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Jamie Nacht Farrell I just got the offer I've wanted 4ever-2 investors willing to financially back my business model; in location of my choice. This would mean me being CEO of a 100 person, $70 million / year organization. That said, I'm hesitant to accept; and don't know WHY. My GUT has never steered me wrong b4, but I'm wondering if fear can hamper your "gut" instinct? Any opinions / experience with this? For some reason, I'm not ECSATIC like I've been every other time I've been offered a role in a start up

76 weeks ago from I am Gen Y, Inspiring Leadership, Creating a Life You Love, Ask Penelope Trunk! and Entrepreneurs 3 more

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Aaron Evans: @Jamie: That is SanFrantastic! Best of both worlds I guess. You can still boast about the your awesomeness, and not have to waste anymore effort ...More@Jamie: That is SanFrantastic! Best of both worlds I guess. You can still boast about the your awesomeness, and not have to waste anymore effort on the worry and stress! Congratulations once again!

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76 weeks ago

Spencer Harding: A good friend of mine is often reminding me that fear and excitement feel exactly the same. Something worth keeping in mind.

Otherwise, I suppose ...MoreA good friend of mine is often reminding me that fear and excitement feel exactly the same. Something worth keeping in mind.

Otherwise, I suppose I would suggest you write out a list of the pros and cons of accepting the offer, to help you get perspective.
76 weeks ago

Rebecca Thorman I'm not in the know in economics, but have had this question floating around in my head: Can a big company ever be good for a local community? If not, then is growth always bad? I mean, obviously not. Growth has to be good... but if such large growth is so bad for local economies, I don't understand. Anyone care to weigh in? Would love to hear others' thoughts.

97 weeks ago from Economics and Finance and I am Gen Y

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Paige Holden: I agree with everything said here although I do have one David and Goliath story you might enjoy. In the town that I live there is a gourmet ...MoreI agree with everything said here although I do have one David and Goliath story you might enjoy. In the town that I live there is a gourmet grocer called Janssen's. It's been family run for generations. A few years ago SuperFresh moved into town down the street and everyone was really worried about Janssens making it. I guess the town rallied, because Janssens only stayed in business, but kicked SuperFresh out and bought the real estate. Now Janssen's is just a few blocks down the road from their former spot, in a space three times the size, surviving and thriving. Took some real gumption on the part of the owners, but they made it!
97 weeks ago

Rebecca Thorman: Thanks for these thoughts all. I'm still not understanding when growth of the big-box kind is good, but have done a lot of research since I posted ...MoreThanks for these thoughts all. I'm still not understanding when growth of the big-box kind is good, but have done a lot of research since I posted this and along with your answers, have a better idea of it all.
97 weeks ago

Spencer Tipping Finally implemented operator overloading and macros in JavaScript: http://github.com/spencertipping/divergence-rebase/. The README in the repository goes over more details, but basically you can define operators: Array.prototype['<<'] = function (x) {this.push (x); return this}; and then use them inside functions: d.rebase (function (x) {return [1, 2, 3] << x}) (4) // => [1, 2, 3, 4]

105 weeks ago from Javascript Monkeys

Spencer Tipping Created a JS library based on function manipulation: http://github.com/spencertipping/divergence. Here's a page that uses it; with the library it's 135 lines of code: http://spencertipping.com/beta/cheloniidae-live/. Also wrote a guide to advanced JS programming (feedback totally welcome): http://github.com/spencertipping/js-in-ten-minutes. Sorry for the link bombardment, but maybe someone will find this interesting.

105 weeks ago from Javascript Monkeys

Jay Hepner Geeks, Techies, Gurus, Lend me your minds! I come to listen and learn / For I haven't much clue as to HTML/XHTML/XML, and exactly why I should learn, other than to have a clue. Actually, I'm reminded in the writing that's exactly why. Is HTML still the place to start? Why not straight to XML? Ruby? I'm here to learn at least a little about coding, so I can make my own sites, apps, and other goodies that may bring value to others' lives and, concomitantly, and yes, profitably, to mine.

106 weeks ago from Tech Gurus

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Kenji Crosland: If you want to get a good intellectual overview of what code does, I recommend the book "Code" by Charles Petzold. It doesn't teach you any ...MoreIf you want to get a good intellectual overview of what code does, I recommend the book "Code" by Charles Petzold. It doesn't teach you any programming language per se, but it teaches you why they are necessary.
105 weeks ago

Jay Hepner: Thanks, Kenji. I'm definitely a "needs to know why" kinda nerd.
105 weeks ago

Stephen Evermore Obligatory platform poll? I'm polling usage, not opinions or smack talk. More than anything else, I'm currently using: PrototypeJS

142 weeks ago from Javascript Monkeys

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