Steve Blank

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Reading how she moved in 2021 from CIA ops into a quantum technology company offered insightful career transition advice for those leaving her agency. Due to length, I’ve broken it up into a three-part series. Unless you can translate how your skills provide commercial value, you won’t get hired. It wasn’t a big jump.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 27, 2011

Several people have recently come to me to help them source and/or hire full-time CTOs for their startup having found me through my post that looks at: Startup CTO Salary and Equity Data. The first thing I do is suggest they explore if they really need to hire a full-time CTO for their startup and if so, what kind of CTO they need.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Every startup founder loves to prompt for questions from investors and potential key team members about their vision, and the huge opportunity that can be had with their disruptive technology. Calculate employee stock option values and vesting times, as well as salary. Any outside advisors or board members available for discussion?

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Due to the low volume of financial transactions, most startups may not require a full-time bookkeeping expert. Experienced financial experts are expensive to hire in-house. Small businesses can hire such firms and get quality services on a pay as you go basis. Technology and IT services. Technology is expensive.

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Rembrandt Communications

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Everyone is hiring, and the competition for top talent is fierce. PR is your hiring secret! What would happen if your dream hire read about you online, saw you on a television program or heard your interview on the radio or a podcast? Know that you are hiring the best candidates possible right now.

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Transformify

AUGUST 18, 2022

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. You are responsible for their training, salary, benefits, and time-off. In fact, both are complimentary.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 27, 2011

Several people have recently come to me to help them source and/or hire full-time CTOs for their startup having found me through my post that looks at: Startup CTO Salary and Equity Data. The first thing I do is suggest they explore if they really need to hire a full-time CTO for their startup and if so, what kind of CTO they need.

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Steve Blank

MAY 19, 2015

These shortcuts add up and become what is called technical debt. You fix technical debt by refactoring , going into the existing code and “cleaning it up” by restructuring it. retaining their existing hires who were working for intern-like salaries with little equity. Organizational debt was coming due.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The tech world has seen a shift away from Silicon Valley, with Israel now dominating the world’s startup economy. Information Age mentions that the tech sector provides the backbone for the country’s economy. Israel’s tech sector and ecosystem has led to innovation on an unprecedented scale. Wage Inflation.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

The press around the raise & company was fantastic and the promise of their technology – wireless charging that works as easily as WiFi – would positively affect many of our lives. uBeam’s tech does work and I have safely seen it demo’d in the real life many times. Entrepreneurs. Working on it.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 31, 2020

In addition, not everyone has the privilege of having a real personal assistant due to high costs. Personal assistants are often hired to prepare decisions and information for managers and take care of miscellaneous tasks for busy executives and CEOs — who all earn higher incomes. What is the Role of Technology?

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2019

Hiring a unicorn like that may involve pushing your search outside your region like hiring Ukrainian developers. With remote teams, you can hire a vendor if you don’t want to hire engineers personally. How to search for A-players for your remote technology team? How to hire technology superstars?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

You have to start with hiring only people who are willing and able to make serious customer service happen. Companies with great service routinely spend 3% to 5% of salaries training team members – experienced as well as new. Their eight initiatives should be required reading for every entrepreneur: Find and retain quality people.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Tweet. --> It’s a big decision to make your first hire, because what you’re really deciding is whether you want to keep a lifestyle business or attempt to “cross the chasm” and maybe even get rich. There’s already a lot of great advice about hiring at little startups. salary, benefits). Or therapy.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 11, 2016

If you make common mistakes , like not hiring the right people, you’re heading for trouble. If, as Peter Drucker, the father of Management Science, pointed out, the purpose of a business is to acquire and keep a customer, your first order of business should be to hire the right people. Cost of Hiring Bad Employees.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

The right advisor can have a greater impact on the success of your small business than any other hire you ever make. Have a CTO Advisor Provide Their Guidance & Due Diligence Suggestions on a Large Upcoming Technology Expenditure. It’s time small businesses started hiring more advisors.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 31, 2022

Your human resource activities can be outsourced to: Independent HR consultants are professionals who can assist you with hiring, HR policies, and other decision-making. Finding and hiring new talent is one of the most important tasks for any HR department. To Whom Can You Outsource HR Tasks? Payout processing and accounting.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 10, 2018

A business runs on diligence, passion, and creativity — but it also needs a whole lot of legal help. Lawyers have existed for centuries, and they command high salaries due to the intricacy of their work — so is it really possible to replace them with a few lines of code? The Issue of Artificial Intelligence.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 19, 2017

Due to this abundance of opportunities, planning A to Z is a better strategy than just planning A to B. Make a list of startups you have interest in and Google them to find out what they have been up to – sites like TechInAsia and e27 report on tech startups in the region frequently. I got hired mainly because of this reason.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 22, 2018

