What do you love about working at a startup?
LisaKim
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I love the thrill. I love the ambiguity in what's going to happen next and the teamwork it takes to make what we want happen ❤️
What about you?
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Eddie Forson@ed_forson
EnVsion AI
The insane growth you experience working on something that's hard but that you deeply believe in.
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@ed_forson I see you're hard work is Launching soon, Eddie! We're also launching next week. Best of wishes to us 🙌🏻
EnVsion AI
@mycelebs_elle Thanks! You too. Hard work eventually pays 💪🏿
Being able to experiment with new channels and ideas, and not being afraid to fail
@yulia_mamonova Experimenting is a good one. I'm surprised it hasn't been brought up till now!! What were some of your most recent experiments?
Booomerang
I've been working at startups for the past 7 years of all sizes - 20 employees to 120 - and I love the impact you have working there. Your work really shows and things move really fast. No need to wait around for approvals or hear "It's always been done this way"
Booomerang
@mycelebs_elle Yeh, 120 and up starts to become a small size business right? Lol oops I meant that sentence is said in corporate companies which is one of the reasons I prefer working at a startup (or starting one too).
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I love challanges ))
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Finding a product-market fit; creating value that didn't exist before.
@sasha_krsmanovic Very interesting. What kind of values are you creating with your product? Just curious!!!
@mycelebs_elle Making software developers more productive.
That it is new and feels important
@bernard_zimmermann Yup, novelty definitely can't go overlooked :)
The feeling of even the smallest achievement has the ability to make your day. You tend to celebrate the small wins too.
Hunted Space
For me it is having dynamic work days, no work days are the same, you are creating something from the scratch and watching it blossom is one of the most rewarding feelings.
@inesfenner Hey Sandra! Did you build Tira? Awesome product, there's definitely something blossoming on your side :)
the pace, the excitement, and the team spirit to hitting huge goals with such limited resources, realising what is possible when you work as a team and are ambitious, hard working and crazy enough to believe you can achieve the lofty goals we are pursuing.
@highgroundio I wasn't in favor how limited resources were, but the more I work, the more I realize how limits stimulate creativity and productivity for the team!
Καλησπέρα σας μου αρέσει όταν εργαζομε σε μια startup. Να υπάρχει δουλειά προσκοπικά για μένα.
For me it's that no 2 days are the same. You don't just feel like you are a cog in the wheel and you get to see the results of your hard work pretty quickly. Also that you don't get trapped in a box, in early stage start-ups its all hands on deck.
@joanne_hurleyv1 Ah! I am in a love/hate relationship with being all hands on deck lol
@mycelebs_elle totally true here as well :)
understanding and solving problems from A to Z, including both engineering and business aspects. it helps young engineers grow fast and learn a lot of skills
@omid_mousavi the merging of engineering and business tends to be incredibly sexy, i love it!
Every day dig a well and fetch water.
@satish_kumar23 I feel like I get it...but I kind of dont... Does this proverb mean "do your work everyday?"
@mycelebs_elle no I don't work everyday but for me working in a startup is like everyday or everyweek a new challenge is waiting for you and you have to work on it.
Its extreme levels of uncertainty and unpredictability :)
@mehran_najafi Ah, a fellow thrill-seekers!
@mycelebs_elle you got it :)
Landings
I love that you get to think like an entrepreneur when working at a startup. It can be a great learning experience too if you want to start your own company some day.
Have experience in at least 2 starting-up manufacturing plants. It's challenging yet rewarding after putting in the systems and the people. I am now looking for a start up to join.
@cres_gallego Nice to meet you Cres! It would be awesome if you linked your Linkedin on your profile, so I can keep you updated if any startup jobs come through my way :)
@mycelebs_elle Yay. Done. Anyway, find it here too. Just keep me updated. Thanks. https://www.linkedin.com/in/cres...
Fully agree. Also, I love the dedication and enthusiasm of those smart scientists. For me : hopefully bringing some cool and effective therapies to patients is very exciting
@stefanglu OMG, ARE YOU A THERAPIST?! I was in therapy for 5 months last year.. It changed the way I looked at myself, treated myself. And it changed my life! Your work is so valuable, I have so much respect for it ❤️ Nice to meet you.
Wishing you the best ! Hopefully your therapy was easy !!
Maimovie
not having to report every single task for everything. always busy busy busy!
@chang_dia Happy to hear that your hustlin and bustlin! ☺️
@chang_dia 2 reports a week and just async chats. so bullish.
@giga_greg haha! Welcome to Product Hunt, Greg :)
Yet to step into a start up environment but I'm very sure it is going to be exhilarating. As you leave your legacy behind, you are going to have nostalgic memories of having done something epic.
Closely knit family like environment/atmosphere as others have mentioned, sharing of ideas, pleasant feeling of meeting and working along side like minded people can make it a surreal experience.
@plantsfortrees I testify that your expectations are correct. I think you need to join the start up environment NOW lol