This week we had one of our best team members leave to join another startup. He was incredibly well-liked, was amazing at his job, and had a great future with Startups.com.

We couldn’t be happier that he’s gone.

Now to most that sounds counter-intuitive, or at first blush, maybe even like “sour grapes.” It’s not. We are incredibly proud and supportive of him.

We spent some time during our weekly happy hour meeting on Friday talking about exactly why we feel this way as an organization and I wanted to share some of that discussion with you. Perhaps it’ll shape how you feel about your own team and employee turnover in general.

employee turnover—
why Good People Move On

Admittedly our world is a little bit different at Startups.com in that ou...