Re:Startups.co to Acquire Zirtual, Service to Resume
by einarvollset on Wednesday August 12, 2015 @12:48AM
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Honestly no offense intended; however, even if you're the VP of risk management for Uber currently - a company with 9K employees having raised $6.9B - that in no way what so ever gives you any insight as to the usual way in which young (series A say) companies operate. None. Zero. Zilch.
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Re:Startups.co to Acquire Zirtual, Service to Resume
by dpiers on Wednesday August 12, 2015 @01:22AM
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I'm not arrogant enough to claim to be an expert, but I have had a decent number of experiences for someone my age. I grew up in a small family-owned sandwich shop (which failed in 06 after 20 years). I worked for multiple mid-sized game development studios before I moved to SF to work for a post-series A 13 person YC startup that I watched grow to 50 people. I spent some time at BitTorrent, which has had its
share of financing and staffing fluctuations over the years.
I've been a part of a number of companies as they've succeeded and failed, and I've learned the difference between doing so gracefully or incompetently.