Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

There’s too much PR and too many tech blogs and too many newsletters and aggregators and Twitter summarizers to even try to catch everything that’s going on and equally there’s so much noise that it becomes harder to be heard. .” And do the things that you ARE doing better and with higher quality.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Hire People Who Make Things Happen – crowdspring.co/1fMczta. Why Founders Can’t Afford to Have Any Weak Links | by Mark Suster – crowdspring.co/18L78oE. Why Founders Can’t Afford to Have Any Weak Links | by Mark Suster – crowdspring.co/18L78oE. Hire People Who Make Things Happen – crowdspring.co/1fMczta.

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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. This applies to both founders and to VC’s that work with them. But I work hard not to “skip&# below the CEO or founders.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 9, 2014

Founders with Kids – crowdspring.co/1rW91oS. Surprising Trends in Startup Founder Equity Stakes | by Tomasz Tunguz – crowdspring.co/1njnhbl. Surprising Trends in Startup Founder Equity Stakes | by Tomasz Tunguz – crowdspring.co/1njnhbl. Founders with Kids – crowdspring.co/1rW91oS.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2010

One of his investors called him, “the best CFO in our entire portfolio.&# ). I wrote a blog post about being hands on where I argued that startup founders need to be hands-on or in my words, “you can’t run a burger chain if you’ve never flipped burgers.&#. But even then I think it’s funny.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Nicole most recently comes to us from SmartBear Software , where she was responsible for the launch and marketing for an entire product: overseeing activities like PR, creative, content creation, and social media engagement. We want to help founders both inside and outside of our portfolio with the things which we think matter most: 1.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

They might struggle to hire a-players because, well, would you go work at Public Storage to build their software capabilities? That marketing can be PR or SEO or influencer distribution or other forms of “unpaid” marketing. Our portfolio company Ring had a new “security doorbell” which is truly a new market.

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K9 Ventures

JUNE 12, 2012

This situation is not always in the best interest of founders. Founders typically get their equity in a company once — at the time of founding and then get diluted with each subsequent round of financing. My answer to that is because every founder believes that they are different and smarter than the founders of other companies.

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K9 Ventures

JUNE 12, 2012

This situation is not always in the best interest of founders. Founders typically get their equity in a company once — at the time of founding and then get diluted with each subsequent round of financing. My answer to that is because every founder believes that they are different and smarter than the founders of other companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

Each VC has their own take on which services to provide and mostly they’re free but some smaller VCs charge portfolio companies for use of these services but usually at a cheap cost. Side Note : Upfront has hired Kerry Bennett as a member of our executive management team to run marketing – please follow her on Twitter here ].

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

I’ve primarily seen quantitative analytic techniques used in origination , filtering , and in portfolio company recruiting , but technology can be used throughout the nine steps of the private company investing process: The 9 Steps of the Private Company Investing Process. 8) Accelerate portfolio company value. 9% (1 / 12).

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Hire for potential, says Jason Fried of 37signals - crowdspring.co/1aHHrTp. Hire for potential - crowdspring.co/1aHHrTp. The Unexpected Compensation Trends of Post-Series A Startup Founder/CEOs – crowdspring.co/1iu3ukT. A Guide to Designing a Portfolio Website - crowdspring.co/HarwpQ. Ever – crowdspring.co/1bjsecN.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2012

I wonder sometimes if founders even know about the hours their lawyers or advisers put in on evenings, weekends, vacations. I had dinner with my friend Brooke Hammerling , founder of Brew PR recently. Coincidentally my good friend Roger Ehrenberg wrote a post this past week on founders having trust in their VCs.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

The best drivers apply the brakes just ahead of the curve (they take out excess costs), turn hard toward the apex of the curve (identify the short list of projects that will form the next business model), and accelerate hard out of the curve (spend and hire before markets have rebounded). Here are some things you can do. recession in 2009.”.

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View from Seed

JULY 9, 2015

It’s a common question that every VC fields from founders — and founders field from other founders, and marketers field from founders, and PR people field from founders. In light of that partnership, founders should be proactive about asking them to delay — if that’s your desire.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

2 – Advertising Agency & Boutique PR and Advertising Agencies. Prior to starting my own public relations and marketing consultancy, I worked for one of the largest global advertising agencies as well as smaller boutique PR and advertising agencies. Thanks to Natalie Harper, Harper PR. #3 Image Credit: Natalie Harper.

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 8, 2019

Then from the mid 2000s, value add began moving beyond the partner to the firm as VCs began employing people who’s full time job was helping their portfolio. The most common strategies are to provide networking services and content to portfolio leaders so they can be more effective in their jobs. . Building platforms.

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The Equity Kicker

MAY 22, 2015

In recent years VCs have been rushing to add value by hiring non-investors to help their portfolio companies. Google Ventures: has teams that help portfolio companies with design, engineering, recruiting, marketing and partnerships. Greylock: have a data scientist who helps their portfolio. And there’s us.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

but the food was awesome, & the PR wasn’t bad either). And in addition to helping each other, they also started funding each other , and even helped YC select future batches of founders. And in addition to helping each other, they also started funding each other , and even helped YC select future batches of founders.

