Pros
I worked at Koosmik full-time for more than 3 years Pros - The project itself is amazing and has a virtuous mission - The team members were innovating auto-entrepreneurs with genuine passion - Working in the leap-frogging African markets is an exceptional opportunity - Reasonably flexible working environment and own Mac + phone
Cons
- Current CEO is overly obsessed with glory, procedures and appearance at the expense of the product value and market needs and causing a disconnect with other members of the team - A lot of manipulation happens with current leadership and adversity between team members is preferred to harmony - Lots of promises are made, falsehoods are spread. The one value prop of a startup is the distribution of equity, unfortunately, even when the team pleaded this promise was never delivered - Ultimately the team is expendable since they were all let go without compensation or valid explanation - Compensation was minimal and career growth was limited