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How Open Should a Startup CEO be with Staff?

Both Sides of the Table

But I’m working on a large team of people trying to figure out how to make micro improvements to a paid-search algorithm. We funded one in 2005 and lost a lot of money. You’ve got to convince your buddies to part with their hard-earned savings to back you as angels. Aren’t they worth billions of dollars?”

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