Hiring Later Stage Operations PR 
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 15, 2015
The wrong first hire could kill a company, so apply the Mark Zuckerberg test: “Would I be comfortable reporting to this person if the roles were reversed? They also love hiring creative minds, so they ask potential employees about their hobbies at the interview stage. Lecture 14: How To Operate. How to Get Started.
The Next Web
AUGUST 26, 2013
Today, in steps 10-12 I want to discuss with you raising your first round of money, hiring to develop and maintain your company culture, as well as defining your role in the management of your startup. Learn how to hire and maintain your company culture. When I started my first business, I often got advised to hire “A people”.
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David Teten
SEPTEMBER 23, 2017
In venture capital in particular, early-stage companies are often operating in frontier industries, where the rules are unpredictable and conventional analytic frameworks may be misleading. ExitRound helps early stage companies identify buyers. 9) Time, market, and exit investment.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 21, 2010
I know he’s smart but you wouldn’t hire a Javascript developer to do your database design – would you? But as with consulting, PR, web design and even VC – it’s not just the firm it’s also the individual. I always try operate on the “Fixed Fee +&# arrangement.
View from Seed
MARCH 8, 2016
Jesse Derris is the founder and CEO of Derris & Company , a PR, branding, and communications firm based in New York. They might believe that branding is a fluffy idea or a later-stage need, and right now, they need to move faster, launch, learn, grow, and survive. Is that the wrong mentality?
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 29, 2011
Open cloud led by Amazon with their AWS services drove total operating costs down by 90%. Amazon in turn led to the formation of an earlier stage of venture capital now led by what I call “micro VCs&# who typically invest $250-500k in companies rather than the $5-7 million that VCs used to invest.
techcrunch.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
This is the first post in what’s going to be a series of blogs on how to go from nothing – no connections, no team, no money and no knowledge of how the startup industry really works – to operating a growing business. Inevitably, the excuses begin: I need to hire people to build the product. I don’t know any developers. No legal muck.
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