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. Dry carpet cleaning is a niche that is rapidly growing as homeowners and commercial establishments opt for these services due to their swift execution and deep-cleaning performance.

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Balance Sheet Technical Review Business Model Business Plan 106

Hunter Walker

OCTOBER 31, 2020

Disclaimer: I’ve never been hired by a venture firm. Qualification #1: You know how to do something specific that is valuable and needed often in pursuing a deal or servicing the portfolio. You’ve got some operational superpower. Highlighted Homebrew Portfolio Jobs. Hiring for many roles in SF, North Carolina or Remote.

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North Carolina Hiring Angel Investor Technical Review 91

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? Many VCs offer (or strive to offer) a bundle of levers and support structures to help their portfolio companies. We have lower AUM, therefore lower management fees.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 25, 2021

Startups in their infancy often face a problem when it comes to hiring. This is a problem that most startups face when hiring. If you have raised the capital that you need, you need to hire quickly to execute your plans. Questions to ask before hiring. Why is it taking so long to hire someone?

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Hiring Developer Social Media Mobile 84

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 8, 2014

Portfolio company support & analysis. Portfolio community building. Industry reviews. 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. VC firm admin.

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Jordan Technical Review Portfolio Partner 365

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

He said to me (only 9 years ago), “I hope you’re not just hiring her because she’s a woman.” (I She took an operating role helping run Citysearch and Urbanspoon. Marketing, recruiting, building data products & tools, event management, analyzing the portfolio, etc. I promise you, he really said this out loud.)

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 25, 2023

This presents a great opportunity for entrepreneurs to launch their own businesses and capitalize on the latest technology. You should give some thought to working in app development if you are proficient in coding, knowledgeable about technology, and able to learn new things quickly. There are two methods to tackle this situation.

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Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur 112

The Startup Magazine

APRIL 28, 2022

Companies of all sizes collaborate with experts to keep their tech systems up and running seamlessly. The best thing about this model is that businesses can save costs on hiring, training, and maintaining in-house support staff. Whatever the size of your business, you will have specific challenges with technology.

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Technical Review Partner Reputation Portfolio 118

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Technology also presents the opportunity to further turbocharge such “targeted care” by offloading certain care deliveries to much more scalable modalities such as text-based behavioral nudges and in-app content libraries. For one, providers need to be licensed in a particular state to see and prescribe patients from that state.

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Vertical Software Review Portfolio Demand 156

Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

For example, the 2022 United Educators Top Risks Survey , highlighted the following changes in the priorities of risks at colleges and universities: Risks related to recruitment and hiring leaped from 14 th place to 3 rd place. Many colleges and universities have specific types of operational risks.

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Management Technical Review Retention Reputation 52

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.

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Portfolio Private Equity Venture Capital Early Stage 144

Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2014

Not because they’re all operating in stealth or pre-product – in fact some already are earning $1m+ in revenue per annum. And my sense is the trend carries outside of our portfolio these days. Hiring Has Changed: Before the press was a way of generating interest for hiring. What’s changed?

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Technical Review CTO Hire Finance Stealth 118

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Running a company is distinctly different from simply having operating experience – (working in bus dev, sales or marketing.) Market/technology acuity (patterns of success, domain expertise). Rolodex/deal flow (deal sourcing/ability to make connections for the portfolio). People skills. People skills. Fund raising skills.

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Venture Capital Early Stage Technical Review Startup 332

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Since 2017 we’ve managed $3 million in revenue-based financing, which helps cash-strapped technology companies grow. We’re also regularly following-on for existing portfolio companies.”. Investment Criteria: B2B SaaS or tech-enabled services with proven, recurring contracts. Bigfoot Capital. ARR of $500K+.

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Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

I’ve listed them below in *very* roughly descending order of efficiency, measured by increased dollars one can put to work, divided by the operational dollars required to implement each strategy. . Sophisticated VC and private equity funds have a wide array of options for leveraging outside operating executives.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

VCs tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most are using the same infrastructure tools they have used for the past 20+ years: Excel and recent college grads searching Google. According to Knowledge.VC , under 5% of US VCs have a full-time team member focused on technology. . But we’re doing it slowly.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

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. You’ll get sales information from your VP of Sales, marketing information from your VP Marketing, tech information from your CTO and so on.

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CTO Hire Management Technical Review Part-Time VPE 308

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2010

GRP Partners is looking to hire two analysts (maybe even three) to join our practice in Los Angeles. If this isn’t you, we’d probably still have a look if you did something truly exception – probably at startup or tech firm. We want somebody who is ready, willing and able to debate tech with us.

