VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

With new advances in AI, creativity is now being transformed by technology and offered as a services for consumers and companies. Creative automation is the ability to create original, high quality content (text, video, images, music, art, etc) leveraging data and technology. Watch this impressive demo. Audio and Music.

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Version One Ventures

MARCH 3, 2021

Assets: high resolution logos, headshots, demo videos, etc. For example, one of our portfolio companies delayed their announcement due to the inauguration. Most popular tech publication = TechCrunch. National/Global tech/business sections = e.g. WSJ, Bloomberg. Quotes from your investors, customers, etc. Pick your timing.

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Social Media Technical Review Term Sheet PR 147

Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JUNE 20, 2021

” As the only technical founder of the group, I could offer some suggestions regarding the software development aspect. An example of a Definition of Done: Unit tested (where appropriate) Mobile friendly Documented Peer reviewed Deployed to test Validated by QA Validated by Product Owner. Peer review. Post-production.

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Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

For example, the 2022 United Educators Top Risks Survey , highlighted the following changes in the priorities of risks at colleges and universities: Risks related to recruitment and hiring leaped from 14 th place to 3 rd place. Request a demo today. Student mental health ranked 5th (included in the survey for the first time).

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Management Technical Review Retention Reputation 52

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Introduced before keynoting at Austin, Texas's Capital Factory Demo Day as "the most-connected person in Silicon Valley," Hoffman gave a really interesting talk about how he handles hiring at his company. Auren Hoffman on hiring people to work in tech startups. It's important they should be able to communicate with you.

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Silicon Valley Hiring Technical Review Due Diligence 130

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 8, 2014

Industry reviews. Most firms hire associates straight out of MBA programs and usually it is a “2-3 years and out” type of job. So the “VC associate” is largely a launching pad job for exceedingly bright and hard-working young tech professionals. Deal screening. Portfolio company support & analysis.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 5, 2017

Do you want them to download a demo, schedule a sales call, visit a physical store location or a website, download an app, click for more information, give you their email address, etc.? Both Apple and Intel were selling complicated technology but did so by simplifying the message so it had broad emotional appeal.

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Marketing Audience Technical Review PR 312

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I tapped my friends at big tech companies (Salesforce, Google, Oracle). And they have access to some of the most talented technology entrepreneurs so this is a worthy goal for them. The other quote from the article is this: “The other thing they say is that they can’t tell on Demo Day which are the good start-ups. I hustled.

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Early Stage Deal Flow Investment Bankers Technical Review 361

Board Effect

JUNE 25, 2023

However, they don’t necessarily have the experience or technical skills to track and report the ways their organization is setting and working toward ESG goals and commitments. Hiring staff members such as a chief equity or social responsibility officer may not be practical or sustainable for many organizations.

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Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Metrics Government 52

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I tapped my friends at big tech companies (Salesforce, Google, Oracle). And they have access to some of the most talented technology entrepreneurs so this is a worthy goal for them. ” The other Paul Graham quote from the article is this: “The other thing they say is that they can’t tell on Demo Day which are the good start-ups.

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Deal Flow Early Stage Investment Bankers Technical Review 347

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. Brad on blogging. How did you start blogging? “My Human Computer Interaction.

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www.collegemogul.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

It came as a surprise to us as we thought we did our due diligence.the guys were referred to me from trusted sources with moderately high compliments. Due to the delay, we started looking elsewhere for our other web development projects. On a bootstrapped budget free is great. Originally. Turns out, it has been moderately good.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 31, 2012

The above video shows a normal guy who pretends to be a celebrity by hiring a few bodyguards and a camera crew, and walking around Times Square. All You Have to Do Is Ask: How to Hire Smart People Everywhere – [link]. Top cities for technology start-ups – [link]. The Best Book Reviews Money Can Buy – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Technical Review 91

David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

… While we do lots of work in these areas due to the attractive opportunity set, we are not an impact investor, and impact qualification is not a criterion that we use in evaluating or funding companies. Less need for a belief in breakthrough technology. Don’t hire people you know! Realistic projections.

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Revenue Cofounder Founder Venture Capital 60

NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 30, 2021

But first, in case you’re not quite sold, let’s review some of the benefits of moving your event online: Reduced costs. With no need to hire a venue, additional support staff, catering, and more, you can run an event for less. For example, NZ’s TechWeek2020 , forced online due lockdown, included ‘TechWeek TV’. Be prepared.

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New Zealand Technical Review Software Review Audience 68

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! And it doesn't have to be technology. They didn't have a lot of technology. Steve Hoffman (06:08): If you don't get the right people on board, you know, hire them really hard to succeed, marketing, getting your name out. You don't have to invent this technology.

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San Francisco Technical Review Incubator Silicon Valley 97

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

APRIL 25, 2011

None of their customers used Macs, so they didn’t think Macs were important, but then it turns out the main investor is keen on seeing the demo on a Mac, and when they tried it, it didn’t work. Maybe that means a big new advertising campaign, or hiring another WordPress expert for our staff. Yay investors!).

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Java Software Review Technical Review Salary 311

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

There’s too much PR and too many tech blogs and too many newsletters and aggregators and Twitter summarizers to even try to catch everything that’s going on and equally there’s so much noise that it becomes harder to be heard. Hire fewer employees until you’re bursting at the seems with work for the ones you have.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

Zendesk offers tech industry people a concise description of how Zendesk can benefit their company. Think about your playbook from the perspective of a new hire. Your primary audience is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) who has the spending power to buy your product. What information do they need to execute a task immediately?

