YoungUpstarts

MAY 1, 2014

By Russell Harley, veteran project manager and Director at PMO. This is a companion article to “ Five Ways to be a More Effective Project Manager “ That article obviously dealt with Project Managers improving their capabilities. The first would require a Cisco Network Engineer, not a Project Manager.

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Hiring Management Technical Review Networking 140

YoungUpstarts

JULY 25, 2019

However, many use employment platforms like Fiverr or UpWork to make these hires – and the platforms themselves are anything but unshakable institutions. The work history, clients, portfolio and reviews are gone, just like that? The work history, clients, portfolio and reviews are gone, just like that? Too big to fail.

Hiring 113

Hiring Software Review Startup API 113

Transformify

AUGUST 18, 2022

A well-managed business should use both in a proper ratio. Freelancers are being hired for their competitive rate, skills, and versatility. Of course, it can’t all just be that, so today, we’ll be discussing why you should consider hiring freelancers for your business. One isn’t a replacement for the other.

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Hiring Technical Review Salary Employee 95

View from Seed

AUGUST 27, 2014

The best writer I ever hired at a startup wasn’t a former journalist. The best writer I ever hired at a startup didn’t have a resume. The best writer I ever hired at a startup is trying to work at your startup all the time, but 99 out of 100 times, you pass. Why We All Usually Botch This Hire.

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Hiring Startup Technical Review PR 335

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 31, 2023

In order to build a successful Shopify store, many users may choose to hire someone with expertise in these areas. The Shopify Experts marketplace operates with the Shopify Partner program — the actual site and community management system. The program will provide you with a dashboard for managing and building client sites.

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Curation Portfolio eCommerce Programming 140

David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

As I’ve worked to build out HOF Capital ’s portfolio acceleration platform , the #1 question I think about is: how do we scalably support our companies? We have lower AUM, therefore lower management fees. Many VCs offer (or strive to offer) a bundle of levers and support structures to help their portfolio companies.

Portfolio 60

Portfolio Technical Review Private Equity Database 60

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The most significant advantages of offshore development, such as lower costs, access to a larger pool of qualified development companies, resource management, flexibility, etc., Worldwide talent hiring. Almost all businesses today, regardless of size or industry, are using offshore development to build and enhance their own software.

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VC Adventure

OCTOBER 14, 2020

We’ve kept ourselves intentionally small as a firm so can keep our close connection with our portfolio founders from due diligence, to investment, and throughout the lifecycle of our investments. Foundry Group is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies and venture fund managers. A LITTLE ABOUT YOU.

Networking 99

Networking Technical Review Hiring North America 99

Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

As fires, school shootings, and public scandals at colleges and universities hit the headlines, risk management for higher education is taking center stage for boards. Potential legislation targeting campus safety is also putting added pressure on higher education boards, motivating them to focus more intently on risk management.

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Management Technical Review Retention Reputation 52

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2017

LESSON #1: Equip your business with a portfolio map and a 21st century org chart. To do the same, Alex recommends building two things: a business portfolio map that recognizes invention as necessary and an updated organization chart. LESSON #3: Avoid these three hiring mistakes. Second, don’t simply hire your buddies.

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Lean Startup CTO Hire Cofounder 245

David Teten

MARCH 28, 2012

Best Practices in Venture Capital Portfolio Company Value Creation. In addition, in light of increasing competition in the startup funding space, a methodology for helping portfolio companies consistently is a strong competitive advantage. I’ve also posted this at Betabeat.). View more presentations from David Teten.

Portfolio 144

Portfolio Private Equity Venture Capital Early Stage 144

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. As a content management system we had lots of write activities and went with Postgres. Senior management feels undermined.

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CTO Hire Management Technical Review Part-Time VPE 308

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 4, 2014

By Russell Harley, veteran project manager and Director at PMO. Just like many other areas of project management, they have their benefits and their challenges. The company decided there was enough work to justify hiring Neo, our software engineer. Matrix teams are a common method of staffing projects.

Management 150

Management Software Engineering Green Engineer 150

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 25, 2024

They look at portfolios, LinkedIn profiles, cover letters, resumes, and, of course, your applications. AI Can’t Do Everything You can’t use AI to reach out to recruiters and Hiring Managers to explain why you’re a good fit. And you know what? Recruiters are going to know that, too.

Technical Review 101

Technical Review Algorithm Networking Portfolio 101

Up and Running

DECEMBER 8, 2021

But the value that a strong patent portfolio can give your company is unmatched. It covers which innovations you select to give patent protection to, which markets you want to protect patents, who you hire to prepare your patent applications, etc. Hire a skilled patent attorney. How to establish a strong patent strategy.

Technical Review 88

Technical Review Portfolio Startup Intellectual Property 88

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2023

This blog aims to guide you through the process, from the initial steps of conducting market research to operational management, hiring staff, and more. Hiring Staff Your staff will often be the face of your business, interacting directly with customers. Finding the sweet spot where quality meets affordability is key.

Balance Sheet 107

Balance Sheet Technical Review Business Model Business Plan 107

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 8, 2014

Portfolio company support & analysis. Portfolio community building. Most firms hire associates straight out of MBA programs and usually it is a “2-3 years and out” type of job. At Upfront VC we have a very strict policy to hire pre MBAs into the role. Deal screening. Industry reviews. VC firm admin.

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Jordan Technical Review Portfolio Partner 365

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

(Almost) everything you need to know (but are afraid to ask) before you wistfully ask a product manager to coffee so they will help you find a job. TL;DR Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies.

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Management Product Technical Review Software Review 85

Brandanew

OCTOBER 22, 2015

And this is where as a business owner, you should consider hiring a marketing communications agency. You need to be good with one thing- creating and managing your product portfolio. Focus your energies on what you do best and hire help where you don’t have the required background. Be Found Well.

