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Re:What happened in the early days of oDesk? by paulsutter on Thursday October 04, 2012 @03:14AM (#4611266)
Great essay.

This is why founders need to run their companies. CEOs with "Industry Experience" will just copy a pattern they saw somewhere else, and rarely succeed.

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Re:What happened in the early days of oDesk? by jongs on Thursday October 04, 2012 @03:16AM (#4611268)
true. this is also why we need teams and investors truly focused on the long term. oDesk had both.
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