By Larry Chiang
Getting fired stinks!
Getting fired and losing two years worth of wages stinks a lot. Getting fired from your own startup is just that: Losing your job and ALSO losing two years, or four, of wages.
[Oh did they let you keep what you vested? well there will probably be a recapitalization, later; ie, you lose of your vest ;-]
Getting fired stinks. This is fire prevention.
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Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) |
As an engineer, CS major or tech CTO, sales skills keep you from getting fired #ENGR145s #CTCFTR pic.twitter.com/CeAc26hXlh
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Fire prevention means having countermeasures to getting fired. An ounce of prevention

Practice selling is the best form of real world insurance:

Step #1. Do an LCMCC.
EUBM is here

LCMCC and EUBM are both in this Stanford Engineering Entrepreneurship Video
“Cross the Chasm From The Right”
“Cross the Chasm From The Right”