The Startup Magazine

JULY 21, 2021

SEO – Search Engine Optimization for Online Marketing Concept. Next, they optimize the content with keywords to rank highly in the Google search engine results page (SERP). These search engine optimization (SEO) skills are absolutely essential for digital marketers. Is it any wonder they’re essential?

Technical Review 147

Technical Review PPC SEM Marketing 147

VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

Personal Finance Cross-account visibility and management – Today’s AI products can analyze and move money between accounts – as agents improve, they will make trades across accounts. AI – tax planning or wealth management augmented and in some cases replaced with AI. Complex transactions move from services ?

Artificial Inteligence 176

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review Generative AI 176

View from Seed

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Portfolio companies can contact us to learn more.) Saurya Velagapudi is a senior software engineer at Google, based in their Cambridge, Mass., I recently chatted with Saurya about how he approaches hiring engineers at Google and what founders can learn. NV: What are some basics you’d recommend to anyone hiring an engineer?

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Engineer Software Review Founder 120

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

(Almost) everything you need to know (but are afraid to ask) before you wistfully ask a product manager to coffee so they will help you find a job. TL;DR Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies.

Management 85

Management Product Technical Review Software Review 85

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

This post expands on a recent podcast I did with Living Corporate outlining the story behind my career switch to software engineering. I’m currently coming up on my two-year anniversary as a software engineer on December 19, 2018. Before working as a software engineer, I was already in “tech”, just not at a startup.

Software Engineering 48

Software Engineering Engineer Software Silicon Valley 48

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

As your organization grows and you hire senior staff where you are no longer managing every employee directly the issue of how to manage people that are not your “direct&# reports arises. As a content management system we had lots of write activities and went with Postgres. Senior management feels undermined.

CTO Hire 308

CTO Hire Management Technical Review Part-Time VPE 308

Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2015

—– Lean Innovation Management. Each horizon requires different focus, different management, different tools and different goals. To move innovation faster, we now have 21 st century tools — Business Model Canvas , Customer Development , Agile Engineering – all adding up to a Lean Startup. Here’s how.

Lean 120

Lean Management Business Model Incubator 120

YoungUpstarts

MAY 1, 2014

By Russell Harley, veteran project manager and Director at PMO. This is a companion article to “ Five Ways to be a More Effective Project Manager “ That article obviously dealt with Project Managers improving their capabilities. The first would require a Cisco Network Engineer, not a Project Manager.

Hiring 140

Hiring Management Technical Review Networking 140

View from Seed

APRIL 27, 2020

We can stay busy by expending time and effort supporting the existing portfolio, which is the right thing to do and a good use of time. Like most VC’s, we’ve been engrossed in helping our portfolio company founders navigate these challenging times while thinking through how we will approach this market going forward. Wait and see.

Cofounder 194

Cofounder Software Review Portfolio Technical Review 194

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

My good friend Alexander Osterwalder , the inventor of the business model canvas (one of foundations of the Lean Methodology) has written a playbook (along with his associate partner Tendayi Viki ,) From Innovation Theater to Growth Engine to explain how to build and implement repeatable innovation processes inside a company. .

Portfolio 367

Portfolio Business Model Metrics Programming 367

David Teten

MAY 20, 2016

My colleague Sebastian Soler, software engineer at ff Venture Capital, is leading the launch of a new Meetup with me. Engineers, product managers, and platform managers building tech solutions for private market investing. I asked him to write a guest post: Hi! who use tech solutions in their day-to-day process.

Private Equity 113

Private Equity Equity Cap Table Venture Capital 113

The Startup Magazine

JULY 21, 2021

SEO – Search Engine Optimization for Online Marketing Concept. Next, they optimize the content with keywords to rank highly in the Google search engine results page (SERP). These search engine optimization (SEO) skills are absolutely essential for digital marketers. Is it any wonder they’re essential?

Technical Review 78

Technical Review PPC SEM Marketing 78

Feld Thoughts

MARCH 19, 2014

You may noticed from prior posts that we’ve had a difficult time at Foundry Group managing our growing portfolio of WordPress sites. You would think that by now, managing websites would be a solved problem, but that’s just not true. In our portfolio of startup companies, following is how websites usually get managed.

