The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Henrik Werdelin , the Managing Partner of Prehype , a venture development firm based in New York City that has helped build companies like Tradable , Barkbox , FancyHands , Basno and Path , says recreating Twitter isn’t necessarily difficult, but the layered features will take time to get right. 1) Twitter. 3) Facebook. 4) WhatsApp.

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View from Seed

MARCH 1, 2016

Investors and smart hires will always do appropriate diligence before investing money and time, but they won’t bother doing that unless they are excited about your story. I find it intriguing that species not only evolve against their environment, but their environment co-evolves simultaneously against them. The Kudzu and Disruption.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 25, 2013

Once a year New York City is overcome at 5 p.m. I cleaned parks in Brooklyn, served meals in soup kitchens, and mentored underprivileged youth on personal finance. By Melissa Thompson, CEO of Talk Session. I would urge people to share these attributes. It becomes quite convoluted.

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Green Artificial Inteligence New York City Startup 178

www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

Next → How to Hire for Sweat Equity…. Build a team – we have plans to hire at a minimum 2 more engineers once funded with many more to follow and you will be hand selecting your team. We extended a working agreement to one individual on Monday and decided to hire another person instead of the original plan of just one.

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Sweat Equity Equity Hiring Technical Review 40

www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Sakti3 Founder Sastry to Step Down From U-M. New York ›. Q&A: Group Commerce Plans Hires, European Growth with $21M Funding. View More in New York › ›. Co-Founder and CEO, Wetpaint. Founder, DEKA Research and Development Corporation. New York Events ›. San Diego ›.

San Diego 40

San Diego Venture Capital Technical Review San Francisco 40

www.huffingtonpost.com

MAY 10, 2011

Ive occasionally worked with executive recruiters, for example in hiring a CTO for my first company, Eve.com. I was lucky to sign on as advisor and investor the founder of a very high-profile consumer Internet site who happens to also be a former engineer, who I will call Richard. This time, I decided to handle the process myself.

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CTO CTO Hire PHP Cofounder 43

www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

500|5000 Conference Honorees Resources Press Apply 2011 ); Topics > Leadership and Managing > Human Resources > Recruiting and Hiring Employees > How to Attract Talent to Your Start-Up At a start-up, you need employees that are in it for the long haul and fit your unique culture. People would only get paid if the candidates got hired.

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Intellectual Property Los Angeles San Francisco New York 55

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

You can minimize risk by performing due diligence when selecting a company or individual to work with, clearly defining the project scope, expectations and milestones in any development contracts, and allocating enough money to hire competent developers. it doesn't much matter who you hire in terms of risk.

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Software Developers Software Development Software Review Software 79

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

BlueVine, which is based in Redwood City, California, offers online working capital financing to small- and medium-sized businesses in many industries. My father ran his own physical therapy clinic in New York. My co-founder and BlueVine’s Chief Technology Officer Nir Klar was himself a veteran entrepreneur.

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California Small Business Finance Cofounder 143

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2019

As part of The Startup Magazine Founder Interview Series , we interviewed Mr. Felix Shipkevich. As founder of Shipkevich PLLC, I often deal with financial technology issues and have a long history studying and understanding how financial technology, its legal aspects and regulations impact my clients. Quality control?

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

I sat down (virtually) with Chainalysis co-founder and CEO Michael Gronager to discuss his learnings from almost seven years at the helm of a high-growth company. He shared his tips for building a global business, hiring, what he’d do differently and more… The Chainalysis journey ? I met [Kraken co-founder] Jesse Powell here. ?

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San Francisco Europe New York Cofounder 62

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 5, 2014

Another case in point, Spark Capital just hired Kate Bolin --someone that had been interviewed at a portfolio company of theirs that had made a good enough impression that they labeled her as someone to stay in touch with. Christina Bechhold didn''t forget that--and so she co-founded her own angel group.

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View from Seed

JULY 28, 2015

But when you think of hip, innovative new consumer brands, well, you don’t really think of this town. Even ignoring Silicon Valley, places like New York and LA seem to have an edge relative to Boston because of its proximity to media outlets and the prevalence of marketers from big and exciting consumer brands or entertainment companies.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 23, 2009

If you never have, you can create your own using Google Finance. If you never have, you can create your own using Google Finance. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

It should be even more important to the founders themselves, because it demonstrates that their business hypothesis is grounded in reality. These founders have not managed, to borrow a phrase from Steve Blank , to create a scalable and repeatable sales process. More on that in a moment. They are close to breakeven.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 7, 2022

” Melanie is also the Co-Founder of The Convoy and GroupUps, B2B marketplaces that help small businesses save money so they can invest more in themselves and their communities. We don't hire and work with people that we don't think we can, you know, can trust with our data or our business. That's the corroboration.

Marketing 77

Marketing Audience B2B Framework 77

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, April 26, 2009 Product development leverage Leverage has once again become a dirty word in the world of finance, and rightly so. Other companies accomplish this by hiring a large staff of content production experts - and get a very good result. We didnt think wed able to compete with that.

