One of the wrong ways to do business, the LinkedIn way

December 6, 2024 · 415 views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 1 reply

One of the wrong ways to do business! ... the LinkedIn way 🤦‍♂️

Albert Mao @AlbertZMao

My co-founder and I live in NYC making $40K / year as YC founders even after raising millions.

That's $9.61 per hour (based on 80 hour work week).

Many people think that if a founder raises millions, it makes them a millionaire.

But here’s the reality of being a founder: - I am on my parent’s health insurance - I share a 1 bedroom apartment with my co-founder to cut costs - I eat microwave meals because they're fast and cheap - I take the subway everywhere instead of ubering

We could be making 5-10x more in our past corporate jobs.

When we started @VectorShiftAI, a no-code platform that allows anyone to build AI workflows, we decided that we needed to fully align our incentives to growing the company.

We wake up every day thinking about our users instead of how much money we are making this year.

Founders need to be all in.

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