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seanellis-3a2f2c85f6c0ff93e8802f7c103e85e5 Sean Ellis Freejit

As a 500 Startups Mentor, Sean guides our companies with expertise.

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  • Sean on Twitter Quora
    • SeanEllis: @clarejacobson @pv Sure, let's coordinate time over DM.
    • SeanEllis: @jaredmckiernan Worked out to be a good reminder for me to visit PandoDaily when I was on my way to Pandora.
    • SeanEllis: Did PandoDaily make a smart growth hack by picking a name that would be suggested when people enter Pandora into browser?
    • SeanEllis: @ssanyal @andyy Agree, it's a very black and white statement. I think it's much better for a marketer to go where they can be useful.
    • SeanEllis: @stephendaimler I only think founder equity is needed for marketers in a pre-product market fit situation, not post PM fit.
    • SeanEllis: Startups win too by waiting - fulltime marketer is a waste of money pre product market fit.
    • SeanEllis: Sweet spot for startup marketers is pre-growth post must-have feedback from early users. Use survey.io before taking job.
    • SeanEllis: Non-founder marketers in pre product market fit startups should quit. Reputation hit of failure not worth limited upside.
    • SeanEllis: @mkjung @avc Industry in favor of entrepreneur sounds good to me!
    • SeanEllis: RT @mkjung: @avc on VC last 20 yrs: an inexorable march from an industry very much skewed towards institutional to 1 very much in favor ...
    • Is there a glass ceiling for people without graduate degrees or MBAs in Silicon Valley?
    • What should an entrepreneur (or start-up) know about clawback provisions?
    • Who are some of the best startup lawyers in Silicon Valley?
    • What are some of the best network effect startups founded by repeat entrepreneurs?
    • What are some of the best published case studies on bringing network effect businesses to market?
    • What are some of the best published case studies on bringing network effect businesses to market?
    • How important is it to have corporate IT policies (like everyone on same version of Office) for recently founded startups?
    • Sean Ellis followed the board Term Sheet.
    • What are the risks and benefits of waiting until the new year to exercise NSO stock options that have appreciated significantly over the exercise price?
    • How do I find non-technical job opportunities at a startup that is pre series-A?
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On Quora
  • Do you think that could be useful a web site that show the mobile version of each website?
  • Congrats on Moonfruit deal. I was curious how investors get treated when retention bonus for management is more than 15% deal size?
  • 500 Startups : Where are Jobs and Intern positions posted for 500.co Startups?
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