Feld Thoughts
AUGUST 9, 2013
'I’ve written before about hiring for cultural fit, and about the importance of prioritizing cultural fit over competence when hiring at startups. I started thinking about it again when I saw this Dilbert comic , because it pokes fun at the culture of startups and their propensity only to hire people who fit into them. But what are we talking about when we talk about cultural fit, anyway?
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 9, 2013
'People who can’t manage their own lives don’t make good entrepreneurs. Small businesses require multi-tasking, work prioritization, and decision-making, with no entourage of assistants and specialists. That’s why Fortune 500 executives usually don’t survive as startup CEOs. First you have to learn to accept total responsibility for things that happen to your business, just like you are responsible for everything in your personal life.
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deal architect
AUGUST 9, 2013
'I was invited to be part of a panel at a HP Vertica event in Boston this week. It was their first major user conference and I expected most of the focus to be on their technology. But the icons.
YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 9, 2013
'by Ken Myers. So you’re thinking about launching a startup. You have the passion, the vision, the time and the energy, but do you have funds to make your dream become a reality? If you’re wondering how much it really costs to start up a business, the truth is that it really depends. Fortunately, there are a few calculations you can do to help determine what your initial investment will be.
Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic
Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in
Mike Michalowicz
AUGUST 9, 2013
'I still don’t have a Kindle, and don’t think I want one. I love the feel of physical books. I love the subtle cracking sound of the spin when I first open a new one. And most importantly I love writing my thoughts on the pages as they come to me. I envision the authors ideas and my own blending together. Strengthening. A mastermind of sorts.
Austin Startup
AUGUST 9, 2013
'OneSpot, the content advertising company that marries content marketing with the power, data intelligence, and infrastructure of online advertising, announced it is adding a Content Sequencing Engine as part of the OneSpot platform.
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Jeff Hilimire
AUGUST 9, 2013
'I talk a lot about the importance of advisory boards for startups. I believe creating an advisory board is one of the most important things you can do for your company. But you have to do it the right way. Tips on how to choose advisory board members. Choose between four and six people. You want enough for there to be dialogue and not too much that you can’t move through your agenda.
Scott Edward Walker
AUGUST 9, 2013
'To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series “ Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we share a favorite video of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics. This week, we present Mike Hirshland , the founder of Resolute Ventures and a very smart investor. In this interesting interview (courtesy of TechCrunch), Mike shares some solid nuggets for entrepreneurs, including the following: The downside of so-called party rounds is that “no one
Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli
AUGUST 9, 2013
'This year, I have moved to Thailand to help Jetabroad set up a development office in Bangkok by hiring great people and setting up good development processes. Where do you find developers in a new city where you don’t have any professional network? Well I thought I would start with connecting with the local.NET community. Unfortunately, googling, I couldn’t find any.NET user group in Bangkok I could participate to so we have decided to start a new.NET user group.
Scalable Startup
AUGUST 9, 2013
'My Answer to Quora Qeustion: I’ve advised several founders from 500 su and they’ve all said Dave is fair, honest, easy going, and lets you know when you’re cheating yourself. Most venture capitalists will take a little advantage of naive entrepreneurs so this was surprising to hear over and over. Dave McClure should be thought of more as a movement leader than asking how he negotiates.
VC Adventure
AUGUST 9, 2013
'A well instrumented business will have literally hundreds of metrics that they track to understand the key parts of their business. Each group within an organization likely has a key metrics dashboard that guides their department functioning and informs their decision making. These dashboards then roll up to other dashboards to form the core of the key metrics that an executive team or CEO look at daily (or more) to keep their pulse on the functioning of their operations.
VC Adventure
AUGUST 9, 2013
A well instrumented business will have literally hundreds of metrics that they track to understand the key parts of their business. Each group within an organization likely has a key metrics dashboard that guides their department functioning and informs their decision making. These dashboards then roll up to other dashboards to form the core of the key metrics that an executive team or CEO look at daily (or more) to keep their pulse on the functioning of their operations.
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