View from Seed
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
Depending on the composition of the founding team, you might or might not have near-term holes in certain functions at the exec level – e.g. you’ll most likely need to bring on a CTO/VP of Engineering shortly after the seed round if you don’t have a technical co-founder.
This is going to be BIG.
FEBRUARY 22, 2010
CTO, Modcloth – San Francisco, CA (corrected from e-mail version) Remember that girl from back home? The ideal candidate has experience with eCommerce systems, emerging mobile and social technologies, as well as RoR. Interested candidates should e-mail keyhirewire@firstround.com with "Modcloth CTO" in the subject.
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View from Seed
JULY 31, 2014
We’ve been remarkably consistent on this dimension as well: five of the recent 13 investments were B2C, five were B2B, and three you could categorize as B2B2C. BUSINESS-FOCUSED (B2B). Network Effect B2B. Lastly, given our Boston location, it isn’t surprising that seven investments were Boston-based. Step-Function Ad Tech.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 21, 2020
For a B2B product, this means figuring out what kinds of businesses are suited for your product. Prior to founding Dovetail, Nick was co-founder and CTO of 1-Night, a VC-backed ticketing and payments company, and led the engineering team that grew the platform to handle millions of transactions.
SoCal CTO
JANUARY 2, 2013
I've had several Startup CTO Consulting sessions recently where it became apparent that the Founder needed help with the business and product as much or more than the technology. Or in the case of the LinkedIn outreach: Hi John, I'm leading the marketing efforts for StartupRoar , an early-stage startup that sells to B2B advertisers.
View from Seed
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
For example, in the case of one recent company that we’ve been working with for the last 7 months, we have sourced half of the new team members for the company, including their CTO, head of marketing, head of customer success, and a talented senior engineer.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 10, 2012
Your most powerful growth engine is your existing customer. While its B2B social media team was attracting large audiences in its market, it failed to engage them because it lacked credible, regularly refreshed content. That’s right. It’s a little like hawking a ‘get rich quick in real estate’ scheme at a TED conference.
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