Many years ago I had the choice between staying with a successful company I helped start where I had little control over the overall technical direction and joing a very risky venture which gave me enormous freedom including the opportunity to immediately hire several friends from college, all of whom were very smart but without much work experience.
I choose the latter which turned out to be a big mistake. Not only did I walk away from a small fortune but nothing went right at the new company.
Even though I did my best to secure everyone good offers, as a whole the team was unable to work together. Everything fell apart when a key partner we were counting on to raise funding instead used our ideas to help secure a management position at a competitor.
In the next company I start, I will be much more careful in who I hire and who I choose as a partner.
I choose the latter which turned out to be a big mistake. Not only did I walk away from a small fortune but nothing went right at the new company. Even though I did my best to secure everyone good offers, as a whole the team was unable to work together. Everything fell apart when a key partner we were counting on to raise funding instead used our ideas to help secure a management position at a competitor.
In the next company I start, I will be much more careful in who I hire and who I choose as a partner.