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 Due Diligence + Hiring
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| Page 1 of 2 | Previous | Next | | | GENUINE VC JUNE 28, 2011 Giving Due Diligence Calls Their Due Usually you’ve already made a selection of whatever type (hiring a new employee, deciding on a VC, choosing a new vendor), and then the next/final logical step in a “process” is to call a few people just to verify what you’ve already decided. But reference checks don’t need to be a laborious time-sink chore. | | | | | |
| GET VENTURE DECEMBER 6, 2011  How VCs Do Tech Diligence If the company, however, is developing new & complex technology VCs will rely on in-house or outsourced technical resources to conduct diligence. | UNION SQUARE VENTURES SEPTEMBER 28, 2011 We're hiring Union Square Ventures has a long history - in internet time at least - of hiring off this blog (posts here , here , and here.) A fundamental assumption of the way we've hired is that we're able to get to know great people through their "web presence" - the trail of online communities, projects, and services with which they've engaged. | | SEEING BOTH SIDES APRIL 28, 2011 Hire a Recruiter.Now That's why, even though it flies in the face of conventional wisdom, I'm advocating that all my portfolio companies hire recruiters when they are trying to fill senior or key positions. Typically, when a young company gets financing and begins to hire, they seek to leverage the network of the founding team and their investors. | | | | | | | |
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ADVENTURISTA | MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2012 Hiring an Associate at Bessemer
As an Associate, you’ll be prosecuting all stages of due diligence from financial analysis to customer references. We are looking tohire an Associate to join me and my colleague Jeremy Levine at Bessemer. We spend most of our time looking at opportunities in the cloud computing, internet, e-commerce and consumer web space. MORE >> -
FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2012  Hiring a Leader? Vet How She Treats Subordinates
Don't hire them. That's a logical question I pose to people who are in hiring positions because I want to encourage them to find out what candidates are like from the perspective of superiors—as well as peers, and subordinates. But remember you are not hiring a saint, or a best pal. It happened to me not too long ago. MORE >> -
 Top Eight Reasons Startups Don’t Get Money
Failure to prepare for due diligence. Not doing due diligence on the funding source. You need to complete due diligence on your prospective funders as they complete due diligence on you. Fundraising is indeed brutally tough at all stages, and the seed funding is the hardest to find. MORE >> -
READWRITESTART | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2011  How Silicon Valley's Most-Connected Exec Does His Hiring
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. If you know what you're doing for the next 3 years, hire position players. MORE >> -
FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2012  How to Hire Your First Sales Rep
Thinking of hiring somebody to sell for you? Here's how to ensure that you hire somebody who can help your business grow. There comes a time in every entrepreneur's business life when it's time to hire a sales rep. If you're ready to hire somebody to sell, you've probably already acquired some customers. Run your ads. MORE >>
- Entrepreneurs Need to Master Competitive Selling STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | FRIDAY, JULY 30, 2010
- Hiring My Cousin Vinny and Other Startup Lawyer Mistakes MARK BIRCH | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
- Startup CTO or Developer SOCAL CTO | TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2010
- 10 Ways Successful Entrepreneurs Beat the Odds STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2012
- Startup Essential To Do List ANGEL BLOG | MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 2008
- Eight Ways to be Your Own Worst Enemy for Funding STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2011
- How to Hire in a Bad Economy: 5 Tips FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2012
- Startup Valuation: How Much Is Your Company Worth? SEED STAGE CAPITAL | TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2010
- What Do Your Company Contracts Say About Your Business? IP LAW FOR STARTUPS | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2010
- Preparing to Wind Down a Business: What information do you need? ASK THE VC | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2009
- 5 Business Fundamentals I Learned the Hard Way TIM BERRY'S BLOG - PLANNING STARTUPS STORIES | THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2010
- Hacking Angel List | VentureArchetypes Blog: Seed Stage Capital SEED STAGE CAPITAL | WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2011
- The Top Five Reasons Entrepreneurs Should Learn About IP Law IP LAW FOR STARTUPS | TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2011
- Invest in Lines, not Dots BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2010
- 5 Tips to Recruit A Star Candidate FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012
- A Startup Partner Needs More Than a Good Resume STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2011
- When a Strategic Acquisition Makes Sense FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2012
- Seed Funding and Angel Groups: The Fast and The Furious ONSTARTUPS | TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 2011
- Tips to Help you Think About Sales at Your Startup BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
- Micro VCs Are all BFFs. Forever? GENUINE VC | MONDAY, JULY 26, 2010
- Doing It Right the First Time: The 15 Most Common, but Avoidable, Mistakes Made by High Growth Start-ups VC DEAL LAWYER | MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2009
- Ten Attributes of Your Ideal Business Partner STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | MONDAY, MAY 24, 2010
- Asking Questions More Effectively BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 2010
- How to Fund a Startup WWW.PAULGRAHAM.COM | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2010
- Popular Posts ALTGATE | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2009
- 9 Quick Tips Learned While Raising $33 Million In Venture Capital ONSTARTUPS | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2010
- Steel In Their Eyes – Why VC’s Should Be Startup CEO’s STEVE BLANK | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2011
- How to approach and make an introduction to a VC THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. | FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2011
- Deal with Your Elephant in the Room BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2009
- Top 12 Social Media Blunders of 2011 FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2011
- Guy Kawasaki’s 10 Questions to Ask Before You Join a Startup WWW.MINT.COM | TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2010
- Managing Startups: Best Posts of 2011 PLATFORMS AND NETWORKS | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2011
