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Scaling from maker to manager

Version One Ventures

But as the start-up scales and you hire employees, your day-to-day is taken over by more managerial tasks, like hiring and managing people, running company meetings, etc. First – choose your path: do you really want to transition into a manager? . How to grow into the role of manager.

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Kara Nortman Was Just Promoted to Co-Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures. Here’s What it All Means

Both Sides of the Table

Today we’re announcing that my partner Kara Nortman is becoming Co-Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures and I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to welcome her to her new role. He said to me (only 9 years ago), “I hope you’re not just hiring her because she’s a woman.” (I Please help me welcome Kara into her role as Co-Managing Partner.

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What Do Diversity Hiring and Work From Home Jobs Have in Common?

Transformify

’’ Diversity hiring is not about ticking boxes in checklists or having all groups represented whatever the definition might be across different geographies around the world. So, who benefits the most from work from home jobs and diversity hiring programs? Work from home jobs & Hiring Neurodiverse People.

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Gnip is Hiring In San Francisco

Feld Thoughts

Many of Gnip ‘s customers and partners are in the bay area and they have decided to begin adding people in San Francisco to better support those clients. They’ve just posted their first position in San Francisco to help manage and grow existing customers.

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Tech That Can Make The Freelance Economy Sustainable

YoungUpstarts

They want platforms and services that automate hiring and retention while ensuring freelancers feel as supported as their full-time colleagues. Managing the Freelance Economy. Named to the Forbes’ “30 Under 30” and Debrett’s 500 lists, Johnston lives in San Francisco. Business leaders have different needs, however.

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WP Engine passes $100M in revenue and secures $250M investment from Silver Lake

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

The Silicon Valley-oriented technology press outlets don’t cover us because we’re not in San Francisco, even though we’re more successful than most of the startups they cover. After the success of Smart Bear, I should be setting my sights on something big, not this.

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Lessons Learned: The product manager's lament

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, October 5, 2008 The product managers lament Life is not easy when youre working in an old-fashioned waterfall development process, no matter what role you play. The product manager was clearly struggling to get results from the rest of the team. Lets start with what the product manager does.