Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

A Phone Call After I left MIPS Computers I was in New York tagging along with a friend (a computer architect whose products at Apple a decade later would change the shape of personal computing) who was consulting for a voice recognition startup. I’ve convinced the team you’d be perfect, come join us as the VP of Marketing.”

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socialmatchbox.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

If you post up an ad to an online job board asking for someone to join your very high risk early stage startup company the odds of getting someone who decent are slim to none. client / Washington, DC ($500 Referral Reward) Developer/Partner / Rocket Whale, Inc. These days sales, marketing and PR people seem to grow on trees.

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www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Then, what’s missing — clearly an engineer — and why do I want a partner? What are my ideal match’s skill sets, background, age, geography, work style, level of commitment, compensation requirements, friend vs. new acquaintance, etc…? Prior to that, she worked in venture capital at OpenView Venture Partners.

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