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Campaign CTO Marketing Social Media 149

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 8, 2009

They hire key staff. They get positive product reviews on TechCrunch, GigaOm or Paidcontent.org. It’s marketing 101 for tech companies in terms of how you market to customers. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice startup technology vc venture capital. They tell you they’re going to ship product and they do.

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Technical Review Term Sheet Venture Capital Revenue 309

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 8, 2010

Most technology startups seem to be founded by three types of people: product managers, engineers or biz dev types (MBAs and the like). They’re great at orchestrating your company to deliver product demos. Mavericks do work well in early-stage companies and are probably your best bet for you first hire or two.

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Spencer Fry

AUGUST 20, 2018

4: Only hire people who are excited to work with you. We've done a lot of hiring over the past year and every person we've ended up hiring has really wanted to work at Podia. If you don't feel as if you can trust anyone on your team, then don't hire that person in the first place (or let them go now).

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

It’s also surprisingly difficult for students to get plugged-in to everything that is happening in the local tech ecosystem. Large Tech Meetups: Web Innovators Group : Quarterly Demo-Style meetup in Cambridge draws over 1000 members of the startup community each time. PopSignal - My favorite regular tech gathering.

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Boston Technical Review Community CTO Hire 56

David Cohen

AUGUST 29, 2013

Several entrepreneurs wrote me, but this story really stands out as a warning to do your diligence and demand full transparency. Do your diligence on accelerators! It was very strange given the outline for the program included a very specific syllabus with promises of luminary speakers, tech for non-tech founders, and more.

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Cofounder Technical Review Vertical Programming 134

This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 3, 2012

I also (as Fred describes us youngins) "work hard, put in ridiculous hours, are on top of all the latest trends, companies, technologies, etc. meet with tons of companies every week, work hard for their portfolio companies, and are on planes flying around to the important confereneces and demo days".

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Technical Review Software Review Due Diligence Venture Capital 102

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Visionary CEOs don’t need someone else to demo the company’s key products for them. As process oriented as the new CEOs are, you get the sense that one of the things they don’t love and aren’t driving are the products (go look at the Apple Watch announcements and see who demos the product ). How to Miss the Boat – Five Times.

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Azure Business Model Cloud Artificial Inteligence 120

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Visionary CEOs don’t need someone else to demo the company’s key products for them. As process oriented as the new CEOs are, you get the sense that one of the things they don’t love and aren’t driving are the products (go look at the Apple Watch announcements and see who demos the product ). How to Miss the Boat – Five Times.

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Azure Business Model Cloud Artificial Inteligence 120

sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Derek Sivers about me blog books email list contact How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen 2010-06-19 Do you have an idea for a website, online business, or application, but need a programmer to turn that idea into reality? Say, “We are hiring a developer to create only the beginning of an application. Hire one from each.

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CTO Hire Hiring Software Review Technical Review 84

Up and Running

MARCH 25, 2019

For newer businesses, it can be even more difficult due to a smaller budget and fewer loyal customers. One option would be to hire a third-party market research company to gather the data for you, though this approach can be expensive. Options for learning about and collecting data on your customers.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 29, 2012

The idea is to bring together a group of people, many of whom have never set eyes on each other before, to form new ventures, many of which are tech-related. On Sunday evening teams demo their prototypes and receive valuable feedback from a panel of experts. The groups met in the Railway Exchange building in downtown St.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 22, 2012

Who should you hire? Let’s start out with the basic functions of a tech company: 1) Engineering 2) Marketing 3) Sales 4) Business development 5) PR 6) Design 7) Product Management 8) HR 9) Operations 10) Finance Ok, that's just overwhelming. How are you ever going to get it done? What should be the makeup of a founding team?

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PR Technical Review Seed Stage Design 144

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 31, 2012

My partners and I spend time at CES each year along with a bunch of the founders from different companies we’ve invested in due to our human computer interaction theme. Interestingly, there are actually fewer gestural input demos on display at CES this year than there were last year. I want a replicator !

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Technical Review Cofounder Video Cloud 127

The Next Web

JANUARY 27, 2014

Community is the future for funding promising technological developments that people want and that larger, inflexible corporations are unwilling to build. 5) Hiring for the project. Keyword research showed us that we should target hobbyists, DIY enthusiasts, electronics geeks, internet of things evangelists and tech enthusiasts.

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Campaign Technical Review Social Media PR 142

Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

One of them used to be a lead developer at [insert hot consumer tech company here]. They close on the $750k, hire a buddy or two, buy some Macs, and get to work. Things start to get a little fuzzy in terms of priorities, but not to fret, the new office is coming along really well with all of the hiring!

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Burn Rate Equity Software Review Early Stage 152

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Among the dozens of recent examples we’re aware of, here are just a few from 2013 alone that make the point: TechCrunch Disrupt kicked off with hackathon demos that included an app called “Titstare” and, separately, a guy on stage simulating masturbation. We review all speaker and sponsor materials for inappropriate imagery.

Software Review 167

Software Review Lean Hosting Ruby 167

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

Only one guy in the room knew – their tech lead. Once you churn a user due to stability or performance problems it can be hard to get them back. Most people under estimate the challenge of winning “share of mind” the least understood concept with tech entrepreneurs. The biggest limitation we tech consumers have is our time.

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Metrics Startup Acquisition SEM 346

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

DECEMBER 21, 2009

More than that, knowing your "padding" as I used to call it is helpful in making decisions like "Can I afford to try this Risky Expensive Thing," such as making your first hire or trying a $20,000 media blitz. I know, you can't afford anyone right now, no one can do as good a job as you, and you don't even know that you'll ever hire someone.

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