This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 5, 2014

About seven years ago, I wrote a post on breaking into venture capital and I continue to point the five or six people a week who ask me how to break into venture. Like lefties out of the bullpen, VC firms now have recruiting partners, pr and marketing experts, technologists-in-residents--and USV even has an on board activist.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Sequoia, the top venture capital firm on the face of the earth, put in a growth round that valued the company at close to half a unicorn. I imagined a future Wing media arm with a TV channel, a venture capital fund… …and then it all came crashing down. Audrey Gelman was on the cover of Inc magazine, visibly pregnant.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2014

I''ve closed three investments in the first Brooklyn Bridge Ventures fund that haven''t quite been made public yet, bringing the total to 13 companies. They''re building up their PR plans to make the financing announcements part of a larger story arc. Are you looking to hire? Venture Capital & Technology'

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

o Huge on PR, “Be Everywhere” is his motto – fly to NY, proactively everywhere he could get press. o Early on they hired 3 people from ACT software at once (more team hiring) on staff and supplement it with Agency (in LA worked with First Communications – good). To make PR big you need to find a way to “make news”.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

The Myth of Venture Capital | Re/code by Jon Oringer – crowdspring.co/1tNFeV7. Bad Notes on Venture Capital – crowdspring.co/1u3NJvn. This Invaluable Lesson Will Keep You From Making Catastrophic Hiring Mistakes - crowdspring.co/XeV4JS. Hiring startup engineers? WordStream – crowdspring.co/1tOs1vg.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2014

C’mon Illinois … Interactive Map: Where The Venture Capital Dollars Are Going | WSJ – crowdspring.co/1wpmKKa. Hire the Right Type of VP Marketing ?Or All young entrepreneurs should read … My Last Day At PivotDesk | Kelly Taylor’s Blog – crowdspring.co/1sZar6P.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

How to hire and keep good women technologists | LinkedIn - crowdspring.co/1harsCi. Keith Rabois on the Role of a COO, How to Hire and Why Transparency Matters - crowdspring.co/1bCtGfO. How You Get Slaughtered in a Down Round: When Taking Venture Capital Doesn’t Go as Planned – crowdspring.co/MvF29W.

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Business Plan Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2013

This is true for early stage funding as well as venture capital funding. Furthermore, when faced with adversity only great teams can respond to competitors, markets, funding environments, staff departures, PR disasters and the like. Don’t hire people with skills and qualifications similar to yours.

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Transformify

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Phil Strazzulla is the Founder of SelectSoftware in the HR software space, as well as NextWave Hire in the employer branding arena. Phil started his career working in venture capital before getting into employer branding. Obviously, if you can find channels that lead to lower cost per hire, this saves the company money.

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The Next Web

APRIL 10, 2014

In the midst of what seems like a golden age for entrepreneurship and venture capital, accelerators are all over the place and corporations are eagerly looking to run their own acceleration programs, too. It is great for PR, innovation and business development purposes and in some cases, for tax benefits as well.

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AUGUST 8, 2011

The point is, someone building a career in venture capital that doesn't include prior entrepreneurial success probably doesn't look like they have much to offer in the beginning. you want an investor with a large local network of potential hires. A great hire is going to be there everyday in the trenches.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

Huge structural under-employment in much of the country and full employment in some niche tech markets where it’s impossible to hire developers, designers or sales professionals. When your competition does irrational things to grow fueled by low-cost capital it makes it harder for you to compete by playing by the conventional rules.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Your highest priority right now is hiring the 1 or 2 people that are going to join your company and make a difference. When you think about the success that is Silicon Valley, the unfair advantage is not just the huge amounts of available venture capital. Not to mention every major agency, many PR firms, etc.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Of course it is super helpful if a VC can drop you in to important people for business development, recruiting, PR, sales and eventually M&A. And so is venture capital. Connections? I’ve seen other VCs who seem to never have time to get their hands dirty. I’ll let you decide which you’d want. Commitment.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 26, 2012

Venture capital investing hits 10-year peak, sparking bubble talk – [link]. Why Startups Shouldn’t Hire PR Firms – [link]. Facing Another PR Disaster: Google Accused Of Fraudulently Undermining A Kenyan Startup – [link]. When has a consumer startup hit product/market fit? - [link].

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AUGUST 25, 2011

Build up the top of your hiring funnel. It's important to get all the parts of your company talking to the public--to get feedback on strategy, to increase awareness for hiring, and to help promote the company's message. Get your PR pitches out. Run an internal hackathon. Put aside the Pivotal Tracker.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 13, 2014

A Dozen Things I’ve Learned from Michael Moritz About Venture Capital – crowdspring.co/1kLoGb1. 2014 Marketing Hiring Trends and Salary Guide – crowdspring.co/1ig97Dw. Entrepreneurs Need a Better Way to Cash Out | Kanyi Maqubela – Harvard Business Review – crowdspring.co/SKltNW.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Marketing with long payback is precisely what requires venture capital. It would take 2 years to catch up but believe me they have the capital to do so. They might struggle to hire a-players because, well, would you go work at Public Storage to build their software capabilities? Or would you go to a disruptor in stead?

