konamoxt.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

January 18, 2009 Why Your Startup Can’t Afford To Hire a CTO Before Founding Konamoxt, my last gig was the Chief Technology Officer for a local Seattle Startup. Startup CEO, I’m here to tell you, you can’t afford to hire a CTO. And maybe more importantly what do you think you get when you hire a CTO?

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Version One Ventures

JUNE 3, 2013

So it is time to get some help to manage the fund and I am excited to announce that Version One is hiring an analyst. Working with existing portfolio companies, including helping out with hiring, financial modeling, and research. The post We’re hiring an analyst! Looking forward to hearing from you!

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 26, 2019

They hire people for their customer service ethic. Lindsay lives in Seattle with her husband and two children. You don’t just nail the letter of the promise, but the spirit of the promise. EXAMPLE: Zappos promises world-class customer service, and they deliver on that consistently and across all dimensions.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

William Hurley, co-founder of Honest Dollar , an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits. It’s an incredibly innovative city.

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Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

After Paradigm’s Joelle Emerson provided some feedback on how Take-Home Code Projects might impact gender ratios in hiring pipelines , another amazing woman sent me her perspectives. Kieran Synder is CEO of Textio , an innovative Seattle startup which helps companies understand the language of their job listings.

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Transformify

AUGUST 2, 2019

‘’Diversity Hiring’’ series features world diversity and inclusion leaders and their thoughts on diversity recruitment, cultural diversity and equality. She also serves on the boards of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, Seattle Goodwill, The Institute for Sustainable Diversity and Inclusion and Building Changes.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 5, 2022

Consider Hiring a Reputable SEO Agency. If you are hoping to get a space at that coveted position, you should consider hiring an SEO expert. . Hiring an SEO expert permanently can be expensive and only works best for big organizations. For startups , the best option would be to work with an external SEO agency.

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www.geekwire.com

JULY 10, 2012

Share this: We’ve seen a flurry of activity in recent weeks among Seattle area venture capital firms, led by Madrona Venture Group which raised $300 million last month and Divergent Ventures which pulled in $6.9 But Seattle entrepreneur Aaron Roberts, a former engineer… Read More. Location: Seattle. Featured Jobs.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

William Hurley, co-founder of Honest Dollar , an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits. It’s an incredibly innovative city.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 2, 2014

Shortly after that VC investment, the VCs hired a new “professional” CEO who lasted less than a year before being replaced by a CEO who then did a great job building the company. Some were tough experiences for me, like NetGenesis, which was the first angel investment I made.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

On Wednesdays, I cut my call calendar short so I can pick up my daughter after school and dodge through Seattle traffic to get her to her riding lesson. I’m not saying it’s easy to balance leading a growth-stage company and being there for my kids, but it has some distinct advantages.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2022

When open houses in Seattle Real Estate shut down at the beginning of the pandemic my Photography business knew that Virtual Tours were going to be very important. We had to make the difficult decision to cut down on staff and this allowed us to hire workers at lower rates. Thanks to Ben Zellner, 3000MileMyth ! #4-

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

At 24 I was putting myself through college and running the creative services department at an energy systems engineering firm in Seattle when the company was purchased by a French firm. But after a year of searching, I couldn't find anyone willing to hire her because of her lack of education and lack of professional experience.

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SiliconHills

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Tableau Software of Seattle has opened an Austin office and is hosting an open house on Thursday, Sept. The company, which creates business intelligence software, is hiring developers, sales and operations employees for its professional services practice based in Austin. It expects to hire more than 150 employees locally.

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SiliconHills

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Tableau Software of Seattle has opened an Austin office and is hosting an open house on Thursday, Sept. The company, which creates business intelligence software, is hiring developers, sales and operations employees for its professional services practice based in Austin. It expects to hire more than 150 employees locally.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 24, 2015

One should also determine if outsourcing to virtual assistants, subcontracting and hiring employees would truly work. To multiply one’s efforts, one could use a “hub-and-spoke” model of maintaining a home base while using other outposts to diversify oneself. Partnerships such as affiliate programmes may also work.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 26, 2023

Not so long ago, they would hire professional paper writing services or coursework writers to get their tasks done and ensure high grades. In response to the growing issue, a number of public schools in Seattle and New York have already banned ChatGPT and other AI tools from their WiFi networks and devices.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

They hire their initial co-founders and early employees and everybody has a sense of “mission.” We try to hire deeply analytical associates to can help companies problem solve and who make us better investors. You can’t let every team hire as many team members as they want. A Sense of Purpose.

