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		dowager_dan99 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Startup CTO's Handbook I really dislike almost everything Oracle and Larry Ellison, but he had an early-days adage "There are 2 jobs at Oracle: you're either building software or selling it". At a early-stage startup most people should be doing both.

osigurdson 9 months ago [–]

Yes, totally agree. Don't hire people to work on "corporate culture" until you have money to burn.

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