2001 Developer Hiring Product Development 
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
He just hired Meg Whitman. Startups wrote business plans, generated expansive 5-year forecasts and executed (hired, spent and built) to the plan. First Movers” didn’t understand customer problems or the product features that solved those problems (what we now call product-market fit). The result?
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 21, 2014
The key is to hire and promote leaders who truly do live the values your company espouses. And that’s fine — embrace innovation to your heart’s content in areas like product development and marketing campaigns. He has been a regular panelist on television’s Forbes on FOX since the show’s inception in 2001.
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YoungUpstarts
MAY 19, 2014
The key is to hire and promote leaders who truly do live the values your company espouses. And that’s fine — embrace innovation to your heart’s content in areas like product development and marketing campaigns. He has been a regular panelist on television’s Forbes on FOX since the show’s inception in 2001.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 17, 2011
Because times are slightly better now for fund raising I’d probably say two extra things: a) it may be worth a modest increase in your team size / activities / development IF you can raise more money to do this now & b) if you can raise more than you need right now (within reason) without too much extra dilution I would do so.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 27, 2010
My original post was directed at hiring managers. It said that I didn’t believe it was a good idea to hire job hoppers. My view still stands – for many hiring managers a large factor in looking through resumes of somebody who is 30+ and has never worked somewhere for more than 18 months will be the job hopping element.
Seeing Both Sides
AUGUST 3, 2012
Facebook and Google would be obvious choices for this, but so much has been written about each of them and they represent such special business models, I worried that it would be both hard for entrepreneurs to relate and hard for me to develop new insights. The first one I’ll focus on is Akamai. Akamai: The Present. Gross Profit. $(60).
37signals.com
DECEMBER 5, 2011
The lowercase “i” comes from the iMac, where it originally stood for “internet” (now it just stands for “oh, an Apple product!”), ”), but the original 2001 iPod itself had nothing to do with the internet. it should relate to your product directly or indirectly. Get things done.
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