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Hiring Social Media Marketing B2C 100

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Hire/advisors from the inside industry but use them to make you smarter not just to outsource the work. Eventually you’ll need to build an in-house team to manage regulatory affairs. Have them tell you how they helped other companies in their portfolio succeed, pitfalls to avoid, and the lobbying resources they can bring to bear.

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Washington Government Marketing Silicon Valley 271

The Startup Magazine

APRIL 2, 2022

To maximize the benefits of hiring freelance workers, it is important to learn how to support them and work with them properly. . Hiring talented and skilled freelancers can help cut costs for many businesses. Hiring talented and skilled freelancers can help cut costs for many businesses. Be Ready for Them. Communicate.

Salary 141

Salary Hiring Portfolio Cost 141

VC Cafe

AUGUST 11, 2022

A couple of weeks ago I was did a fireside chat with Alon Grinshpoon, founder and CEO of Echo3D , a CDN and CMS for 3D content in the cloud and a Remagine Ventures portfolio company, as part of an entrepreneurial finance MBA class in Tel Aviv University. And Founder-investor fit can be a huge asset if you manage to find it.

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Founder Term Sheet Cofounder Venture Capital 187

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

You hire people who look good on paper. So one of the surest signs you’ve hired a leader is the willingness of his or her former team to re-assemble. When you’re hiring most reference checkers focus on the person’s former bosses. Working hard together at a big company just isn’t the same. You REALLY know.

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CTO Hire Cofounder San Francisco Silicon Valley 320

Version One Ventures

JANUARY 21, 2015

One of the best parts about having a strong portfolio filled with smart people is the wise advice that founders share with each other. In this case, one of V1’s portfolio companies has been looking to hire a VP of Sales and I asked Jon Zimmerman ( @jpzimmerman ), CEO of Front Desk , to share his experiences and insight on the matter.

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Sales Hiring Vertical Portfolio 60

David Teten

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Last week I had a chance to interview Kyle Stalzer, President at Tackk (a portfolio company of my firm, ff Venture Capital ), about an issue that’s top of mind for a lot of our companies: How to Recruit an A-Quality Designer for Your Company. Don’t just hire the first promising candidate.

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Design Web Hiring Offshore 114

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

You will spend the rest of your time working alongside the partners throughout the investment process – analyzing investment opportunities, assisting in market research and diligence, and post-investment portfolio support. NextView is a thematic, seed-stage VC firm focused on the Everyday Economy with $500M+ of capital under management.

Technical Review 156

Technical Review North America Seed Stage Bandwidth 156

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. We don’t sit in a room and pontificate about what they need — we just ask.

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Operations Cofounder Technical Review Angel Investor 176

YoungUpstarts

JULY 30, 2019

Realizing that you can gain education from both environments allows an opportunity for you to thrive as an employee and manage a successful side hustle. As a result of limited job functions in a large corporate environment, it doesn’t give you the full breadth of work involved in successfully managing an enterprise.

Small Business Administration 140

Small Business Administration SBA Portfolio Small Business 140

Up and Running

JANUARY 8, 2018

As Fortune 500 Product Manager Andre Bourque explained in an article in CIO , “As an entrepreneur, you are a problem-solver. 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.

Entrepreneur 177

Entrepreneur Algorithm Hiring Web Development 177

View from Seed

JUNE 5, 2018

Last week, we hosted our very first portfolio-only Hiring Bootcamp in NYC, led by NextView’s talent advisor Kristen Caldwell. The quest for building such hiring machine is universal across companies at various stages. Measure and manage your recruiting effort like a marketing/sales funnel. Metrics, metrics, and metrics!

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Hiring Portfolio Metrics B2C 120

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. 1) Manage the firm . This is harder than it sounds.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

View from Seed

APRIL 26, 2018

At the seed stage, hiring great people is one of the most important things to get right. I saw this first-hand at Blue Apron — I had to hire 30+ people across a ton of different functions in just under two years. If you have to hire several people this year, you won’t want to miss this session.

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Hiring Seed Stage Portfolio Acquisition 120

The Startup Magazine

APRIL 28, 2022

The best thing about this model is that businesses can save costs on hiring, training, and maintaining in-house support staff. It helps you pick the right partners and service portfolio for your business. With such a partner, you have the option to outsource or manage tech internally, just the way you want and need.

Technical Review 119

Technical Review Partner Reputation Portfolio 119

Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 11, 2018

This means transitioning from maker to manager. In the early days, the first handful of employees likely formed a single tight-knit group and the management structure was pretty flat. Scaling from founder to manager is going to take a whole village – coaches, mentors, peers, feedback from your company and direct reports.

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Leadership Framework Hiring Portfolio 157

Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

The Innovation Portfolio. Companies manage these three types of innovation with an innovation portfolio – they build innovation internally, they buy it or they partner with resources outside their company. What can companies learn from others’ failed efforts to integrate startups into large companies?

Acquisition 332

Acquisition Intellectual Property Silicon Valley Startup 332

David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

Managers of VC funds typically want to grow their business aggressively, just like the founders we back. First Round Capital’s forum for portfolio executives is a powerful example of a scaleable resource. This allows a VC to put more capital to work in their past portfolio companies with relatively little extra effort.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Cofounder 60

Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 15, 2020

At Foundry Group, we are hiring a Head of Network. We’re looking for someone with the vision, background, experience, and skills to help us form the next chapter for The Foundry Network and to continue to grow and adapt how we work with our ecosystem in ways that support and empower our portfolio of companies and VC funds.

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Networking Hiring North America Venture Capital 176