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So what is the solution for startups now?

I’ve worked the whole gamut from FAANG to 1st employee (and founder of a side project startup) and I just don’t know how they compete anymore.

We need innovation and new companies.

But for my own side project I can’t imagine hiring someone. I either are hiring if we become wildly successful or we just get acquired with our founding team and still make an outsized outcome.

It’s a grim outlook for startups but we need them



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