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Stories of Opportunity from the First Round Capital Key Hire Wire – VP of Sales, CTO, VP of Engineering

This is going to be BIG.

VP of Sales, Monetate - Philadelphia, PA A finger hovers above a mouse button. Using Monetate Real-time Marketer, companies are boosting sales while slashing costs and time-to-market. The company is not just looking for a VP of Sales, but for a champion for all things sales throughout the organization. It wants to click.

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Hear how the Lean Startup began — and helped one company find success: Episode 2 on Sirius XM Channel 111: Eric Ries and Jon Sebastiani

Steve Blank

My guests on Bay Area Ventures on Wharton Business Radio on Sirius XM Channel 111 were: Eric Ries , entrepreneur and author of the New York Times bestseller, The Lean Startup. He later co-founded and served as CTO of IMVU and then authored The Lean Startup. Are we Wal-Mart or are we Draeger’s Supermarket?’

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Continuing my series of posts that I’ve been collecting that live at the intersection of Startups and being a Startup CTO : Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March here are the top posts from May 2010. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. Tesla is not. It's a great talk.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 20: Nayeem Hussain and Will Zell

Steve Blank

Funding challenges and other issues founders face in the early days of starting up were the focus of interviews with the latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on SiriusXM Channel 111 (airing weekly Thursdays at 1 pm Pacific, 4 pm Eastern). Tune in Thursday at 1 pm PT, 4 pm ET on Sirius XM Channel 111.

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VCs pivot, too… First Round Key Hire Wire becomes the Key People Wire and some thoughts on startup hiring

This is going to be BIG.

They're going through their personal networks and around the typical hiring channels—especially since environment and people matter so much when you join a company. Instead, the CTO there met someone amazing at SXSW who turned out to be a big fan (and customer) of the company. That's the way a lot of this stuff goes. Why senior level?

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What is Sweat Equity Worth?

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Marketing Sales & Marketing Home Marketing Basics Sales Online Marketing Finding Customers Social Media Branding Social Media Does Your Companys Social Personality Need a Makeover? Million in Venture Capital. Sales & Marketing. Financing Some Jobs Act Proposals Make Headway. How Daisy Cakes Reeled in a Shark.

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How Investors Think About Valuation of Pre-Revenue Startups

SoCal CTO

A few things jumped out at me: - Experience in sales or technology - considered a minor negative? If you've not had a C-level but have had experience in sales or tech. He has a bunch of factors that investors should be considering (and generally do). Not sure why. Size of target market $100M is okay.

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