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The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2013

Today, in steps 10-12 I want to discuss with you raising your first round of money, hiring to develop and maintain your company culture, as well as defining your role in the management of your startup. Stefan Tirtey, Partner at Doughty Hanson Ventures , created this document with Berlin early stage investors.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Are you going to be hiring employees? Angel investment/venture capital funds. If you’re a tech/digital startup, angel investment and venture capital funding may be perfect. Day 17: Work out whether or not you need to hire employees. Will they have to park a car when they visit? Personal investment.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 24, 2009

While I love TechCrunch, the post and the quote about the PR agency (“one PR firm has discovered a dynamite strategy, throw ethics out the window&# ) left me wondering; how do PR agencies interact with TechCrunch and other blog and review sites? Is this behavior an outlier or is it the norm in the PR industry?

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K9 Ventures

JUNE 12, 2012

While it it may not feel that way, the data suggest that there is indeed too much capital in the system — especially so at the seed stage, with more and more individuals and larger funds trying to invest in companies at this stage.). For most venture capital funds money is a commodity. It is a tool.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

We will accomplish this through demand-creation activities (advertising, PR, tradeshows, seminars, web sites, etc.), We hired union laborers to do that. The same was true for PR. And the results weren’t the traditional PR metrics of number of articles or inches of ink. I couldn’t care less about those.

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David Teten

MARCH 24, 2014

ff Venture Capital is both an investor and also runs our back office on Addepar.). Teten : No one ever got fired for hiring Och-Ziff, or any other of the massive hedge funds. Teten : As a thought experiment, imagine a quant pure black box hedge fund, “UltraQuant,” which hires a lot of impressive PhDs.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 26, 2013

5 Hiring Mistakes That Can Crush Your Company’s Culture – [link]. “So many folks in the venture capital business are sheep that just want to follow the herd. Q1 Venture Capital Spending & Number Of Deals Down, M&A Activity Drops 44 Percent And Pre-Money Valuations Plummet – [link].

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MAY 11, 2012

Until you realize that vetting and helping companies is actually really hard--or did you not notice all the news that venture capital as an asset class doesn't beat the market. You can get a list of the biggest pension funds and endowments and it wouldn't take that much legwork to figure out who manages their venture programs.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

It''s the story of your particular view on hiring your tech co-founder and how it paid off. Venture Capital & Technology' It''s how the future of TV is in your phone and why they''ll stop making remotes one day in favor of apps, like your app. Save & Close.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2012

I had dinner with my friend Brooke Hammerling , founder of Brew PR recently. She was lamenting that some startups simply see their PR company as merely somebody who corrals the press when you want to get some inches. VENTURE CAPITAL. And finally that brings me to obvious topic of venture capital.

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K9 Ventures

JUNE 12, 2012

While it it may not feel that way, the data suggest that there is indeed too much capital in the system — especially so at the seed stage, with more and more individuals and larger funds trying to invest in companies at this stage.). For most venture capital funds money is a commodity. It is a tool.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 11, 2014

“38% of venture-backed founders are over 40 years old” - crowdspring.co/1hywYgv. Here’s Why You’re Not Hiring the Best and the Brightest - crowdspring.co/1lLnBBm. Five Reasons Not To Raise Venture Capital, by Rachel Chalmers | Model View Culture - crowdspring.co/1lIlpYH.

Social Media 94

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JANUARY 6, 2013

Your job is to keep the company funded and to hire the best people--and both require a convincing narrative told to people you build a relationship with over time. What about hires? If you understand anything about PR, it's not about placing a story--it's about seeding a story early and nurturing it long before you need it.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

You have hiring to do, money to raise and you've got to get your company's story out there. Yes, the entire team does the work, for sure, but founders and CEOs set the tone with their first hires. PR can magnify, distribute, etc., PR can magnify, distribute, etc., So why bother? You have tons of things to do as a founder.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 3, 2015

Here’s Why the Venture Capital Crash Will Hurt – buff.ly/1LWPOi3. How to Make Custom Images for Your Blog Posts Without Hiring a Designer crowdspring.co/1fmph3l. How to Simplify SEO, PR, and Social Collaboration | Convince and Convert crowdspring.co/1H3u8Tt. ” crowdspring.co/1cWbcrx. crowdspring.co/1LaM931.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Two 28-year old founders, a friend they hired to come work for them fulltime and one intern in a nice but small office in Amsterdam. Your business could go bankrupt without you even knowing it, because you are only busy with hiring new people. His core focus is communications, PR, performance marketing and SEM.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

If you don’t yet have a team yet, list the roles you need to hire for. If you don’t yet have a team yet, list the roles you need to hire for. Ryan Chan, founder at UpKeep said, “We created an LLC at first, but after realizing that we wanted to take on venture capital, we decided to move to a Delaware C corp.”.

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www.bothsidesofthetable.com

MAY 13, 2012

Raising Venture Capital. You still have some leeway to hire above them if need be. new features need to be rolled into PR strategies and competitor analyses. - Raising Venture Capital (12). This Week in Venture Capital (14). Start-up Advice. Angel Topics. Entrepreneur DNA. Negotiations.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 22, 2011

You’ll find content categorized into different topics such as Marketing , Sales , Design , Revenue , Hiring , Social Media , Business Models , Metrics , PR , Venture Capital , Angel Investors , Bootstrapping , Incubators , Agile and many others.

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