| Or, my favorites: * Have CEO live in another state, but not let his absenteeism stop him from insisting the entire company change * Throw chairs at people who want to release the code after it's feature complete [Ah, TJ, I wanted to give you a big ol' bear hug for finally pressing the point after hitting feature complete more than 10 times and us never releasing] * Be constantly high on amphetamines * Steal the identity of a math textbook author in suburban California * Announce in a quarterly all hands meeting that it was a positive quarter because, even though the business lost money, and lost money faster than last year, the negative year over year growth got smaller (read: closer to zero), so you'll be losing the same amount of money YoY in no time! If you guys think it's a harsh reality that companies do the stuff in this article... I guess I am curious if you guys have worked at venture funded startups? |
I've worked at three including one medium sized exit and never experienced what's in the article or your post.