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Reeves: Compliance and mission-critical software cannot rely on standard beta launches
“And I think this is a principle that applies to a lot of companies, maybe all, I'm not sure. But especially when you're in a space that has compliance or really solving mission critical activities. For us, it's like getting people paid on time correctly, accur…”
Reeves: Silicon Valley 'land grab' mentality fails to build durable businesses
“I think especially in Silicon Valley, the term land grab can be used as a way to rationalize kind of throwing out every business practice and just doing whatever it takes to win. That doesn't actually lead in my opinion to really long-term durable businesses.”
Reeves: Scaling with poor unit economics turns small bad businesses big
“Before you scale it, you have to prove out the unit economics, because if you scale something with poor unit economics, it just means you're going to have a small bad business become a big bad business, right?”
Reeves: Treat fundraising like hiring permanent, part-time teammates
“When I say that fundraising is like hiring, what I mean is, if you can, try to apply the same logic I just shared about hiring a teammate to fundraising, right? This is someone that's going to join your company, Albeit part-time, not full-time. Although a lot …”
Gusto took 18 months to launch, scoping only to California startups
“You know, in our context, you know, it took from our starting of the company to a public launch, we obviously had some early customers, friends using the product, but to a public launch, it was about a year and a half. And that was time when we obviously were …”