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Re:Big Tech Company Salaries Are Hurting Startups by znq on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @11:01AM (#13986888)
Never said we don't care about money. But we care also about other things than just money. And that a lot more than most other for-profit companies out there.

There's nothing wrong with making a profit either. The more profit we make the better. But it's important to decide what you do with that profit. And I much rather pay for our employees to join me for a week of skiing in the Alps than buying myself a Ferrari.

I don't want to make this look like marketing (as you already mentioned), but if you're really curious I talked a bit about it just recently on this podcast: https://mobilejazz.com/blog/our-ceo-stefan-klumpps-interview...

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Re:Big Tech Company Salaries Are Hurting Startups by 086421357909764 on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @11:05AM (#13986939)
This is the right approach. Build a business you want to work at and your employees want to work at. Focus on maintaining operating costs and expenses, everything else is gravy. The buy in and work output isn't necessarily greater or worse than others, but I would argue the quality of life is through the roof. Kudos on what you're doing.
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