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Hi there, thanks for reading my blog. My name is Nikos Moraitakis. I’m an entrepreneur and private investor. I write mostly about startups and sometimes about business and economics in Greece – an unlikely but promising place for a tech startup founder to be in.

I recently co-founded Workable, a technology startup aiming to re-invent hiring for small and medium enterprises. I’m also an angel investor and advisor toTaxibeat. Previously, in the role of VP Business Development at Upstream, I was one of the main contributors to the company’s growth from startup into one of the world’s top marketing technology companies. My job involved product design and later enterprise sales in 40 countries and 4 continents.

I usually post long-form writing here, so if you’re interested in other things I have to say or comment on, you can follow me on Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn

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Being a startup doesn’t mean you can afford to work sloppily. Being lean, doesn’t mean you get to skip the stuff that well-functioning companies do to stay in business. A team of 5-10 people trying to compete against large, established companies needs to have an outrageous edge in productivity and efficiency. Even if you can wing it today without a systematic sales process or systems monitoring, good luck trying to scale a few months down the line. Better get it right from the start.

Happily, it has never been easier, or cheaper, to put together everything you need to run a business. After a few months spent stringing together all the tools and methods that make Workable, well.. workable, I still can’t believe how much we can do with so little effort and money. And because I keep getting asked “what do you use to do X?” or “isn’t this expensive/complicated to do for a startup?”, here’s the complete set of tools we use and the total op-ex associated with them. Hope it’s useful to other software startups.

(note: the prices below apply for a company of 5-10 people; the choice of tools assumes a company that will scale to 50 staff in multiple locations capable of serving thousands of customers online)

The problem with public discourse on startups and “organized” startup community events is that discussions become generic, ideological and platitudinous. People end up talking in soundbites about vague concepts such asecosystems, culture, strategy, disruption, global reach, and so on.

Contrast this with the private discussions among people in the business of running companies. I’m lucky and privileged to chat frequently with fellow founders among our investors’ portfolio companies, with our own advisors and entrepreneur friends. Here’s a recollection of actual topics I recently encountered, in random order:

  • True believer (ολόκληρη η ανάρτηση σε αυτό το Λινκ.)

In 2-3 years we could have a meaningful hub here; we can turn this thing around”

Marco Veremis, friend, investor, advisor, partner and mentor gives an inspiring talk about the future of entrepreneurship in Greece.

A few days ago I wrote about the end of the capital drought for Greek startups, and how our public discourse must shift from founding tobuilding companies. Today, I’d like to talk about an issue that’s been bugging me for a while, and will be a problem for most founders unless we put some effort to deal with it.

The issue is this: despite the enormous unemployment in Greece, few people are looking for startup jobs. Here’s a few, randomly ordered, observations and thoughts about what’s up and what needs to be done.

Too many chiefs, too few indians. Much was said about starting your own company. Being a founder has been (unduly) idolized. What about working for a fresh company with great potential? The startup ecosystem consists of prospective founders – it should expand and embrace those who would rather seek a great career in young companies.

One of the best lessons about fundraising, I learned through a hobby of mine: photography. You see, amateur photographers, like all hobbyists, tend to spend a lot of time obsessing about cameras, lenses, tripods and other pieces of gear. The latest and greatest and how to get it. They stuff their bags with the best gear money can buy and they frequent forums talking about it.

But the best gear in the world, doesn’t guarantee you any good shots. Spending your time taking photos does. Waking up at 5am for that morning light. Walking up a hill for the better view. Picking the best gear can often worsen your chances to get good photos. Time spent in forums and shops is time not spent taking photos.