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Tom Santero
June 06, 2013
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June 06, 2013
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Transcript
cosa nostra 1 @tsantero personal musings on working in technology
2 I <3 my job
3 continuous education lucrative salary flexible hours conferences meetups etc
taken yesterday
4 RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WORK FOR A COMPANY
THAT HAS TAKEN VC INVESTMENT
5 your company is in the red
6 4 Possible Outcomes 1. Cash Flow Positive 2. Initial
Public Offering 3. Acquisition 4. Bankruptcy
7
8 Cognitive Biases Fundamental Attribution Error Confirmation Bias
9 Fundamental atrribution error You are not Steve Jobs
Everything that Sucks about Venture Capital 10 Confirmation Bias Shoutout
to the Lean Startups of the World
11 Hindsight Bias (i.e. I’m full of shit)
12 I have an idea....give me money
13 your stock options are worth FUCKALL* * English for
little or nothing at all
14 But none of us are really in it for
the money, right?
15 Solve Difficult Problems
16 create value
17 learn something new everyday
18 avoid hacker news protip:
19 4 Possible Outcomes 1. Cash Flow Positive 2. Initial
Public Offering 3. Acquisition 4. Bankruptcy still better than anything else!
20 Thanks! @tsantero