article thumbnail

Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth

blog.captainrecruiter.com

Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth. Two years ago I got the bug to do an online recruiting startup and I began the hunt to find a technical co-founder - a software engineer who works for no cash - to help me build my dream website. I learned something: technical co-founders are a myth. Captain Recruiter.

article thumbnail

25 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

1- I credit my co-founder. I credit my co-founder Eric Frothingham with coming up with our name. When we created Yeeply in 2012 we were sure IT hiring was going to be all about freelancing platforms and remote work. Her picture is my office as an added reminder of the woman I consider our real founder.

Naming 102
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Scaling is Hard, Case Study: athenahealth

Seeing Both Sides

and Todd Park, a pair of Booz Allen consultants, as a physician practice management company for obstetrics. In 2012, analysts estimate they will do $425 million in revenue and $85 million in EBITDA. See chart below: The reach the organization has achieved is impressive, but still only a fraction of the market opportunity.

article thumbnail

Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S

www.geekwire.com

July 9, 2012 at 10:21 am by John Cook Leave a Comment. Voted “Next Tech Titan” at the 2012 GeekWire Startup Awards, Tableau Software is on a huge growth trajectory. IT staffing, consulting and software development services. Snow Creek Technology Law PS. 07/06/2012. Co-founder, National Editor.

article thumbnail

Spend 2012 on the Right Side of the Haimish Line

Both Sides of the Table

The first day of 2012 seems the perfect day to do so. Or riding a crazy party bus and sitting next to Aaron Batalion the co-founder & CTO of Living Social. Office Space. I always love visiting companies because you can tell so much about the character of the company by spending time in their offices.

article thumbnail

How to Divide Equity to Startup Founders, Advisors, and Employees

thinkspace.com

Office Space. Virtual Office. How to Divide Equity to Startup Founders, Advisors, and Employees. The part that I’d like to zero in on is when you’ve got a high growth company what are some of the best practices out there to distribute equity to the founders, advisors, and employees? Equity for Founders.

Equity 62
article thumbnail

30 Machine Intelligence Startups to Watch in Israel

VC Cafe

Voyager Labs (2012) – cognitive computing for understanding human behaviour. Voyager’s cognitive-computing, deep-insights platform assesses billions of publicly available, unstructured data points to provide insights for its clients in finance, retail and consulting. Raised $8M in series B in September 2016.