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Alex B

4 months

This founder cut his hiring costs by 50% by using offshore software developers. His company is the fastest growing fintech startup in the world. Nik Storonsky took 6 years to get Revolut to a $33 B valuation. Steal his 6 hiring secrets:

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Alex B

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3 months

@0xgaut The coconut addition was wild

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@paulg @HistoryEJ Well Paul. What we can see here is evidently a burgeoning renaissance of the lexical tool "delve". Your myopic paradigm severely hinders your perception.

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@angryfermion Who would've known that the answer to intelligence is just linear regression lol?

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@GoodReddit The pope needs to game too. He is only human.

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@0xgaut The American mind cannot comprehend data privacy.

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5 months

@MegaBasedChad Then, Will smith starts randomly eating spaghetti.

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Alex B

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3 months

Is the point of university to work hard or have fun?

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5 months

@BasedDaedalus Lex Friedman loves everyone. His hit piece is that he’s cheating on all his guests by loving his other guests.

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Alex B

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4 months

@mitchellh I love it when people beat the big dog at their own game.

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Alex B

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4 months

How much do you think this Rolex I bought in Turkey costs?

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Alex B

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3 months

@JoshuaSteinman It's all worth it in the end.

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Alex B

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3 months

If anyone says, "I'm not a bad guy." Then they're probably a bad guy.

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Alex B

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5 months

@levelsio London. Meat Pies and Grey Skies.

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Alex B

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4 months

@awilkinson If you have an audience, you have attention. If you have attention, you can get people interested. If you have people interested, you can get customers. If you have customers, you can have a business. It's really that simple.

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4 months

@TurnerNovak Damn. They had me all the way until the end. The story was so captivating.

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Alex B

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3 months

@0xgaut Devs be like. How can you not debug this?

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Alex B

@indusagency

6 months

How do you guys plan for the week ahead?

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Alex B

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6 months

@tekbog Agreed. All software engineers should be Full Stack polyglots who don’t use the mouse and use vim as their IDE. Everything else is slow and backward

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Alex B

@indusagency

3 months

@Rainmaker1973 Why is this so creepy?

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Alex B

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5 months

Coffee + Run = Premium Focus

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Alex B

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6 months

It's 2024 and I still see people doing "voodoo hiring". This is when you hire based on guesses or feelings, not on real evidence or fair reasons - it's way more common than you think. Here are 10 examples (+ why they suck):

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Alex B

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3 months

@Rainmaker1973 If you jump you will fly back to the US on that wind.

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5 months

@farzyness Here we go! You'll order a taxi on X and a Tesla will pull up. You'll hear Elon's voice say, "Hop in loser, we're going to your destination" The world will never be the same.

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Alex B

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3 months

@Carnage4Life Twitter had more that half their company fired. They are doing just fine now.

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Alex B

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4 months

@anothercohen Great work. I hear Boeing has as lot of great roles opening up in Safety marketing. Try there next?

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Alex B

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3 months

@0xgaut So damn smart. Gonna be using all my emails all the time

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3 months

@theojaffee @signulll Just wait. Elon is cooking

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Alex B

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5 months

@darrenmarble Sorry, can’t invest in your startup. We only invest alongside tier 1 VCs.

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Alex B

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3 months

@mwseibel To build a startup, you must be independent minded. You must be willing to go against the grain. It makes you difficult to work with. But it also makes you found billion dollar companies.

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Alex B

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3 months

@0xgaut He ain't even that funny. I don't understand why.

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Alex B

@indusagency

4 months

Just had a conversation with my Dad. I told him my plans for my business and I ended by saying: "If it fails, I will just go and get another job" My Dad: "Once you've started your own business, you'll be unemployable for life." Me: "Why?" My Dad: "You won’t be able to bear

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Alex B

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3 months

Nobody wants to read your generic-ass tweets. Tell stories.

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Alex B

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3 months

There's a difference between being obsessed and being motivated.

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Alex B

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4 months

“I can’t get new clients” But, would you actually buy your own services? Would you really?

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Alex B

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Hot take: The person behind the idea is way more important than the idea itself.

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Alex B

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4 months

There is so much chaos in the world right now. Chaos means the world is changing. Change in the world means there will be more new opportunities. New opportunities to start a business. There’s never been a better time to start.

