This is a totally fair point. The incongruity arises for me in that if I said in a job interview process that I'd be continuing to hold another position while adding this one, I'd get laughed out of the room. If it's…
Tony Aquila is the CEO of both companies - Canoo and Aquila Family Ventures. I'll never understand why it's okay for CEOs to have multiple concurrent jobs, while one of the biggest fervors of the pandemic was when…
Interesting. Focus on the quality of the product and more people will want it and pay more for it. Someone should put this case study into a four sentence LinkedIn post so more startup CEOs will want to do it.
I understand why you went for a product search engine (gotta monetize) but I think one of the reasons mining reddit for intel is so helpful is you aren't always being sold a product. For example: I recently turned to…
I've worked in startups and tech recruiting for startups and whether I was hiring, or hiring on behalf of someone else, I don't think I've ever heard of an entrepreneurial stint as a negative when considering employment…
Love what you're trying to do. I recently moved most of the way off oil-based hydronic baseboard heating in my 1800's New England farmhouse through installing 3 ductless mini-splits with Mitsubishi Hyper Heat…
I've built one of these before and the devil is so very much in the details, but really even more in the context. There's the easy stuff: "ninja" for example. Nobody, in the year 2023, should be using that word in a job…
Sure, identifying your inner critic is important, but there are far better strategies for overcoming it than just saying nice things to yourself. The best I've found on the subject is Steven Pressfield's The War of Art…
As others have said, unlimited PTO ultimately means that it's up to the manager to determine if you can take days off. This places 100% of the burden on the manager to be the 'bad guy' who has to say no to a request,…
This is a totally fair point. The incongruity arises for me in that if I said in a job interview process that I'd be continuing to hold another position while adding this one, I'd get laughed out of the room. If it's…
Tony Aquila is the CEO of both companies - Canoo and Aquila Family Ventures. I'll never understand why it's okay for CEOs to have multiple concurrent jobs, while one of the biggest fervors of the pandemic was when…
Interesting. Focus on the quality of the product and more people will want it and pay more for it. Someone should put this case study into a four sentence LinkedIn post so more startup CEOs will want to do it.
I understand why you went for a product search engine (gotta monetize) but I think one of the reasons mining reddit for intel is so helpful is you aren't always being sold a product. For example: I recently turned to…
I've worked in startups and tech recruiting for startups and whether I was hiring, or hiring on behalf of someone else, I don't think I've ever heard of an entrepreneurial stint as a negative when considering employment…
Love what you're trying to do. I recently moved most of the way off oil-based hydronic baseboard heating in my 1800's New England farmhouse through installing 3 ductless mini-splits with Mitsubishi Hyper Heat…
I've built one of these before and the devil is so very much in the details, but really even more in the context. There's the easy stuff: "ninja" for example. Nobody, in the year 2023, should be using that word in a job…
Sure, identifying your inner critic is important, but there are far better strategies for overcoming it than just saying nice things to yourself. The best I've found on the subject is Steven Pressfield's The War of Art…
As others have said, unlimited PTO ultimately means that it's up to the manager to determine if you can take days off. This places 100% of the burden on the manager to be the 'bad guy' who has to say no to a request,…