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Announcing our investment in DemandStar, a marketplace for government procurement  

Version One Ventures

We recently wrote that B2B marketplaces need to nail four things : aggregate product catalogs, automate procurement processes, increase trust/social proof, and integrate with key services in the ecosystem. P.S. They’re hiring ! . DemandStar is on a great path toward executing against all four of these opportunities. .

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How Silicon Valley's Most-Connected Exec Does His Hiring

ReadWriteStart

Auren Hoffman is the CEO of Rapleaf , a personal-data aggregator that has been the subject of a remarkable amount of controversy but is wildly useful as a data provider to must-see apps like Rapportive and Gist. Auren Hoffman on hiring people to work in tech startups. I live blogged his talk on Google Plus and offer my notes below.

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Top Pros And Cons Of Starting A Tutoring Business

The Startup Magazine

This involves building your reputation as a tutor and appealing to students so that they might consider hiring your services over competitors. As with any venture, starting a tutoring business has its advantages and disadvantages, and making the final decision to launch your own business will depend on aggregating all these various factors.

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NextView’s Greatest Hits

View from Seed

So, we decided to aggregate NextView’s “greatest hits.” How to Build a Great Product Before Hiring Your First PM “At any moment, be crystal clear (and stay consistent) about what the “top company priorities” are for the quarter. Hiring Your Team. ” (Rob Go). ” (Melody Koh). ” (Rob Go).

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Why the Gig Economy is Coming for Architects, Engineers

ReadWriteStart

Hiring in this way creates for leaner operations, allowing companies to save money. There are designs to be done, and these designs are simply an aggregation of tasks by different engineers and architects on the project team. Hiring in this way is integral when workers and skills are at a premium.

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StartupRoar.com – A Source Of Aggregated, Curated Entrepreneurial Content

YoungUpstarts

Here’s another great resource for entrepreneurs – Tony Karrer ‘s StartupRoar ( www.startuproar.com ), which aggregates and filters entrepreneurial content from thought leaders such as Ben Yoskovitz , Vinicius Vacanti , Jill Hubbard Bowman and Steve Blank.

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Best Online HR Management Tools Every Company Needs

YoungUpstarts

The HR team of all companies works to find, hire and retain employees. Hiring tools help to improve the quality of new hires. The software is designed to streamline and improve the hiring process. Helps you to check how your top candidates will perform on the job before hiring them. Administrative HR software.