by Tim Denning | May 22, 2023 | Startups
If everyone got a job & kept the same one forever, no one would work a job. The whole benefit of a traditional career is to start at a company in an entry-level job and build your way up to fancier job titles with bigger salaries. The allure of these shiny objects...
by Tim Denning | May 22, 2023 | Startups
I was in nothing but my underpants. My phone rang and I ran into the other room to answer it. It was freezing cold in the middle of a Melbourne winter. I couldn’t feel my legs. “Yello, it’s Timbo.” “There’s been an IT outage. We need to be on a team call in a few...
by Tim Denning | May 15, 2023 | Startups
San Francisco used to be a paradise. It’s why almost all of the tech giants set up offices there as the internet went mainstream. Now San Francisco is a wasteland. When you tell people you live there or are going for a holiday to see the Golden Gate Bridge, people...
by Tim Denning | May 8, 2023 | Startups
People love Apple. But Steve Jobs is a love or hate figure. I used to love Steveo. I worshipped the ground he walked on. Then I read some stories from people who worked with him. Holly hell. He wasn’t exactly Miley Smiley on a Monday morning. He threw tantrums better...
by Tim Denning | May 1, 2023 | Startups
The startup world is full of so much sludge. One place I’ve never got nonsense advice from is Y Combinator. They’re an accelerator that has given birth to some of the most successful startups in history such as Stripe, Airbnb, and DoorDash. Even better are the people...
by Tim Denning | Apr 3, 2023 | Startups
All great careers, to some degree, become sales jobs. — Sam Altman (OpenAI / CHatGPT) I’ve been in sales my whole life. Except I didn’t know it. Then at around 19 years old a farmer sat me down and explained to me how life works. “You sell a university on why they...