Hosting 139

Hosting HTML Bandwidth Portfolio 139

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

Which engineers dialed it in before a big release because it was during July 4th weekend? ” Who cut you in on their bonus because even though you’re “just an sales engineer” they know you really deserved more credit for this deal. You hire people who look good on paper. After 6 months – you know.

CTO Hire 320

CTO Hire Cofounder San Francisco Silicon Valley 320

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2019

Technical support specialists is another name for help desk technicians, operations analysts, or problem managers. Technical support technicians manage hardware and software issues at the basic user level. . Some computer programmers apply their skills to database management systems or operating systems. .

Technology 77

Technology Technical Support Web Development Database 77

View from Seed

JULY 31, 2014

More interesting, however, is reflecting on what “rhymes” across multiple investments within our portfolio. Included in our recent investments in this category are both Dunwello (rethinking how employee feedback and reviews are delivered) and a stealthy investment in NYC empowering software engineers. Recent Investment Themes.

Seed Stage 272

Seed Stage B2C Technical Review Disintermediation 272

Version One Ventures

MAY 3, 2023

Version One has made only one investment in the region ( Headout , a fast growing marketplace for travel experiences) and I had written a small LP cheque into an emerging fund manager ( 1947 Rise , run by the awesome Shiva Sangwan ). And I had more than 20 1:1 meetings with founders, angels, emerging fund managers and institutional VC funds.

India 87

India LP Silicon Valley Vertical 87

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 10, 2020

If you somehow manage to get a sale of 100 copies within the first month, Amazon will start promoting for you. SEO (Search Engine Optimization) has become widely popular in recent times. The term SEO demonstrates the ranking of a certain website when it is searched in the search engines like Bing, Google, etc.

Affiliate 214

Affiliate SEO Web Development Audience 214

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 21, 2013

So when I meet with GRP portfolio companies that do enterprise sales I try to emphasize the following: 1. Often your sales engineers can do the customizations without bugging the core eng team. PS Business Cannot Become a Management Distraction. [it's all in this article if you want the details].

Software Review 321

Software Review Software IP Technical Review 321

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 25, 2023

8- Property management Photo Credit: Jaden Oh Property management is a good way to make money, especially if you already know how to run a business or are good at making software for property management. It's just that many homeowners in this city don't have the time to manage multiple properties.

Software Review 118

Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur 118

YoungUpstarts

JULY 25, 2019

The work history, clients, portfolio and reviews are gone, just like that? Further, the majority of hiring managers find that utilizing freelancers help them to get more work done. Therefore, startups are best advised not to tie their fate to third-party businesses. Too big to fail.

Hiring 113

Hiring Software Review Startup API 113

Version One Ventures

JULY 24, 2019

These individuals can be entrepreneurs, engineers, PMs, data scientists, designers, creatives, writers, students, etc. The primary responsibility will be to help manage the day-to-day activities of the fund, including: Identifying new and interesting entrepreneurs and companies that align with our investment thesis on network effects.

Technical Review 125

Technical Review Advisory Board Due Diligence LP 125

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

We realized that there were certain open positions in our portfolio we wanted to call extra attention to. You'll be responsible for the successful management of the sales organization in order to meet the objectives of the Company. A week or so ago, we launched the Key Hire Wire at First Round. You make it happen.

Part-Time VPE 92

Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Engineer Sales 92

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 29, 2017

You may have the engineering and design capabilities required to operate this type of business, and you may have the best PCB layout software at your disposal, but you must be proficient in other skills in order to be successful. Explain that your service manages the entire process. Data management. What are the Challenges?

Design 100

Design Software Review India China 100

Hunter Walker

JANUARY 3, 2021

Google’s internal management approach has sustained and scaled pretty impressively over the years. Underpinning it all are OKRs — Objectives and Key Results — the framework by which individuals, teams and the entire company is managed. Or you could, of course, use this OKR template from Homebrew portfolio company Coda.

