Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

We went “nuclear&# and slimmed down to 33 people (yes, I know, still large by today’s standards but this was 2001), raised $10 million and we built a real company. I learned everything I know about startups in these lean years: 2001-2004. I have freed up so much of my time to focus on the important stuff.&#.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. By 2005 I had moved back to the US and we started hiring US employees (The first two employees we hired had both grown up in India! The world had just gone into crisis and I was in a period of reflection reminiscent of September 2001.

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Technical Review Canada Green South Carolina 282

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Hire for hustle. A great way to separate the entrepreneurial thinkers from those who aren’t is to place a special emphasis on hiring people with a sense of urgency; people who can and will move quickly; people who don’t always have to be told what their next step should be.

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Employee Leadership Technical Review Hiring 208

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 26, 2016

It’s an unconventional approach, but it helps keep the good people we’ve hired onboard, happy and extremely motivated. Hire great people to do boring work. It’s a big mistake not to hire the best talent, whatever role you need to fill. But in reality, that’s tiny in comparison to the costs of replacing staff.

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Software Review New York City Salary Employee 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

In 2001 companies IPO’d very quickly if they were working, by 2011 IPOs had slowed down to the point that in 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures astutely called billion-dollar outcomes “unicorns.” In fact, we just announced that we hired a new head of our Growth Platform, (follow him on Twitter here ? Seksom Suriyapa ?—?he

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Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Venture Capital Early Stage 471

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Only Hire A+ People Who Punch Above Their Weight Class. There are people who tell startups that they should hire the most senior people that they can find. I’m a big believer in only hiring A+ team members. Hiring the big gun will often still be one weight class above where you want to hire. Not so fast.

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Hiring Startup Equity Sales 327

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times. Each transformation – from a new computer distribution channel – Apple Stores to disrupting the music business with iPod and iTunes in 2001; to the iPhone in 2007; and the App store in 2008 – drove revenues and profits to new heights.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times. Each transformation – from a new computer distribution channel – Apple Stores to disrupting the music business with iPod and iTunes in 2001; to the iPhone in 2007; and the App store in 2008 – drove revenues and profits to new heights.

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Azure Business Model Cloud Artificial Inteligence 120

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 22, 2010

I never hire job hoppers. You have tough choices to make about whom you hire on your team. Now is the time that you need “all hands on deck.&# That awesome gal you hired in engineering has job options and she knows it. When my company hit the fan in 2001 I could have easily walked and gotten a better paying job.

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Hiring Employee Vesting Silicon Valley 392

This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 3, 2012

It's like saying that diversity of perspective in any business is a good thing--only if you say "We should hire/fund/promote more women" that's when you stir up the peanut gallery into a tizzy. I also (as Fred describes us youngins) "work hard, put in ridiculous hours, are on top of all the latest trends, companies, technologies, etc.

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Technical Review Software Review Due Diligence Venture Capital 102

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Hiring an expert or a coach to walk you through this stage can help you minimize the chances of failure although identifying the problem first can be a great way to create a long-lasting strategy. Conant joined the team in 2001, just as sales were declining for the company and its market value was decreasing.

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Entrepreneur China Incubator Philippines 102

VC Cafe

JULY 4, 2022

The Economist talked about “ Venture capital’s reckoning “ and why despite the crisis in the market, and the large number of layoffs in the market, this crisis will not be like the dot com bust in 2001. Remote hires represent the majority in the US in H1 2022. Remote hires are now the majority in the US (source: Carta).

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Venture Capital Valuation Private Equity LP 167

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 11, 2011

If you can’t, you either won’t sell, or will need to hire someone to write for you. Ever since writing Europe’s first B2B study of banner ads’ effect on indirect response in 2001 he has regularly been published online and in traditional media. If you can write good copy, you can sell anything online.

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Entrepreneur Bootstrapping Cofounder SMS 221

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Hiring an expert or a coach to walk you through this stage can help you minimize the chances of failure although identifying the problem first can be a great way to create a long-lasting strategy. Poor performance in business doesn’t always imply the failure of a business. Thanks to Yaniv Masjedi, Nextiva ! #4-

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Entrepreneur Bankruptcy Bootstrapping B2B 72

YoungUpstarts

MAY 5, 2014

Sinyard hires only employees who love biking and watches to see who does lunchtime group rides to separate the “talkers” from the “riders.” He has been a regular panelist on television’s Forbes on FOX since the show’s inception in 2001. Without passion, your team is likely to be a gaggle of clock-punching automatons. Is this fair?

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Silicon Valley Technical Review Cofounder Lean 164

The Next Web

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Hire everyone you need as an employee. Of course, Excite also went bankrupt in 2001, so maybe five is a terrible number? The required number of cofounders for success is: “Zero” – You don’t need a cofounder. You are the founder, the visionary, the uber-entrepreneur. Why would you want to have someone second-guessing you?

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Cofounder Technical Cofounder Kenya Dilution 143

Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2014

million—than at any point since 2001. They conclude, however, that particularly since 2001, it’s become more common for grads to settle for part time or low-wage jobs in professions like retail and hospitality. Contingent hiring costs companies less than permanent hiring and has been become increasingly common during the recession.

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Las Vegas Technical Review Security New York 113

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Surprisingly (or perhaps unsurprisingly), the answer to these are “NO” Not at least according to “ Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t “, a phenomenal business bestseller published in 2001 by renowned business author Jim Collins.

