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The Mitochondria in Startups

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7 points by nestorp 10 years ago · 6 comments

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jprince 10 years ago

Or, "How to hire people who will slavishly work 100 hours a week for a 40 hour/week wage."

throwaway_xx9 10 years ago

When investors or founders talk about "values", they don't mean the same thing that a normal human being would think.

They mean "doing what I want them to do to make more money."

Let me know if you find that definition in the dictionary.

  • dang 10 years ago

    Sometimes they really do mean it. Not everything is a cynical ploy.

    • tmptmp 10 years ago

      by sometimes if you mean anything more than 0.0001% (gut feeling, from the founders I have come across) then I guess you are misleading. In general, the founders and investors are hellbent to make the employees work 100hr/week for 40hr/week equivalent or even lesser of salary.

      • tmptmp 10 years ago

        For the downvoters: Please provide some evidence in comments to support the downvote. And I guess, they don't have any experience of founders and investers in Asia (China, India) and their exploitative practices. feeling sad.

Devthrowaway80 10 years ago

Don't hire people who won't work themselves to death to line a VCs pocket! Hire the poor misguided mitochondria.

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