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OnlyOnce

AUGUST 19, 2015

I wrote about the initial concept when we launched v2 of the program , and then again when v2 concluded with the hiring of four of the six participants. SendGrid , ReadyTalk , MWH Global , and SpotXchange will participate in the program in the Denver area, and Seattle-based Moz will participate as well.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 19, 2021

Evocalize is actively hiring for the new location and has open positions in Sales, Client Success, and Engineering. Evocalize is backed by Seattle-based Madrona Venture Group and Second Century Ventures , the venture capital arm of the National Association of Realtors.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

Next year I’m going to spend time in Seattle and Boulder in addition. They hired a consultant to help them with the review. It just so happened that the consultant they hired to chose a software vendor worked for a company that had owned one of our competitors. I also made several trips to New York & Boston.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

Next year I’m going to spend time in Seattle and Boulder in addition. They hired a consultant to help them with the review. It just so happened that the consultant they hired to chose a software vendor worked for a company that had owned one of our competitors. I also made several trips to New York & Boston.

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Version One Ventures

JANUARY 4, 2017

Geekwire named Outreach one of the top 10 transformational Seattle startups , and Top Hat got some great press from the Globe and Mail and Financial Post for its success in the Edtech market. Both Outreach and Top Hat added some star power to their teams. All of Julep’s 143 employees will remain with the new company. Catch up on our blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

People often ask me what VCs look for when we hire partners and many have asked how to become VCs themselves one day. She has been in operations in Seattle and Los Angeles. We didn’t hire a recruiting firm – it was always going to come from our network. Kara has worked in finance in Boston, NYC and Silicon Valley.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2013

Just ask the people of Portland, Seattle, Boulder, Iowa, Princeton, Dallas or countless other cities that don’t have enough venture capital. He would be a very senior hire for us and filling an urgent gap. You can build a meaningful company just about wherever these days. Ask SuperCell. Or UrbanAirship. I know local talent.

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VC Adventure

MARCH 20, 2012

It concerns whether companies in a shared venture portfolio should have any special rules of engagement about hiring from other companies in the portfolio. Arbitrary rules around hiring and, in particular, recruiting practices seem spurious. To me, this is the real key. Altruistic in their ideal, but flawed in execution.

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techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

It’s clear that AngelList wants to help bring much of the transactional conversations and introductions that happen at the early stage of hiring and fundraising via word of mouth or in meetings online. Seattle Meetup. Seattle, WA. The site is also a data goldmine. Life360, A Family Networking App With More. New York City.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 15, 2019

After four weeks of paid training, each new hire is given this offer: “If you quit today, we will give you a $1,000 bonus.” To my delight, I recently noticed that Molly Moon’s infuses their hiring with brand language. Lindsay lives in Seattle with her husband and two children.

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Transformify

AUGUST 5, 2019

‘’Diversity Hiring’’ series features world diversity and inclusion leaders and their thoughts on diversity recruitment, cultural diversity and equality. The Portland native is happiest when spending time with family, which includes her Seattle public school teacher husband, her adult son and their sweet cat Alice.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

And so when that revenue tripled and suddenly I was like, Oh, I can hire people to help me, like this thing is gonna work. But I ended up hiring a lot of my friends. It's in Denver, a Chicago, a Seattle, Phoenix, and Dallas. And so we'll be opening up the hiring platform across about a hundred cities over the next two years.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Many big companies like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, and other IT companies struggle to provide the best hiring packages to keep their employees motivated. As we previously mentioned, millennials are not only financially motivated to apply for a certain job and remain in the hiring company for years.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

I’m just pointing out my gut feel for approximate ranges of deals that I’ve seen with Silicon Valley having the highest valuations, NY / LA / Boston / Boulder / Seattle having valuations in a slightly lower range but comparable and sometimes significantly lower prices in markets that don’t have a healthy venture market.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 19, 2014

In an article for Politico, Seattle venture capitalist Nick Hanauer writes that the United States is doing its middle class workers and the overall economy a disservice by allowing lax overtime laws, which exclude the majority of American employees from receiving the time-and-a-half compensation they used to in the 1970s. The world of work.

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Version One Ventures

JULY 14, 2014

Can upstart ecosystems in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, or Seattle churn out tomorrow’s billion dollar tech companies? When it comes to hiring, start-ups located outside of Silicon Valley have an initial advantage, because there’s a lot less competition for engineers. But there are some considerations….

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www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Q&A: Group Commerce Plans Hires, European Growth with $21M Funding. View More in Seattle ›. Seattle Events ›. Business, life sciences, and technology news — covering Boston, Seattle, San Diego, Detroit, San Francisco, New York and beyond. View More in New York › ›. San Diego ›. View More in San Diego ›.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Austrian Airlines was hiring students for passenger handling and boarding during peak seasons. While everybody else was working in law firms and legal departments during the summer or in part-time student jobs, I found this amazing job at the Vienna International Airport. I loved this job!

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 6, 2020

This is especially true for companies headquartered in Silicon Valley, Seattle, and New York. It seems pretty clear that a very large, single location company in Silicon Valley, New York, Seattle, and several other cities (e.g. LA, Boston) is getting much more challenging. Sure, it’s possible, but is it advisable?

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