In fact, the top four industries that hire more people in readiness for the seasonal period are retail, hospitality, tourism and media. However, volume recruitment and seasonal hiring create many challenges to the recruitment process that many organizations experience time and time again. Conversely, those same candidates are 3.5

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

When paying employees becomes too expensive, many companies either lay people off or keep their workers but reduce salaries. First, reducing salaries or offering inadequate compensation turns away talented applicants and discourages your current staff. Instead of reducing salaries, think about changing your payment structure.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2021

You have to start with hiring only people who are willing and able to make serious customer service happen. Companies with great service routinely spend 3% to 5% of salaries training team members – experienced as well as new. Their eight initiatives should be required reading for every entrepreneur: Find and retain quality people.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 26, 2020

With technology growing more rapidly than ever, companies in all industries find themselves primarily focused on staying ahead of the curb. Sure, they may hand out a few training booklets and introduce new hires to the team, but successful onboarding goes much deeper than that. Ensure that the required assets from onboarding (e.g.,

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

A version of this article is in the Harvard Business Review. Technology cycles have become a treadmill, and for startups to survive they need to be on a continuous innovation cycle. 20th Century Tech Liquidity = Initial Public Offering. Hire a CEO to Go Public. Technology Cycles Measured in Years.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2022

In this posts I review the potential risks for the Israeli tech ecosystem and the mitigating factors that counter some of them. According to the 2021 Tech Review report by IVC , Israeli tech startups attracted a record of $25.6 Israeli tech investments 2015-2021 (source: IVC ). What comes next? China: $104.4

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David Teten

JANUARY 23, 2021

For more on this, see An Investor’s Personal Social Media Tech Stack. Set up a Data Room, with a filled-out Due Diligence Questionnaire (“DDQ”). Also note, many institutional investors don’t really allocate to VC asset classes directly due to the size of their portfolios.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

If you’re an entrepreneur or working in a startup, you’ve heard all the hype around the extravagant perks and benefits some companies, especially in the tech scene, are offering. Great employees, especially ones with technical skills, are often hard to come by—and the competition for them is fierce. Click “reviews.”.

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The Next Web

MARCH 6, 2014

Here’s a problem I bet every non-technical founder has experienced: the communication gap between what the biz dev team wants and what the tech team thinks they want, and vice versa. Give those teams the resources they need to be successful — both in business development and tech personnel. Their answers are below. Build Trust.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 14, 2012

So many tech startups begin the same way: One founder, one dream and a plan to make it happen. To learn more about how your startup can find, hire and keep the top talent and quality workers it needs to succeed, download this free ReadWriteWeb Report: The Talent Wars: Today’s Toughest Startup Challenge. Rachel Blankstein.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 27, 2019

A booming global economy, advancements in technology, and easing international trade policies have opened gateways to an array of new opportunities. The new wave of opportunities has brought in good news for everyone around the world with average salaries continuously increasing since the last decade. Don’t believe us? Communication.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2019

A version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. In tech startups stock options were here almost from the beginning, first offered to the founders in 1957 at Fairchild Semiconductor , the first chip startup in Silicon Valley. VC’s have just changed the ~50-year old social contract with startup employees.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

For some aspiring to be tech entrepreneurs, I often suggest a two-step process, as I argued in this post that “ The First Startup Founder You Need to Invest in Is You.” He or she has worked at some very successful big technology or media companies and went to a great school. You – who hasn’t been CEO before?

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 19, 2022

Record and Review Attendance Easily. One of the basic functions of a school management software is the ability to record and review student’s attendance. E-learning management also helps students review previous lessons simply by accessing the materials uploaded. Helps in Managing Exams Better. Conclusion.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. As a startup in this phase you often raise capital, get press, hire staff and everything feels possible. As an early-stage VC I love this phase.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

And do I fit as a Part-Time CTO , Technology Advisor , CTO Founder , Acting CTO ? The very last email I got from him told me the following: Thank you for your time Tony, I understand everyone wants a huge salary, no risk and a cut of the profits. Go to tech (or other relevant industry) events. Was it a case of needing Homework?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2016

Next comes the more arduous process of reviewing every applicant, looking for key attributes including the following. On a business team, the ability to communicate verbally and in writing is more important than technical depth. Get it reviewed and approved by peers, including salary and perks. Good communication skills.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2022

Its essence lies in the prompt connection of IT employees to solve problems without downtime due to a lack of qualified personnel. For example, tariffs for hired workers may unexpectedly rise, or out of nowhere – payment for the extension of the “lease” agreement may appear. Therefore, you should carefully select such a company.

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