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6 Reasons Why Technology Won’t Kill B2B Salespeople

YoungUpstarts

In addition, the 2015 CareerBuilder.com U.S. Job Forecast Study ranks sales jobs as the number one job employers are currently looking to fill, ranking 10% higher than technical positions. Eliot Burdett is the cofounder and CEO of Peak Sales Recruiting , a leading B2B sales recruiting company launched in 2006.

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How to Scale a Venture Capital (or Private Equity) Fund

David Teten

– Build out low-cost force multipliers such as scouts , Advisors, Entrepreneurs in Residence, Venture Partners, and so on. Typically they get cofounder common equity, in addition to the preferred stock that a conventional VC gets. This evolves the VC from a server to a router. engineers, designers, business developers).

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Entrepreneurs Share Their 2016 Resolutions

Up and Running

Do you feel ready to put 2015 in the past, or are you looking back on a year well spent? Since we operate as a remote team, anytime you are near a computer or phone, you can technically be in the office. My name is Jessica and I’m the founder of Pixelkeet and cofounder of CrowdMed. . The new year is already upon us.

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15 Female Entrepreneurs Share What Changes They Would Most Like to See in Their Industry

Hearpreneur

In 2015, businesses owned by women brought in more than $1.5 I am a session singer and producer, and I wish clients and peers would give me more of an opportunity to work in the technical side of the business (such as mixing and editing). Female entrepreneurs and business owners are no longer taken with a grain of salt.

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I’m Excited to Welcome Aaron Batalion to Lightspeed!

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Over the next four years I worked closely with Aaron and his cofounders as LivingSocial rode out the ups and down of the local daily-deals space. Aaron was not an introverted CTO. He became an in-demand advisor and individual investor in other startups , sharing the lessons learned through his own founder journey.

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I’m Exited to Welcome Aaron Batalion to Lightspeed!

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Over the next four years I worked closely with Aaron and his cofounders as LivingSocial rode out the ups and down of the local daily-deals space. Aaron was not an introverted CTO. He became an in-demand advisor and individual investor in other startups , sharing the lessons learned through his own founder journey.

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The iconic VC-Backed founders are all White & Asian men. So why invest in diversity?

David Teten

Research from BCG, Harvard Business Review, First Round Capital, the Kauffman Foundation, and Illuminate Ventures shows that investors in diverse teams get better returns: Paul Graham , cofounder of Y Combinator (2015): “Many suspect that venture capital firms are biased against female founders.