Young, early stage founder asked for any hiring thoughts - figured worth sharing with the twitter-verse if they can be helpful.
1a) Make people do the work they are going to do for you during the interview process.
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Former CEO and future former Chairman of ATT RandaII Stephenson fun facts:
>>was chairman of Boy Scouts of America
>>was mentored by CarIos SIim
>>subsequently promoted to CFO of “southwestern bell company” (former name of ATT)
>>quickly resolved $30B in debt
>>is on CFR
😲
https://t.co/wWjV2t3bVB
And he worked for Bush telecoms ? Damn. This is a jackpot
I’m guessing This expIosion wasn’t just some expIosion
https://t.co/s0i05aaWXt
Silver lake
Silver Lake Senior Leadership
https://t.co/YLaUtP8lQa
>>was chairman of Boy Scouts of America
>>was mentored by CarIos SIim
>>subsequently promoted to CFO of “southwestern bell company” (former name of ATT)
>>quickly resolved $30B in debt
>>is on CFR
😲
https://t.co/wWjV2t3bVB
And he worked for Bush telecoms ? Damn. This is a jackpot
I’m guessing This expIosion wasn’t just some expIosion
https://t.co/s0i05aaWXt
Silver lake
Silver Lake Senior Leadership
https://t.co/YLaUtP8lQa
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shares some solid principles learned from building a multi-billion dollar business.
Here are 10 that are pure gold:
Fund-raising is hard for all of us.
@justinkan shares some unique insights on how to do it well.
I've raised over $150,000,000 as a founder, simply by being a good storyteller.
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Here's how to get VC's to throw money at you:
We rarely hear honest reflections from founders on what they messed up.
@apartovi shares his reflections on a deal that went wrong with Steve Jobs.
As the world celebrated Steve Jobs\u2019s life last week, I recalled a lesson he taught me. My one meeting with Steve didn\u2019t end well. It\u2019s one of my most painful memories, and a warning to startup CEOs about the danger of taking hype too far. Here\u2019s the story. (1/n)
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Some gems in this thread by @agazdecki on a wide variety of founder
Here's 20 of my top startup tweets... \U0001f9f5
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shares some solid principles learned from building a multi-billion dollar business.
Over the last 5 years, I built a $4B company.
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Sounds awesome right?
Not until recently.
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The Swastik is a geometrical figure and an ancient religious icon. Swastik has been Sanatan Dharma’s symbol of auspiciousness – mangalya since time immemorial.
The name swastika comes from Sanskrit (Devanagari: स्वस्तिक, pronounced: swastik) &denotes “conducive to wellbeing or auspicious”.
The word Swastik has a definite etymological origin in Sanskrit. It is derived from the roots su – meaning “well or auspicious” & as meaning “being”.
"सु अस्ति येन तत स्वस्तिकं"
Swastik is de symbol through which everything auspicios occurs
Scholars believe word’s origin in Vedas,known as Swasti mantra;
"🕉स्वस्ति ना इन्द्रो वृधश्रवाहा
स्वस्ति ना पूषा विश्ववेदाहा
स्वस्तिनास्तरक्ष्यो अरिश्तनेमिही
स्वस्तिनो बृहस्पतिर्दधातु"
It translates to," O famed Indra, redeem us. O Pusha, the beholder of all knowledge, redeem us. Redeem us O Garudji, of limitless speed and O Bruhaspati, redeem us".
SWASTIK’s COSMIC ORIGIN
The Swastika represents the living creation in the whole Cosmos.
Hindu astronomers divide the ecliptic circle of cosmos in 27 divisions called https://t.co/sLeuV1R2eQ this manner a cross forms in 4 directions in the celestial sky. At centre of this cross is Dhruva(Polestar). In a line from Dhruva, the stars known as Saptarishi can be observed.
The Swastik is a geometrical figure and an ancient religious icon. Swastik has been Sanatan Dharma’s symbol of auspiciousness – mangalya since time immemorial.
The name swastika comes from Sanskrit (Devanagari: स्वस्तिक, pronounced: swastik) &denotes “conducive to wellbeing or auspicious”.
The word Swastik has a definite etymological origin in Sanskrit. It is derived from the roots su – meaning “well or auspicious” & as meaning “being”.
"सु अस्ति येन तत स्वस्तिकं"
Swastik is de symbol through which everything auspicios occurs
Scholars believe word’s origin in Vedas,known as Swasti mantra;
"🕉स्वस्ति ना इन्द्रो वृधश्रवाहा
स्वस्ति ना पूषा विश्ववेदाहा
स्वस्तिनास्तरक्ष्यो अरिश्तनेमिही
स्वस्तिनो बृहस्पतिर्दधातु"
It translates to," O famed Indra, redeem us. O Pusha, the beholder of all knowledge, redeem us. Redeem us O Garudji, of limitless speed and O Bruhaspati, redeem us".
SWASTIK’s COSMIC ORIGIN
The Swastika represents the living creation in the whole Cosmos.
Hindu astronomers divide the ecliptic circle of cosmos in 27 divisions called https://t.co/sLeuV1R2eQ this manner a cross forms in 4 directions in the celestial sky. At centre of this cross is Dhruva(Polestar). In a line from Dhruva, the stars known as Saptarishi can be observed.
