremely rare to have leadership skills at 22, but not impossible. Joan of Arc died at 19.especially not one coddled by the Stanford/quasi-ivy/ivy-league system.It's not about Stanford. It's about the lack of grit and pain. It's also about a broken selection process that happens after college: the VC chickenhawk culture. For more, go here: http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2013/12/14/vc-istan-6-th... .There are 22-year-olds who can start great companies, but they aren't likely to be found by chickenhawking VCs taking on midlife crisis proteges.
[–] michaelochurch 12y ago ↗ Remove the CEO.Yes.Start over.Scrap it, especially the shitty name that is now a liability.No one at 22 can leadFalse. It's extremely rare to have leadership skills at 22, but not impossible. Joan of Arc died at 19.especially not one coddled by the Stanford/quasi-ivy/ivy-league system.It's not about Stanford. It's about the lack of grit and pain. It's also about a broken selection process that happens after college: the VC chickenhawk culture. For more, go here: http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2013/12/14/vc-istan-6-th... .There are 22-year-olds who can start great companies, but they aren't likely to be found by chickenhawking VCs taking on midlife crisis proteges.
[–] michaelochurch 12y ago ↗ All you need to know about Clinkle is here: http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/t_ku-xlarge...
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 21.2 ms ] threadRemove the CEO. Start over. No one at 22 can lead; especially not one coddled by the Stanford/quasi-ivy/ivy-league system.
Yes.
Start over.
Scrap it, especially the shitty name that is now a liability.
No one at 22 can lead
False. It's extremely rare to have leadership skills at 22, but not impossible. Joan of Arc died at 19.
especially not one coddled by the Stanford/quasi-ivy/ivy-league system.
It's not about Stanford. It's about the lack of grit and pain. It's also about a broken selection process that happens after college: the VC chickenhawk culture. For more, go here: http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2013/12/14/vc-istan-6-th... .
There are 22-year-olds who can start great companies, but they aren't likely to be found by chickenhawking VCs taking on midlife crisis proteges.