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Dan Shapiro
@danshapiro · Glowforge, Robot Turtles, Hot Seat book
Thanks so much all! Really enjoyed the excellent questions. I'm @danshapiro on twitter and busy hiring at glowforge.com/jobs if you want to learn startups from the belly of the beast. :)
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Eric Willis
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Hey Dan,
Can you share one of your stories from the book? What was a major mistake that you've made at one of your previous startups that you could have avoided if this book was available to you?
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Dan Shapiro
@danshapiro · Glowforge, Robot Turtles, Hot Seat book
A question from the PH slack channel:
Kevin Ferret [3:34 PM]
I am not sure how to formulate that one, but based on your experience as CEO (and the fact that you suffered/enjoyed IP), what would be your suggestions to manage-up such a CEO ?
maybe to reformulate : what would have made your life easier as CEO, coming from your employees/execs/co-founders ?
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Dan Shapiro
@danshapiro · Glowforge, Robot Turtles, Hot Seat book
This is magnificent - can't wait to get started! If you'd like a sneak peek of what's in the book, here are some links with freebies you can skim before the AMA (or during, if I turn out to be dull):
* https://medium.com/@danshapiro/s...
* http://cdn.oreillystatic.com/ore...
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Dan Shapiro
@danshapiro · Glowforge, Robot Turtles, Hot Seat book
OK, having that taken care of - I'm going to start at the top and work my way down. Erik, the thing that killed me when I was starting my first company was that I thought I was alone in everything. Am I the only one who can't get along with my cofounders? Why am I the only startup CEO who doesn't know how a balance sheet works?
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Dan Shapiro
@danshapiro · Glowforge, Robot Turtles, Hot Seat book
Thanks so much all! Really enjoyed the excellent questions. I'm @danshapiro on twitter and busy hiring at glowforge.com/jobs if you want to learn startups from the belly of the beast. :)