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Startup CXO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Company’s Critical Functions and Teams

Feld Thoughts

I’ve been working with Matt since 2000. Matt was the co-founder/CEO of Return Path. The founders of each company talked and, in between efforts to decimate the other, agreed it might be worth merging to survive. He co-founded it in partnership with High Alpha (we are LPs) and SVB. Matt was still CEO.

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Startup CXO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Company’s Critical Functions and Teams

Feld Thoughts

I’ve been working with Matt since 2000. Matt was the co-founder/CEO of Return Path. The founders of each company talked and, in between efforts to decimate the other, agreed it might be worth merging to survive. He co-founded it in partnership with High Alpha (we are LPs) and SVB. Matt was still CEO.

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The public invisibility of running mid-stage successful companies

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

As the CTO of a 130-person company that’s still growing along every dimension at a prodigious rate, that’s the appropriate job description. The unique technology we’ve built, that we’ve prototyped, that we’re contemplating, is fascinating and valuable. But I can’t share anything about it.

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Five Recruiting Metrics Every Founder Should Track

View from Seed

Ask a founder of a growing startup what they need most, and you’ll often get an answer along the lines of, “We need great people, and we need them fast.”. Founders need to make sure the quality of the startup’s offerings remains high and provide adequate sales and service support for prospective customers and new users.

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How I Found a Great CTO

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Ive occasionally worked with executive recruiters, for example in hiring a CTO for my first company, Eve.com. I was lucky to sign on as advisor and investor the founder of a very high-profile consumer Internet site who happens to also be a former engineer, who I will call Richard. This time, I decided to handle the process myself.

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Product Launches: 5 Unexpected Lessons from the Real World

ConversionXL

In consumer packaged goods, the benchmark for a “highly successful” product launch is no easy feat: $50 million in first-year sales. Successful demand generation campaigns break down silos between marketing and sales. Hugo Woodhead is the founder of Pilcro , which sells brand management software. Test launch tiny products.

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Understanding The Role Of The Chief Behind The Chief

Duct Tape Marketing

Understanding The Role Of The Chief Behind The Chief written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Cameron is t he founder of the COO Alliance, the World’s Leading Network for Seconds in Command. I started to appear where we started to leverage or talk about technology and automations and optimization.

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