Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 25, 2018
In top current companies, such as Google, Apple, and Netflix, cultural strategies that include greater employee freedom and fostering creativity are the norm. In fact, most see a more direct relationship between customers and their business success, so employee focus by default will end up in third place.
Up and Running
DECEMBER 1, 2015
If you’re thinking about extending equity to an employee or a vendor (as in the example above), you should know that the topic is multi-faceted. If however you are giving a “normal employee” an incentive stock option plan (more on that later), that’s entirely different. Finding great employees first. What is equity compensation?
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Mucker Lab
AUGUST 27, 2014
As an entrepreneur himself, founding and operating printed circuit board factories in Taiwan, my father was debating between two places to immigrate to and build his next new venture: Los Angeles (“The Valley” aka San Fernando Valley) and Santa Clara (“Silicon Valley”).
The Next Web
SEPTEMBER 11, 2014
Jerry Jao is the founder and CEO of Retention Science. The widely accepted “dream job” of many engineers is to work for a Silicon Valley tech giant such as Google, Facebook or Twitter. The post Culture is everything: How I reclaimed an employee back from Apple appeared first on The Next Web. Before I offered him a job, I.
Up and Running
MARCH 11, 2015
But, getting in the doors of a Sand Hill Road VC in Silicon Valley can be an incredibly difficult undertaking. The Andreesen Horowitz blog is the work of the famous VC firm’s partners and covers all things software in Silicon Valley and beyond. Follow Bill on Twitter @billgurley. Don’t miss out on their great podcast!
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 10, 2012
SAS Canada “customer champions” helped the firm restore declining customer retention rates—which had fallen as low as the mid-80s percent — back to the firm’s traditional high retention rates of 97-98 percent. And engaging customers in such ways is generally much less expensive than hiring costly employees or agencies.
Up and Running
OCTOBER 16, 2014
He says he began doing things like that after this series of interactions, and gained more authenticity and trust between himself and his employees. He once found himself in a situation where multiple employees were coming to him upset and discomfited with a specific team member’s behavior and rumor spreading. What’s number one?
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