- A Legally Ignorant Web Designer Can Create an IP Mess for a Startup’s Website IP LAW FOR STARTUPS | TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010
- Does Your Startup Really Have the Right to Sell Its Software? IP LAW FOR STARTUPS | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2011
- The Inside Story of a Small Startup Acquisition (Part 2) SOFTWARE BY ROB | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2012
- Multiple passes at the target THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010
- 25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time WWW.CHUBBYBRAIN.COM | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
- Trust, But Verify SEEING BOTH SIDES | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2009
- What’s it Like Being a VC? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 2010
- My angel investing strategy vs Joshua Schachter GABRIEL WEINBERG | TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2010
- What the AngelList Debate Means for the Future of Startup Investing WWW.READWRITEWEB.COM | MONDAY, MARCH 7, 2011
- Great Elevator Pitches: What to Include ENTREPRENEURSHIP BLOG | SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 2006
- CAPEX-Free IT: How to refresh your technology, deliver stellar IT, and keep your CFO happy ACTIVE GARAGE | THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 2010
- VCs in seed clothing: Chris Dixon, Mark Suster, and Naval Ravikant interviewed VENTURE HACKS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 2010
- No departments STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 2010
- Aptera Motors Runs Out of Gas FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2011
- The Inside Story of a Small Startup Acquisition (Part 3) SOFTWARE BY ROB | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2012
- How to Succeed Against the Odds FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2012
- 3 Things to Consider When Staffing a Software Development Project MASHABLE.COM | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2010
- Break Through to $1M in Federal Contracts FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2012
- A Compilation of the Web's Best Advice for Entrepreneurs PLATFORMS AND NETWORKS | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
- So You Wanna Raise Some Money LEARN TO DUCK | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2011
- Job Hoppers Redux: An Employee’s Perspective BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010
- Open Positions at the ATI AUSTIN STARTUP | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2011
- They want to Sell a Website to You? 7 Important Criteria to Consider BLOGTREPRENEUR | ENTREPRENEUR BLOG | MONDAY, MAY 14, 2012
- 10 Tips for Making your Startup More Attractive for Investors [Presentation] VC CAFE | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2010
- How I Started, Grew & Sold An E-commerce Business For Quarter Million Dollars ($250,000) – Part 2 ENTREPRENEURS-JOURNEY.COM BY YARO STARAK | THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2011
- Want to Work in VC? Here’s How BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2010
- Want to Know How First Round Capital was Started? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2011
- Eric Sink. Things I learned in selling Teamprise to Microsoft. Video & transcript. BUSINESS OF SOFTWARE BLOG | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2011
- Beware of Premature Merge Elation BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2010
- Why Leave A Six Figure Corporate Job For Internet Entrepreneurship? ENTREPRENEURS-JOURNEY.COM BY YARO STARAK | FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 2011
- CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers BLOG.EXPENSIFY.COM | TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2012
- Q&A With North Carolina Entrepreneurs SOUTHEAST VC | TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2010
- Rocket Science 2: Drinking the Kool-Aid STEVE BLANK | THURSDAY, JULY 2, 2009
- Transcript And MP3 Of My $180,000 Website Flipping Presentation ENTREPRENEURS-JOURNEY.COM BY YARO STARAK | SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 2010
- Due Your Diligence LAUNCHING TECH VENTURES | SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 2011
- Derek Sivers at Business of Software 2010. Video and transcript of talk BUSINESS OF SOFTWARE BLOG | MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 2011
- Keep Your Cool During a Fire Sale FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2012
- "Venture Capital Bootcamp" Opens Thursday GROWTHINK BLOG | TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 2010
- You're Invited to Attend. "Venture Capital Bootcamp" GROWTHINK BLOG | MONDAY, MAY 24, 2010
- Ovelin A Success Story Of Tekes Financing ARCTICSTARTUP | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2012
- Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said … BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2011
- Reading what was written and the VC age question THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. | TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 2012
- Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO RAPIDROLLOUT.WORDPRESS.COM | SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 2011
- Mark Suster: Be a Line, Not a Dot TIM BERRY'S BLOG - PLANNING STARTUPS STORIES | TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2011
- Working for Equity Instead of Cash GENYLABS.TYPEPAD.COM | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
- Women 2.0 » FounderDating: How I Found My Co-Founder WWW.WOMEN2.ORG | THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2012
- You have to be More than a Geek BLOGTREPRENEUR | ENTREPRENEUR BLOG | FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2012
- Reincubate: Blog: Chief Technology Officer job description (for web, start-up or corporate) WWW.REINCUBATE.COM | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2010
- Which language should my startup use? WWW.REINCUBATE.COM | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2010
- Beware The Consultant INFOCHACHKIE.COM | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
- The Alien Entrepreneur: Selling or Funding A Startup? Tips On. ALIEN ENTREPRENEUR | TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2012
- The Alien Entrepreneur: 5 Startups, 15 Lessons ALIEN ENTREPRENEUR | TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2012
- Avoid the Middlemen MARK BIRCH | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2011
- closing term sheets quickly (+ avoid the co-investment term sheet) SEED STAGE CAPITAL | FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2009
- Popular Posts ALTGATE | TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2009
- The Entrepreneur’s Wish List from VCs [part 1] VC CAFE | FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2011
- Hedge Fund Industry Will Be Under Close Scrutiny by SEC Division of Enforcement RECENT BUZZES - VC EXPERTS, INC. | MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2010
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