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What does a Head of People do? Learning from Ada’s Chelsea MacDonald

Version One Ventures

And Sin-Mei Tsai , VP of Engineering at Shippo, discussed code quality. And she has just about completed 60 to 140 ( Ada is hiring !). Unlike “traditional” departments such as Engineering, Product, Sales, Marketing, BD, Customer Support/Success, People is a relatively new leadership function. Shared my thoughts with you!

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Why good people leave large tech companies

Steve Blank

The director had complained to his boss, the VP of Engineering, who admitted his hands were tied, as this was a “facilities matter,” and the VP of facilities reported to the CFO. So, this was a meeting of last resort, as the engineering director was making one last appeal to the CFO to keep his team in town. The founders.

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People Management: Startup Teams Should Dip but not Skip

Both Sides of the Table

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.

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How to build the right management team

Version One Ventures

There’s a lot of debate surrounding the right time to bring executive level hires into your start-up. Every start-up is unique so the same path won’t work for every company and management team. With that said, here are some general guidelines I have developed over the years for building a management team.

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Hiring Executives: If You’ve Never Done the Job, How Do You Hire Somebody Good?

Ben's Blog

The biggest difference between being a great functional manager and being a great general manager—and particularly a great CEO—is that as a general manager, you must hire and manage people who are far more competent at their jobs than you would be at their jobs. Probably none. Step 1: Know what you want.

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Building a High-Tech Startup Team

Business Plan Blog

The single most important factor to raising capital for any tech startup is the management team. A bonafide team is the assurance that the idea can be executed and that the business can scale when the time is right. Don’t hire people with skills and qualifications similar to yours. Don’t make everyone a founder.

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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: TripAdvisor

Seeing Both Sides

I first met Steve when he was VP of Engineering at Centerline software, a software development tools startup, and I was a junior in college. Kaufer originally hired writers to product professional reviews and allowed user reviews on a whim. Scaling Lesson 1: Focus On Finding A Great Business Model. Think about that.