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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 28 Apr 2019

    If your startup buys swag at all, buy the best quality. Otherwise people won't use it and your money is wasted. So few startups get this that when you buy good stuff, the recipients are amazed.https://medium.com/@110abidi/my-triplebyte-experience-i-got-accepted-an-honest-review-1618f7ee6871 …

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      1. Gabriel  🥑‏ @gabrielnocode 28 Apr 2019
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        and subconsciously the quality of swag will be associated with the quality of your startup

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      2. 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘂𝘀‏ @ComethTheNerd 28 Apr 2019
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        Is spending money on swag an effective marketing strategy for a start up in general? Or does the nature of the start up, and cost/utility/quality of the swag item dictate that?

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      3. Venkatesh Thallam‏ @vthallam 28 Apr 2019
        Replying to @ComethTheNerd @paulg

        Guess it depends on the target market. Engineering recruiting is very expensive, usually cost few tens of thousands of dollars. Clearing Triplebyte's interview shows the candidate is very hirable, so it's worth giving them a great exp and make them come back next time.

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      1. Hugo Amsellem‏ @HugoAmsellem 28 Apr 2019
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        @Kymono_co 😍😍😍

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      1. Startup 🚀Sanatana(स्टार्टप् 🚀सनातन)‏ @StartupSanatana 28 Apr 2019
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        True; 🙏👍🚀

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      1. Alex Bouaziz‏Verified account @Bouazizalex 28 Apr 2019
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        @airtable honestly had the best experience I had ever seen on that front - cc @DaniClaire_

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      2. YOUNGLING RESEARCH 🔬‏ @YounglingAndCo 28 Apr 2019
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        Very good! Would be even better if they lost the branding though because that would turn it from “hey this is a gift but rly also free advertising for us” to “no, we rly only care ab you and if smth good comes out of it for us, we’ll take it.” Giftology by @ruhlin is excellent

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      3. John Ruhlin‏Verified account @ruhlin 28 Apr 2019
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        1000% agree with both of you. Best to personalize but also best to buy only world class items. No one needs more junk and “stuff” :-)

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      1. Coretta‏ @ynigma72 28 Apr 2019
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        Nice

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      2. Daniel Doyon‏ @deadly_onion 28 Apr 2019
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        @readwiseio save Love this counterintuitive principle. Probably generalizes to some other domains I haven’t thought of yet.

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      3. Readwise‏ @readwiseio 28 Apr 2019
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        Done! We've saved this tweet to your Readwise library so that you can revisit/remember it 🧠📚

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