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Los Angeles Technical Review Due Diligence Venture Capital 290

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

A version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. He just hired Meg Whitman. Tech IPO prices exploded and subsequent trading prices rose to dizzying heights as the stock prices became disconnected from the traditional metrics of revenue and profits. Then the cycle repeats with a new set of technologies.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Invest in New Technologies Technology is constantly evolving, and so must your business. To stay competitive, it’s important to invest in the latest technologies that can help streamline operations, reduce overhead costs, and improve customer service. All of these factors can help increase sales and grow your business.

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Artificial Inteligence Guerilla Technical Review Stock Options 52

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

One example is that they introduced a program where their founders can pool together shares from their company and exchange them for a small portfolio of other First Round Capital companies. Howard Morgan earned a PhD in Operations Research/Computer Science in 1968. I'm a huge fan of this innovation. They have sixteen people on staff.

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Pre-Money Valuation Technical Review Cofounder Cram Down 284

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Her work included heading Nokia’s location-based services business and app portfolio for emerging markets, which she built from a back-of-a-napkin idea to a 100-person organization with over 10 million users. It comes as no surprise as technology today enables companies to prove product-market fit much earlier in their lifecycles.

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Venture Capital Balance Sheet Technical Review Portfolio 60

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. I’d argue that the same type of technologies that have revolutionized dating can revolutionize our industry. . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations.

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. Oblong, Minority Report, and the rise of Spatial Operating Systems.

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Technical Review Venture Capital Silicon Valley Software Review 288

Rob Go

JANUARY 18, 2012

In a prior post about what it’s like to be a VC I made the claim that even if an investor has operating experience, that experience gets stale after a few years. This led to the following question in my comments: “You mention that operational skills begin to decline 2 years into the job. Couple observations.

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Operations Technical Review Investment Bankers Cofounder 50

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Craig Schmitz, a partner in the Technology Companies Group at law firm Godwin Proctor LLP who works on corporate, governance, board and fundraising issues, and Erika Fisher, an associate in the firm’s Business Law Department who deals with IP, fielded questions about the legal issues startups face. Debt or convertible securities (e.g.,

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Convertible Security IP Technical Review Software Review 100

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

portfolios. Usually in a tech / software startup 70-80% of your costs will be people. How many people will you hire in the first 24 months and in which sequence. I won’t need to hire many engineers or customer support staff. 66% Net Operating Margins? Each quarter you should review your model.

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Business Plan AJAX Venture Capital Technical Review 334

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

TL;DR Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies. 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

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2010

If I’m interested I get to spend more time with them, if I’m not I don’t have to – A few companies per month come in that have fascinating business ideas that warrant my spending more time trying to understand their people, company, technology and market. Tags: Tech Market Analysis VC Industry.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2022

Some businesses have had to change structures and make operational changes to thrive and survive. We had to make the difficult decision to cut down on staff and this allowed us to hire workers at lower rates. Due to that, we decided to widen our client base to increase our revenue. 14- Leveraging technology.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 21, 2018

The advancements in modern technology have made it possible for just about anyone to turn their idea, hobbies, or professional skills into a lucrative opportunity. You can create a website or portfolio online for free or at a very low monthly rate. Starting a business is a dream that has become a reality to many people today.

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Software Review Technical Review Social Media Software 87

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Recruits, hires, and retains the very best talent for the company. Matt Blumberg, who runs one of Fred’s portfolio companies, Return Path, follows up with an additional three : Don’t be a bottleneck (make sure you aren’t holding up people’s work). Hiring & Firing the CEO. Selling the company.

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Ireland Sales Bankruptcy Germany 319

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’re calling them NextView Operator Guilds. . Building a great product.

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Operations Cofounder Technical Review Angel Investor 176

www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Home ▶ Businesses ▶ Startup Business Advice ▶ Current Page How To Find A Technical Cofounder For Your Online Business Idea. This article should also serve as a starting guide for programmers who are approached about becoming technical co-founders. Before You Pitch To A Technical Cofounder.

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Technical Cofounder Cofounder Technical Review NDA 41

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2018

It could be more revenue, hiring clients or launching a new product or service, but every new year is an exciting time because it’s ripe with opportunity. This means constantly looking for improvements to our automation technology, using that automation more, and diligently pursuing excellence for each client’s dream website.

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Detroit Entrepreneur Technical Review Revenue 88

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 16, 2020

It could be more revenue, hiring clients or launching a new product or service, but every new year is an exciting time because it’s ripe with opportunity. Due to the pandemic, not everyone has been lucky enough to keep their jobs. In just a few short years the disruptive elements of advanced technological change will be felt globally.

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Entrepreneur Agile Artificial Inteligence San Francisco 147

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Individual angels are tax planning, and VC’s are busy dressing up and shoring up their existing portfolios. If you are growing and hiring, you will find people more amenable to changing jobs at some times than at others. The price of hiring mistakes goes up exponentially as you start to scale.

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Technical Review Strategic Investors Hiring Software Review 48