Comment on What I learned selling my companyparentComments−lazide2yMost people want to get rich quick/easy, so it’s quite hard to actually do so (there is a lot of competition).It’s dumb to want to get rich unnecessarily hard (‘overpaying’ in effort for the actual outcome).Somewhere in the middle is a good trade off. A big part of being a founder is finding the right people to contribute to make it a success.There are a lot of freeloader/non-effective types, everywhere.Big corp and gov’t often has no choice but to accept them, but not so for startups.The founders ultimately are responsible for who they hire and what they produce.−guappa2yThe problem with founders is that, in my experience, they usually can't tell who's good and who's just being useless for 12 hours in a row at the office. So they use "hours" as their metrics to decide who's the best.−lazide2yHow did that work out for them?
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Most people want to get rich quick/easy, so it’s quite hard to actually do so (there is a lot of competition).
It’s dumb to want to get rich unnecessarily hard (‘overpaying’ in effort for the actual outcome).
Somewhere in the middle is a good trade off. A big part of being a founder is finding the right people to contribute to make it a success.
There are a lot of freeloader/non-effective types, everywhere.
Big corp and gov’t often has no choice but to accept them, but not so for startups.
The founders ultimately are responsible for who they hire and what they produce.
The problem with founders is that, in my experience, they usually can't tell who's good and who's just being useless for 12 hours in a row at the office. So they use "hours" as their metrics to decide who's the best.
How did that work out for them?