Hiring Management Option Pool Product 
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 3, 2010
It meant that the management teams hadn’t figured out a product / market fit for their own businesses. But to be clear the overwhelming majority of deals involve one company driving the cultural integration, establishment of uniform processes, hiring / firing decisions, etc. Been there, done that, made the mistake.
Austin Startup
JANUARY 25, 2020
This was my time at a Wall Street firm that had hired me after I applied for their Junior Stockbroker position, a little while after I graduated from college. SXSW brings a huge chunk of the music and tech world together in one city every year in March, and most startups launch their products there every year. How did I get the gig?
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Hunter Walker
MAY 7, 2014
Whether it’s adding capacity to an existing function (#MawrEngineers) or bringing new talents onboard (“we intend to make our first marketing hire”), glossing over these bullet points towards the back of the pitch deck would be a mistake. I’m interested in not just what these people will be doing but how and when they’ll be hired.
Hunter Walker
AUGUST 7, 2017
But employee option pool is important enough that I wanted to briefly expand upon my comment above. While you should expect these sorts of hires to take below market cash comp versus what Google is paying them, this tradeoff needs to be replaced with equity upside.
VC Adventure
NOVEMBER 1, 2018
One of the key functions of a board is to hire and fire the CEO. Most decisions are delegated to the CEO and management team. There are, of course, some items that the board has specific decision making authority over (buying another company, increasing the option pool, signing leases of a certain size, etc.).
www.inc.com
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
Leadership & Managing | Tuesdays. LEADERSHIP & MANAGING. Managing Creativity. Back in 1997, Randy Parker was staring at a blank whiteboard, wondering where hed find the money to hire the employees and consultants he needed to build his new product. "We Be Connected & Productive Anywhere, Any Time.
VC Cafe
OCTOBER 16, 2010
I wanted to share some of the questions I’ve found particularly useful for startups: What SaaS products are on the startup’s toolchain in 2010? Basecamp – project management. What is the most effective way to get the word out about a new product? How do bootstrapped companies hire talent? 5 engineers.
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