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    1. Chris Dixon‏Verified account @cdixon 22 Jul 2014

      When considering a startup job, weight the quality of the startup far above everything else including position/title.

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 22 Jul 2014
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      @cdixon Where the quality of the startup ≈ the quality of the founders.

      7:08 PM - 22 Jul 2014
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        1. Chris Dixon‏Verified account @cdixon 22 Jul 2014
          Replying to @paulg

          @paulg yes

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        2. Dillon Zhang Forrest‏ @dillonzfo 22 Jul 2014
          Replying to @cdixon

          @cdixon @paulg curious, what are some ways that you can assess a startup and its founders if you're not a VC?

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        1. Brandon Lipman‏ @lipmanb 22 Jul 2014
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          @paulg @cdixon Could not agree more.

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        1. Brandon Lipman‏ @lipmanb 22 Jul 2014
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          @paulg @cdixon I have learned that lesson.

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        1. Ben Winokur‏ @Benokur 22 Jul 2014
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          @paulg @cdixon Easier said than done, though. If these things were easy to spot, VC would look a lot different, right?

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        1. Jeff Mascia‏ @jeffmascia 22 Jul 2014
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          @paulg @cdixon given that VCs supposedly use same mantra, does that mean job seekers should follow the money?

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        2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 22 Jul 2014
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          @jeffmascia @cdixon Sort of, except ideally one can anticipate it. Early Dropbox/Airbnb/Stripe users knew best how good they were.

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        1. Chetan Chawla‏ @ChetanChawla 22 Jul 2014
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          @paulg @cdixon wouldn't that exclude APPL (couple of barefoot hippies), Oracle (Ellison was underestimated for yrs after founding) etc etc?

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        2. Brian Gordon‏ @GordonBrianR 22 Jul 2014
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          @ChetanChawla @paulg @cdixon not only difficult to measure quality ex ante, but marginal product evolves as team composition changes...

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        1. KorAiran 아밋‏ @KorAiran 22 Jul 2014
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          @paulg @a16z @cdixon if you include VCs in founders. Quality of VC is as important

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