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A Love Letter To Investors

The funny thing about startup investors is that, for all their experience and knowledge, most of them are wrong more than they’re right. Not their fault really; it’s just the tumultuous nature of the world they operate in. So, while some investors will be straight up with you about whether or not they’re interested in [...]

Why Weighing Reviews Is So Valuable

Want to see something neat? We figured it might  be a good idea to illustrate just how valuable the KarmaFile review system is by showing you how the concept of weighing reviews could work in other areas. Full disclosure: we understand that we’re dorks for thinking this is neat… but perhaps we’ll bring out the [...]

4 Character Questions For Interviews

Through several years of interviewing, I’ve developed a distaste for asking job applicants the standard questions. You typically get the same vague, semi-satisfactory responses from anyone who’s been in an interview before. Worse yet, most of the questions you’re used to hearing don’t speak to character, and that’s really the big question mark with a [...]

The Hardest Part Of A Job Interview: Perspective

Depending on whom you ask, my advice to job-seekers about interviewing is either really great, or really useless. That’s because I only give one piece of advice, and it’s not easy to implement by any means. The advice: have some perspective. First off, there’s not much you can do about your previous experience, so don’t [...]