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Alex B

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@joserosado There was a study done on 2 types of CEOs. Lambs and Cheetahs. Lambs listen to their board and were very thoughtful and methodical about their decisions. Cheetahs made decisions quickly and acted on their instincts. After studying 225 CEOs, they found that: Lamb CEOs had a

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Alex B

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4 months

@itsandrewgao @duolingo DUO is SO SAD! Come on man! Go help him out! But under the hood, this is actually database reactivation. We are getting users that haven't interacted in a while to pop back onto the app. Getting existing customers back is always easier than acquiring new customers.

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Alex B

@indusagency

3 months

@EmailsMoneyy I find your startup the best remote developers for a fraction of the cost.

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Alex B

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4 months

Consider yourself lucky for starting a business. Most people never find the courage to even start. They like keeping the idea as a nice dream in the back of their head.

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Alex B

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4 months

@ctjlewis College is not a scam if you want to be a doctor or a lawyer. Everything else can learnt on the job.

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Alex B

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4 months

@heyalexfriedman Yeah babe. I was just chillin' at the bar with my boys. It was a real quiet night. Nothin' crazy.

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Alex B

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4 months

If you can get someone to buy: - Lemonade - Cupcakes - Your old bike Then you can get someone to buy: - A house - A yacht - A company Selling can be applied to anything.

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Alex B

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4 months

@Locati0ns I can't believe that Australia is so big that they must fly from one end to the other. Surely they can just use a kangaroo to jump from one end of Australia to the other.

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Alex B

@indusagency

3 months

@yacineMTB It's embarrassing that you need a couple million dollars to get started and get a few customers. Use your customers to pay for your startup. If they won't pay for it, then it's not a good startup.

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Alex B

@indusagency

5 months

The pitch goes both ways. Do you like the angel investor? Does the angel like you?

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Alex B

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4 months

Serena Williams still has a coach. That coach isn’t better than her at tennis. But he knows how to solve her biggest problems. That’s what makes the difference.

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Alex B

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@yacineMTB Learn how to suffer with C. Then you can learn anything.

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Alex B

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4 months

Trust me. You will regret every second spent: Mindlessly doing something like scrolling through TikTok Doing something that someone else told you to do Don’t listen to someone just because it’s “what you’re supposed to do”. Carve out your path with purpose and intent.

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Alex B

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4 months

The best mentors are 2 years ahead of you. Elon Musk doesn’t remember what it was like to be in your position.

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Alex B

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4 months

@severinhacker I absolutely love this. It cuts straight to the paint. Most people working at a big company are not so passionate about the big company's goals and mission. They want a house. They want stability. They want the reputation of working in tech. Sell them that and they'll work

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Alex B

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4 months

If you can sell the customer on your vision. You can sell the VC on your mission.

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Alex B

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4 months

Being smart helps. But it doesn’t guarantee success for your startup. There are too many smart people who end up being office monkeys. If you consider that success, that’s great. But I know I don’t.

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Alex B

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In the UK, there are no good beaches. You have to look past your borders to find great options. Same with hiring. That’s why I’m in Turkey this week.

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Alex B

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@nikitabier As long as they can still afford their goofy $8 frappa-lappa-makka-cino , then they will be quiet. No need to worry about those people.

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Alex B

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@woodhaus2 Ahh here we see a man fulfilling his full potential. To go cybercamping.

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Alex B

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4 months

If you want new ideas, read, read, read. After 200 pages of any book, you’ll come up with something to pursue.

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Alex B

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3 months

Catch 100, 1 kg fish. or Catch -1, 100kg fish. The choice is yours.

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Alex B

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4 months

@anothercohen This is great. My Dad had my grades put into a Google Sheets. Then he used this number to determine how many hours of video games I could play.

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Alex B

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4 months

When your kids ask you, “Daddy, why didn’t you get rich in the AI Boom of 2024?” What are you going to say? Work harder.

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Alex B

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The best companies attract the best investors. The best investors don’t create the best companies. Don’t get it twisted

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Alex B

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People like to be heard. Whenever someone explains something to you, paraphrase it and repeat it back. This makes you understand what they have said. And it makes them feel understood

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Alex B

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3 months

@anothercohen We’re trying our best okay!

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Alex B

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3 months

Meta is the only Big Tech company still run by its founder. It goes to show that some people are visionaries and some people are lazy.

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Alex B

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4 months

@ShouldHaveCat This is the best prize ever! Where do I play this arcade game? I want to win a dog.

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Alex B

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4 months

Don’t be afraid to go up against large corporations. Although their reputation is huge, they are run by average people. Just like you. Just like me. You can beat them.

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Alex B

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4 months

Would you rather be smart and never have any new ideas? Or be slightly less smart and have lots of new ideas?

