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Obligatory Why I Left My Job Post (Second Edition)

Obligatory Why I Left My Job Post (Second Edition)

More than six years ago, I penned my first Obligatory Why I Left My Job to Start a Blog Post [https://matthewgoldman.com/obligatory-why-i-left-my-job-to-start-a-blog-post/]. It was short and a bit confusing, upon reading it again now. Last month I left Red Ventures, which had acquired Bankrate, which had acquired Wallaby

No, Notes, No

Lots of good discussion on the interwebs this week about yet another problem with Convertible Notes as an early stage financing tool. See Mark Suster’s [http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2015/05/30/one-simple-paragraph-every-entrepreneur-should-add-to-their-convertible-notes/] and Brad Feld’s [http://www.feld.com/archives/2015/06/pre-money-vs-post-money-confusion-convertible-notes.html] posts. When I

It's All A Matter of Perspective

It's All A Matter of Perspective

TL;DR If you think something is shit, you’re probably wrong. Running a startup often leaves me thrilled, optimistic, confused, frustrated, and angry, all within a few hours. It’s not a job for the faint of heart nor the faint of will. I’m not complaining–I chose