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Minimum Viable Team

This is going to be BIG.

Who should you hire? Let’s start out with the basic functions of a tech company: 1) Engineering 2) Marketing 3) Sales 4) Business development 5) PR 6) Design 7) Product Management 8) HR 9) Operations 10) Finance Ok, that's just overwhelming. Getting people to join your company is a key goal of early PR.

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The Curse of Over-Capitalization

K9 Ventures

While it it may not feel that way, the data suggest that there is indeed too much capital in the system — especially so at the seed stage, with more and more individuals and larger funds trying to invest in companies at this stage.). The rush to hire results in a relaxation of “hire only A players rule.”

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The Curse of Over-Capitalization

K9 Ventures

While it it may not feel that way, the data suggest that there is indeed too much capital in the system — especially so at the seed stage, with more and more individuals and larger funds trying to invest in companies at this stage.). The rush to hire results in a relaxation of “hire only A players rule.”

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In a Strong Wind Even Turkeys Can Fly

Both Sides of the Table

Everybody was doing marketing blitzes, over-paying to steal the best staff, pimping out urban offices to the nines , and hiring in a frenzy. It’s clear that the exuberance has returned to hiring, paying large compensation, poaching staff with big payouts and large fund raising events at lofty prices.

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You Can’t Spell Hardware without H-A-R-D

K9 Ventures

And 2 seed stage companies that haven’t launched yet. This introduces new risks in terms of forecasting, financing, and logistics. In most of my hardware companies we’ve had to hire a CFO who has experience with a hardware business way earlier than we would normally consider hiring a CFO at a software company.

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Why Launching a Startup Is More Expensive Than You Think

mashable.com

And no matter what the latest trends indicate, you will eventually have to spend money on PR and marketing. million in venture financing. No doubt early-stage companies can be started on a shoestring by low-paid entrepreneurs, but when financing a scalable, sustainable product, a free application server won’t make much of a difference.

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Changes in Software & Venture Capital – Part 2 of 3

Both Sides of the Table

I believe some VCs have entered the early-stage market as simply an option on future financing rounds. The Venture Capitalists can help these young founding teams scale their engineering departments, develop business development relationships, deal with onslaught of PR, handle executive management challenges, etc.