Early Stage 145

Early Stage Management Startup Portfolio 145

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

None of that can compare with being the CEO of a startup facing a rapidly diminishing bank account, your best engineer quitting, working until 10pm and rushing to the airport and catching a redeye for a “ Hail Mary ” close of a customer, with your board demanding you do it faster. People skills. People skills. Fund raising skills.

Venture Capital 332

Venture Capital Early Stage Technical Review Startup 332

David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

Managers of VC funds typically want to grow their business aggressively, just like the founders we back. First Round Capital’s forum for portfolio executives is a powerful example of a scaleable resource. This allows a VC to put more capital to work in their past portfolio companies with relatively little extra effort.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Cofounder 60

Steve Blank

JANUARY 5, 2023

General Bucky Butow – Director of the Space Portfolio. Final Problem Statement: How should the US manage China’s dominance in solar panels? For semiconductors, the White House Coordinator for the CHIPS Act – Ronnie Chatterji, and the CTO of Applied Materials – Om Nalamasu. For Artificial Intelligence, Lt.

Technical Review 353

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Technology China 353

ReadWriteStart

JULY 26, 2022

In similar conditions, modern firms can leverage supply chain management through digital transformation. The website is a search engine for the chemical industry. One can create RFQs, respond to customers for offers, develop their product portfolio, and network with each other. Obtain a competitive advantage.

Germany 175

Germany San Jose Technical Review India 175

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

He wrote a post this long weekend on how he manages the board of DataSift. In this period (less than 2 years) he has brought on incredibly talented senior execs is sales, marketing, product management, client services, finance, vp engineering and more. VCs crave the ability to help portfolio companies. You should read it.

Advisory Board 365

Advisory Board CTO Hire Fractional CTO Los Angeles 365

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Addepar and PEVCTech invite you to a dinner and presentation on “Analyzing Alternatives Data at Scale: Approaches to Computation and Data Management.” Our friends at Addepar will share insight into how their platform can be used to analyze collections of alternatives portfolios at huge scale. Bring a guest and be inspired!

NDA 60

NDA New York Software Engineering Portfolio 60

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Patch , an API platform for negative emissions, raised a $20M Series A led by Coatue Management with participation from existing investors ( Andreessen Horowitz, Pale Blue Dot and us!). Coatue Management led the round with participation from existing investors (Andreessen Horowitz, GV and us!) and new investors too.

Portfolio 60

Portfolio Canada API Valuation 60

Genuine VC

JANUARY 23, 2012

At NextView Ventures, we have a number of companies in our portfolio which are “marketplace” businesses, where buyers and sellers meet to exchange a good or service. But the most difficult challenge is starting the marketplace engine in the first place, which can be sparked with one of the techniques above.

Engineer 201

Engineer Vertical Portfolio Seed Stage 201

Version One Ventures

MAY 29, 2014

Women are underrepresented as engineers, management, investors, and founders. Business Insider recently crunched the numbers behind 26 of the top venture capital funds in Silicon Valley and learned that the percentage of female-founded startups in their portfolios ranged from a high of 19% to a low of just 4%.

Silicon Valley 167

Silicon Valley Founder Venture Capital Technical Review 167

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2022

CEO brought in to replace the founder, 5 - 10% CTO, CFO, VP of Marketing or Sales, 1.5 - 3% Chief Engineer or Architect, 1 - 1.5% Advisory Board Member, 1% Senior Engineer,3 -.7% 7% Product Manager,2 -.3% 3% If you are not on this list, just worry about getting whatever your peers are getting.

Stock Options 343

Stock Options Advisory Board Stock Startup 343

Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 18, 2017

In this new era of state sponsored hacking and fully professionalized cybercrime, it is heartening to see engineers get seriously organized and tackle something on the scale of securing the entire web. Until very recently, setting up HTTPS meant purchasing and managing certificates and configuring them correctly to work with your web server.

Caching 70

Caching Security Green Global 70

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Among the speakers are: Aaron Brown, Chief Risk Officer, AQR Capital Management. Head of Portfolio Management, AQR Capital Management. If you are a quant, trader, or financial engineer, limited VIP passes are available. We expect over 400 people. Fabio Mercurio, Head of Quantitative Analytics, Bloomberg LP.

New York 60

New York Fractional CTO CTO LP 60