https://tomhickerson.com/en/tags/startups/Recent content in startups on Tom Hickerson's SiteHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usCopyright 2023-2026Fri, 19 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2017/2017-05-19-founder-stories-kate-heddleston-of-opsolutely/Fri, 19 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2017/2017-05-19-founder-stories-kate-heddleston-of-opsolutely/Someone was like, “Should the women in engineering, like, form a guild?,” and I was like, “Yeah. As long as we can have, like, a monopoly on baking and space-time travel, I’m in.” People were like, “What are you talking about?” I’m like, “I don’t know. I just make Dune references.” tags: ycombinator Founder Stories: Kate Heddleston of Opsolutelyhttps://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2016/2016-05-27-therohnos-who-really-gets-hurt-when-startups-blow-up/Fri, 27 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2016/2016-05-27-therohnos-who-really-gets-hurt-when-startups-blow-up/“The real losers are the employees. They are investing their time and their careers without access to any information. Unlike a fund who may have a portfolio of dozens or hundreds of investments, an employee can only make one investment at a time. The cost of a mistaken investment can be unemployment and the opportunity cost of foregone opportunities. Unlike investors who are making their investments after meeting with the company and performing due diligence, interviews don’t tend to work like due diligence sessions…”https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2015/2015-03-05-the-social-radar-what-i-did-at-y-combinator/Thu, 05 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2015/2015-03-05-the-social-radar-what-i-did-at-y-combinator/“When outsiders talk about YC, they talk about its novel structure. But that’s only half of what YC is. The other half is our people and culture. That’s what I’ve focused on for the last decade, and that’s the half of YC that no one else has been able to duplicate.” tags: culture The Social Radar: What I Did at Y Combinatorhttps://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2011/2011-04-07-the-startup-kids-trailer-on-vimeo/Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2011/2011-04-07-the-startup-kids-trailer-on-vimeo/via vimeo.com Documentary about startups made by people from Iceland! Support then through Kickstarter, at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thestartupkids/the-startup-kids-0