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FEBRUARY 9, 2022

You have 5-10 years of professional experience as a technology operator, founder, and/or investor. NextView is a thematic, seed-stage VC firm focused on the Everyday Economy with $500M+ of capital under management. You have a strong network in the NYC startup ecosystem that is additive to our team. About NextView.

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DECEMBER 17, 2015

I recently chatted with Saurya about how he approaches hiring engineers at Google and what founders can learn. We hire generalists because the company wants to be able to dissolve one division one day if it’s not working, and then move those same people into something else that’s new or already working.

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APRIL 21, 2015

But it was great experience to put yourself in an uncomfortable place to manage 90 Type A personalities. As an engineer at Boeing, I had no idea how the company I worked for really operated. Do you find yourself hiring operators or PMs with that background? Poort: The Entrepreneurial Manager.

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APRIL 5, 2016

Rachael is enrolled at the Startup Institute , an eight-week program that teaches its pupils the nuances of web development, web design, technical marketing, or sales and account management. She is a student on the web development track—and based on her background, that might seem a little hard to believe. How to Land the Perfect Startup Job.

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APRIL 8, 2020

Try to understand the context this person is operating in. Take some of that outbound effort, and task salespeople to account manager efforts. Another thing you should slow down with is hiring. So track who you want to hire, and watch, and connect with them during this time. But we are in unusual times.

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APRIL 2, 2015

And since I’m an operator, not investor, I recognize just how valuable all the casual, daily discussions inside a VC’s office can be to fellow operators and entrepreneurs. To focus on hiring briefly: Seed-stage startups lack early traction but make up for it with tons of promise.

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JANUARY 13, 2015

You may not be able to control the operational complexity and economics of your business even though there is a lot of demand. The observation here is that founders of great B2B companies more often than not have some demonstrable track record as operators or entrepreneurs. Teams are durable; traction less so.

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AUGUST 5, 2014

We started the process of building our company culture early, before we hired any employees, by writing down our desired values. Hiring: We look for people oriented towards (even obsessed with) learning and growth. Our operations manager Rob notes that he wouldn’t have been able to get a pup without this flexibility.

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JULY 28, 2015

I recall that when I was a management consultant at The Parthenon Group, a pretty analytical place, one of my friends in our associate class was clearly the most analytical one in the bunch. A culture that accepts risk is also critical because, at the early stages, you are operating with very little data. Guess what he’s doing now?

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