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An honest guide to the San Francisco startup life (medium.com/padlet)
99 points by coffeebite on Aug 20, 2015 | hide | past | favorite | 7 comments


"Most companies in the Bay Area have obvious names:

- Evernote makes note taking apps

- Optimizely lets you optimize your websites

- Google lets you google anything on the Internet"

bahahaha


“Do things that don’t scale.” This is why our first hire was a lousy mountain climber.

:)


True Story - Missing are the rent prices that eat 70% of your paycheck plus having 4 roommates on a 1 bedroom apt and the fact that every and any food you can think of is already served as a $14 burrito here.


Thanks for the laugh :)


Keep writing! This is great.


Yes keep writing! Content and style were really good here


This is hilarious




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