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Technical Review Merger Valuation Framework 159

Mike Michalowicz

OCTOBER 22, 2019

My name is Dr. Sabrina Starling, owner of Tap the Potential and author of the How to Hire the Best Series. Mike recently interviewed me about my newest book in the series, How to Hire the Best: The Contractor’s Ultimate Guide to Attracting Top Performing Employees. MIKE: Why did you write How to Hire the Best? That was the wish.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2014

Hire accountable people. Of course, hiring an employee and then training him to be accountable is possible. But hiring people who are already accountable is a better, less costly option. Do not promote employees with problems with accountability, especially if they’ll be moving into a leadership position.

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Leadership Employee Metrics Hiring 145

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. An obvious example is Google who may have gotten less market attention if there would have been 8 well-financed competitors during the 2001-2005 timeframe.

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Saudi Arabia Valuation IPO Technical Review 309

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2015

You find out those that have the fortitude to work out a new way forward, who can handle recapitalizations or downsizing or shutting down business lines or hiring whole new teams. I saw this in 2001-2003 and in 2008-2010.

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South Korea Italy Recapitalization Germany 150

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2020

Five years later, in 2001, he founded Diveheart, a volunteer-driven organization focused on building confidence and independence in disabled children, adults and veterans through scuba diving. The first break came by securing a pro-bono legal firm that helped us with our nonprofit incorporation in 2001 and with registering our trademarks.

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Founder Entrepreneur Chicago Illinois 158

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 3, 2020

By 2001, he was invested in the stock market and witnessed a unique situation where the stock market was in a tumble and, simultaneously, real estate was going up. When he hired property managers, they ended up taking the majority of his profits. Early Career in Real Estate .

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New York City Marketing Technical Review New York 107

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 7, 2017

It’s the summer of 2001. By breakfast in the summer of 2001, the stock was trading under $1 / share. He certainly didn’t have to get up every day and go to the office, which by the summer of 2001 was a real business battle on multiple fronts. The NASDAQ peak is in the rear view mirror. Many Internet companies are struggling.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion. You don’t need to buy hardware – there’s Amazon AWS.

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LP Technical Review Early Stage Silicon Valley 311

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 22, 2010

Due to competitive markets we ended up with a pretty good term sheet until we needed to raise money in April 2001 and then we got completely screwed. You’ll need to hire and retain talen to grow your company. It was accept the terms or go into bankruptcy so we took the money. Those were the dog days of entrepreneurship.

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Valuation Liquidation Preference Pre-Money Valuation Term Sheet 405

BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

In 2019, we’ll be doubling down on this effort as we are hiring a GM for our CXO Advisory Board & Network ( job description here ). Look at 2001 and 2008’s Lehman collapse and Sequoia RIP Good Times deck for lessons learned. AWS Reinvent Survivor Dinner with founders, Fortune 500 execs, and VCs.

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Stealth Advisory Board Cloud Virginia 79

Hunter Walker

JANUARY 24, 2021

You see, it was for work I’d performed from 2001–2003 at a startup called Linden Lab, the company behind virtual world Second Life. And why we work with the founders we back to make sure there’s enough equity set aside to make great hires. If you’d like to join the Tia team and build the future of care, they’re hiring.

Silicon Valley 83

Silicon Valley Equity Vesting Cofounder 83

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

The best drivers apply the brakes just ahead of the curve (they take out excess costs), turn hard toward the apex of the curve (identify the short list of projects that will form the next business model), and accelerate hard out of the curve (spend and hire before markets have rebounded). Premium-brand market leaders [.] recession in 2009.”.

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Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 16, 2018

In the world of HR, one of the biggest battles is finding and hiring exceptional employees. Founded in 2001, eFileCabinet, Inc. by Jesse Wood, CEO of eFileCabinet. Combine that dream team with the other incredible benefits offered by document management software, and your business will be well on its way to the top.

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Management Salary Software Employee 138

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 22, 2020

Nevertheless, rising technology, individuals ‘ desire for more independence, and the high cost of hiring workers have led to a significant increase in the number of people going self-employed people. million people or 12% of the population worked for themselves in 2001. According to ONS data , 3.3 That spiked to 4.8

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 21, 2014

The key is to hire and promote leaders who truly do live the values your company espouses. He has been a regular panelist on television’s Forbes on FOX since the show’s inception in 2001. Leaders who roll their eyes when a certain customer calls are giving permission for employees to be similarly disrespectful.

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Employee Balance Sheet Leadership Chicago 189

Lightspeed Venture Partners

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Proof of this can be found in companies like Facebook who brought on Sheryl Sandberg from Google to run the company’s operations, Yelp, which attracted Geoff Donaker away from eBay, Netflix, which hired Leslie Kilgore away from P&G in its early days and even Google who named Eric Schmidt CEO in 2001.

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Equity Salary Hiring Naming 94

OnlyOnce

JUNE 23, 2022

Heated competition AND layoffs and hiring freezes. And yet there are days and circumstances that feel like 2001 or 2009. I was trading emails a few weeks ago Elliot Noss from Tucows about the current state of the economy after being on a panel together about it, and he wrote: The market is fascinating right now.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 19, 2014

The key is to hire and promote leaders who truly do live the values your company espouses. He has been a regular panelist on television’s Forbes on FOX since the show’s inception in 2001. Leaders who roll their eyes when a certain customer calls are giving permission for employees to be similarly disrespectful.

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Employee Leadership Balance Sheet Chicago 160

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 13, 2013

Customer acquisition, fund raising, hiring the right person… the list goes on. He started his business from scratch and grew it into a public-listed company on the Singapore Stock Exchange in 2001. So what do you do? You learn from entrepreneurs who have been there and done that.

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Singapore Cofounder Acquisition Stock 203