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The Equity Kicker

JUNE 23, 2016

The exceptions come for a myriad of reasons, common ones include experienced founders are able to raise seed or even Series A size rounds at the pre-seed stage, companies in hot markets or sectors (e.g. current account startups in the UK last year), and situations where tech development or regulatory costs demand more capital.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 5, 2014

Another case in point, Spark Capital just hired Kate Bolin --someone that had been interviewed at a portfolio company of theirs that had made a good enough impression that they labeled her as someone to stay in touch with. And no, analyzing startups is not a portfolio company benefit. That''s a benefit to the VC firm.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

When we create new platform initiatives, our team tries to think about how we can be the most impactful with our portfolio companies. And they tell us over and over again that they just care about four things: Hiring and developing a great team. Pierre Valade, Co-Founder of Sunrise & Mobile Designer at Microsoft.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 8, 2018

But until you’ve grown your business enough to cover the cost of hiring someone on full time, you’ll have to roll up your sleeves and do it yourself—but outsourcing can be a good third alternative. When you outsource to a freelancer or agency, another benefit is that you’ll usually be able to hire someone with specific expertise.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 29, 2017

Sometimes the client hires you, sometimes they don’t. This is my favorite business quote because it removes all external factors and focuses on the most important one for launching a business — the founder. The company’s success is a determinant of the founder. Thanks to Bryanne Lawless, BLND PR ! #17

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 20, 2015

A while back, a larger fund courted one of my portfolio companies heavily. I wasn''t sure if this firm was the best partner for the company, so I reached out to an experienced founder who had been through lots of rounds as both an entrepreneur and an angel investor. If I didn''t get them some PR, could they have gotten it anyway?

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Don’t expect an outside agency to sacrifice more leads for better leads if they’re hired and fired on quantity. The familiar proverb applies: “No-one ever got fired for hiring IBM.”. Tom Tunguz offers a framework that uses a scale from 1 to 10 to assess demand generation portfolios: 1. How to hire a demand generation specialist.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 17, 2010

In addition to supporting their portfolio companies in coming to the event, they also have taken the additional step of underwriting a limited number of discounted tickets that are available to the general public. Our sponsors continue to support the conference as well as deserving entrepreneurs.

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K9 Ventures

JULY 21, 2016

That’s 7 out of about 29 investments that K9 has made to date and so that’s almost 1/4 of the K9 portfolio. Last year we hosted a K9 Founders’ Hardware Geekout at the The Kennel and talked through a bunch of the issues that arise in hardware companies. And 2 seed stage companies that haven’t launched yet.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 20, 2021

Note that if you’re familiar with the business model canvas, Steps 1-4 below are equivalent to a visual map of the choices a founder makes as they develop a business model canvas. Clayton Christensen’s Jobs to Be Done framework proposes that focusing solely on customer data leads founders on a wild goose chase.

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Steve Blank

JULY 16, 2009

Successful pinball companies didn’t hire Hollywood talent. Meanwhile our company was pouring an enormous amount of dollars into building tools and video compression technology, while also hiring a lot of high-priced Hollywood talent like art directors, and script and story editors. I know what’s great and what’s not.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

How to hire – crowdspring.co/15u6LKW. The One Thing You Can Control as Founder and CEO: You | KISSmetrics Blog – crowdspring.co/18q8kO9. How to hire – crowdspring.co/15u6LKW. 40 inspiring portfolio pages | Design Reviver – crowdspring.co/1btPnx2. How to fake courage | 42Floors – crowdspring.co/15DHDos.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 22, 2015

5 Mistakes You’re Making When Hiring Millennials [link] crowdspring.co/1A6ihAR Ghost founder on how to grow a successful design career by blogging [link]. Diario/Journal FICCI on Los Andes Portfolios [link] crowdspring.co/1KQ2tDo Erase Hate / Skate Deck on Corcoran Portfolios [link] crowdspring.co/1H4GMB5 1KQ30VW .

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Hey, Startup Founders: You’re Networking Wrong | Fast Company – crowdspring.co/17EoClm. Why Companies Should Hire The Best Workers–Wherever They Are – crowdspring.co/1ejgY52. 30 Best Portfolio Websites in Red Color | iBrandStudio – crowdspring.co/14azoiL. ” | HBR – crowdspring.co/17HOMUp.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

These are areas that may be gaps in the portfolio of large companies, and are perfect for M&A deals in three to five years after building enough validation and $10-$20 million in revenue. Through SEO and mommy blog PR, Lee can tap into this market. There are 110,000 monthly search queries looking for "stretch mark(s) removal."

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

These are areas that may be gaps in the portfolio of large companies, and are perfect for M&A deals in three to five years after building enough validation and $10-$20 million in revenue. Through SEO and mommy blog PR, Lee can tap into this market. There are 110,000 monthly search queries looking for "stretch mark(s) removal."

Marketing 52

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

Hearpreneur

JULY 20, 2018

A family is very important to me, so when it came time to select a name for my marketing/pr agency, I wanted something that was a quiet connection to the two people I love the most – my husband and son. Thanks to Robyn Lanci, Owl PR ! #12- So the Owl is a nod to my son, whose bedroom is Owl themed. Photo Credit: Max Spielberg.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

When we were deciding what to call our new PR agency we started by writing down a bunch of words that describe what we do, that we felt passionate about. While we were working on the logo it dawned on us that PR was actually uPRoar’s middle name. Thanks to Michael Harris, Uproar PR ! #15 12 – A Friend Helped.

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