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Building and Selling

I've taken an extended hiatus from blogging. We all know 2020 threw a lot of plans to the wayside. The loss of routine has undoubtedly had an impact on my writing. The web site littered with blog posts saying people will write more frequently with no follow-up, but I will

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Why My Team Doesn't Look Great on Paper

Left, Ashvin, CEO of Themer. Right, Me. Claremont McKenna Graduation, May 16th, 2004. There is a really interesting article today in TechCrunch today about credentials and Silicon Valley. Great work by Danny Crichton that hits it right on the nose that Silicon Valley loudly proclaims its qualities as a meritocracy,

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Why I Started Wallaby

About one-and-a-half months ago, I wrote a blog post entitled “Don’t Start a Company to Be Your Own Boss” It had better coverage than I expected, gaining some noticed on HackerNews. Because that post focussed on a reason not to start a company, a couple of

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Reckless Startup Spending

When a startup is having trouble its spending is reckless (see BeachMint article at Pando). When it’s doing well, that same spending is fun and culture building. Nobody knows for sure the right path. I think Google’s continued belief that they should buy everyone breakfast, lunch and dinner

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How To Land an Internship at a Start-up

TL;DR Like any other job, do your homework and choose carefully At Wallaby Financial, we like to have a product management intern on hand at all times. First, it’s a great source of inexpensive labor (more on why we pay in a later post). Second, we like to

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Confidence

Normally, when I read Mark Suster’s Both Sides of the Table, I just think about how many words are in each post. However, his latest post on confidence struck me. It struck other startup CEOs I know as well and has been a hefty topic of conversation. There is

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Startup Life

In startup life, all good news is immediately followed by bad news, but only some bad news is immediately followed by good news. Matthew Goldman and Todd Zino