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Great article.

I was however confused by "I also needed a recruiter who was smart enough not to poach a founder".

Was he saying this just because founders in SV are not a good fit to Meebo? Or are they bad employees? Or that it is considered bad to poach to hire a founder?

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dono what she was trying to say, but eh, a google recruiter emailed me tonight, and I was thinking of what a horrible employee I'd be for them. good founders generally make bad employees, unless by employee you really mean contractor; we make fine contractors. (not to say I'm a good founder... that, well, it has yet to be seen. But I'm certainly the type that would prefer to work for himself.)

She. Did you really read the article and not notice it was written by a woman? On a blog titled "Elaine Wherry"?

Yes, I meant she. It really was a typo.

(I realized it not because of the name - I have seen very weird names before. I realized it because of her picture on the about page.)

Regardless, my question above is still open.

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