Doug Wolf: Doing Startups for Too Long Makes You Unhirable
Doug Wolf · Bootstrapped team of 2 hits $15k in MRR for video editing tool · Jan 16, 2023 · at 14:44
Doug Wolf, co-founder of Timebolt, reflects on career lessons and startup experience during a rapid-fire interview with Nathan Latka.
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“If you do startups for too long, you are not, you are, you become unhirable in the marketplace.”
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