Up and Running
OCTOBER 1, 2019
It might seem easier to put off thinking about your first essential new hires. Try to do it all and you’ll spend a lot of time learning new skills (that you’ll eventually hire for) when you should be focusing on growing your business. Hire someone who understands Generation Z (or your target demographic). A marketing maven.
techcrunch.com
AUGUST 12, 2012
Zachary Bogue And Matt Ocko Launch Data Collective, An Early Stage Fund For Big Data Startups. Thursday, August 9th, 2012. Data Collective has already made 46 investments from its first fund, which it calls “comparable with other seed and early stage funds” (Ocko and Bogue wouldn’t reveal fund size.).
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Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
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. I always push companies to hire “an operationally focused CFO” during this phase because in order to systematize you need somebody who brings economic rigor to decision making.
David Teten
MARCH 28, 2012
Koen, Gyorgy, and Adham are all Columbia Business School MBA 2012 students and former consultants with McKinsey and BCG. ( This post co-written with Koen Bremer , Gyorgy Buslig , and Adham Hussein. I’ve also posted this at Betabeat.). Best Practices in Venture Capital Portfolio Company Value Creation.
Austin Startup
AUGUST 10, 2017
Take a look at some of the emails between us from 2010: We were attending NYU from 2008–2012. We’d also like to highlight two notable investors who participated in our first close: David Johnston began investing in Bitcoin in 2012. PPPS, we’re also hiring a blockchain engineer. We were infatuated with tech.
Up and Running
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
The rare exception is a special case, in which investors know an entrepreneur well and are ready to invest in them at an early stage. And even before that, during the early stages, they’ll expect you to have a business plan in the background, for your own use. So you do a lot of work before you get investors. You should.
Up and Running
AUGUST 21, 2013
Recruitment, particularly in the early stages of a company’s development, is therefore one of the most important factors to growth. Use this approach when hiring and you can build a great team around you. Recruit for innovation and longevity. It is the staff within any business which contribute ultimately to its success.
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