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Alex B

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5 months

Some accelerators are genuinely scams. They are super easy to get into. They take more than 15% of your equity Mentorship is mediocre at best What are you left with? A bit of cash and part of your company was stolen.

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Alex B

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4 months

Break up > Drink > Drugs > Homeless Or Break up > Go Gym >Build a business > Become rich? You decide.

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Alex B

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3 months

Be honest. When was the last time you read the "Terms of Service"?

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Alex B

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4 months

When I went to Romania, and saw that there were so many educated software developers. Who spoke GREAT english. I knew there was an opportunity for something special.

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Alex B

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4 months

@CharlesRCherry Diabetes

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Alex B

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4 months

There comes a point when after programming for 17 hours. You just can’t do any more great work on that day anymore. Know your limits for great work. Stop when the quality begins to seriously decline.

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Alex B

@indusagency

5 months

Not many people will do this. Here are my failed businesses: - Travel YouTube channel - Ecom - Marketing Agency (twice) - SaaS I'm still standing. You'll be fine.

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Alex B

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4 months

SPEED is key. When you scale, ask yourself 3 things: - Who do I need to hire? - When can they start working? - When will they have an impact? Now your roadmap is 10x clearer.

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Alex B

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4 months

There are two things you need to be doing with your keyboard: • Writing • Coding Anything else is a waste of time

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Alex B

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@arvidkahl Wait till you hear how easy it is in the UK!

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Alex B

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4 months

People don’t understand how the VC business works. A ‘good’ outcome is a MULTI-BILLION dollar company. If you try to sell for less, they might actually block you.

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Alex B

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3 months

Ship now. I know it sucks. But it won't suck later. Everyone has to start somewhere.

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Alex B

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4 months

@SkyyTheeGuy A little bit more than that 🤣🤣 $35

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Alex B

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4 months

You should NEVER use your “gut feeling” when hiring. Hiring is not an emotional decision. It can’t be. A great hire can take the company to new heights. A bad hire can make your company fail catastrophically.

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Alex B

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4 months

Just because your buddy thinks your startup idea is ‘cool’. Does. Not. Mean. It’s. A. Good. Idea.

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Alex B

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4 months

@rohit_thinks Such an interesting story. What’s the moral? It seemed like he was doing everything right.

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Alex B

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3 months

Fiverr and Upwork are great if you need something done in 2 weeks. But you want the best of the best talent if you're going to be employing somebody for months. Make sure that you take the time to attract and choose the BEST candidates.

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Alex B

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3 months

Want to get revenge after a breakup? Build a billion-dollar company. The girl who broke up with Mark Zuckerberg can now never open the internet thinking about him The ultimate breakup revenge.

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Alex B

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5 months

@TheJobfather__ Any more than this and you're going to stagnate. You'll become such a cog in the system that you can't imagine the world without that company.

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Alex B

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3 months

Hiring overseas is such a win-win. The business has healthier profit margins AND You support a developing economy.

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Alex B

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4 months

You are looking for a job. I create jobs. We are not the same.

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Alex B

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5 months

@mauerax @natmiletic Spoiling the surprise

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Alex B

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4 months

Building a startup will not make you happy. But, oh boy. You will feel awake and alive.

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Alex B

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These numbers might be shocking. But here are the average Software Developer salaries in Eastern Europe:

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Alex B

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3 months

Remote software developers are grateful! They are paid a price that is lower for you but higher for them. It’s a win-win.

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Alex B

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4 months

The only music you can listen to without lyrics is classical music.

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Alex B

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3 months

India is now officially the most populated country in the world. Why would you throw away such a huge pool of talent?

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Alex B

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4 months

You are not Leonardo DiCaprio. Fail to prepare. Prepare to fail. You can’t fake it in an interview. Do you have the skills or do you not?

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Alex B

@indusagency

4 months

By learning to say things you haven’t said before. You’ll learn how to think things you haven’t thought before.

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Alex B

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4 months

You’ve only got 5 customers. It can be demoralising to see that you’re at such a low point. But, hey, yesterday you had 4 customers. Growth is the most important metric.

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Alex B

@indusagency

4 months

Guys, did you know that @theharrybeadle is a software developer? Travis' point is so spot on.

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5 months

Most software developers are just serfs putting in their time Those that know how to think - and understand business - are unstoppable

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Alex B

@indusagency

4 months

If you sell your equity for a bit of cash, VCs will actually like you. You don’t have to worry about money day to day. You're less likely to accept a sucky acquisition. You’re more likely to build a billion dollar business.

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