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Product Development Developer San Francisco Product 88

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

When my Japanese husband died at a young age almost 16 years ago, I had been doing medical writing for a major New York Hospital and also helping him with his documentary films for Japanese and American public television. I am the founder/coach of Never Settle Coaching, LLC a coaching business. Image Credit: Bess Heitner.

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Entrepreneur LLC Cofounder Green 91

David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders?

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Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

viniciusvacanti.com

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Home About Contact Me How To Make It as a First-Time Entrepreneur Vinicius Vacanti Should You Hire a Programmer or DIY? September 27, 2010 | View Comments This is the third part of a series on becoming your own technical co-founder. In 2008, we couldn’t find a technical co-founder for Yipit. Hire a programmer.

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Cofounder Hiring Ruby Founder 41

Berkonomics

AUGUST 27, 2015

He has served as advisor to and member of numerous financial exchanges, and was the founder and CEO of Arthur Lipper Corporation and co-founder and Chairman of New York & Foreign Securities Corporation. Today he serves as Chairman of British Far East Holdings Ltd.

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Intellectual Property Balance Sheet Stock Options Valuation 48

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

At seed-stage startups, especially companies with well-networked founders and investors, finding applicants who can do a job on paper is not overly difficult. To help you more effectively build your early teams, we asked a group of founders to share their favorite interview questions when they build new startup teams.

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Founder Seed Stage Cofounder Boston 120

Transformify

MARCH 24, 2020

Even before coronavirus pandemic, investors were already asking tech startup founders ‘’What is your remote work strategy?’’ ’’ as they were aware of talent scarcity and ever-increasing rents in tech hubs like New York, London, Los Angeles, Berlin, etc. Work From Home Jobs. Do Your Research.

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Los Angeles Limited Liability Company NDA Technical Review 85

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

The founder of early internet startup Freeloader (acquired for $38 million in 1996) and anti-spam company Brightmail (acquired for $370 million in 2004), Paul went on to pioneer the ride-hailing space. In other words, what percentage of sales are available to pay for growth, and to reward investors for financing that growth.

Cofounder 28

Cofounder Business Model IPO Non-Compete 28

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 30, 2015

In January of 1999, I co-founded a marketing agency with a former boss. I re-ignited Anvil as consultancy, but I wasn’t quite ready to hire employees yet. The journey brought me to study Zen Meditation with professionals in Manhattan and then with Buddhist Monks in the beautiful Catskill Mountains of New York.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Australia Software Review LLC 48

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

Excepting for cosmically co-incidental success stories, the fuzzy requirement stuff never congeals as a holistic engineering exercise. Cost and time are effectively absolutes (The Caretaker's high finance schenanigans and 20th century Physics aside). No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R.

Software Review 164

Software Review Engineer Management Technical Review 164

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. And I tried to evaluate the idea and figure out: What did the founder really need here? Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Finance, IT, Legal).

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Technical Review Technology Product CTO Hire 175

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

DECEMBER 28, 2011

On the other side of this radio interview are Adelaide Lancaster and Amy Abrams , both founders of their own startups, both coaches and mentors to dozens of other startups over the years, and who together created and still run the In Good Company co-working space for women entrepreneurs in New York City.

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Cofounder New York Conversion Entrepreneur 223

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2022

For the next entry in The Startup Magazine’s founder interview series , we are featuring Alejandro Russo, founder of Candela Mamajuana. After first working in banking and finance, Alejandro started and exited two other businesses before bringing his marketing and branding expertise to Candela. Quality control?

Dominican Republic 151

Dominican Republic Founder Florida Bootstrapping 151

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 21, 2010

Yet, the real stories of successful startups are full of activities that can rightly be called institution-building: hiring creative employees, coordinating their activities, and creating a company culture that delivers results. The word institution connotes bureaucracy, process, even lethargy. How can that be part of a startup?

San Francisco 168

San Francisco Startup Lean Continuous Deployment 168

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 23, 2022

David is the Founder and CEO of David Novak Leadership, the parent organization to five nonprofits dedicated to developing leaders at every stage of life, from ages 5 to 65. David is also the Co-author of his newest book – Take Charge of You: How Self Coaching Can Transform Your Life and Career. How leaders lead with David Novak.

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Cofounder Leadership Networking Programming 88

mashable.com

AUGUST 20, 2011

“There’s simply no budget for [an office], as I bootstrap the company,&# says Paul Molluzzo, founder of Baby Goes Mobile , a web app that lets parents create a private baby book they can view and update from their mobile phones. Once they solidify the next hire, the ThinkBinder team will be moving to their own offices.

Cofounder 81

Cofounder San Francisco Social Media Startup 81

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

You are here: Home » Hiring » Crazy! Written By Dan Martell on February 2nd, 2012 | Category: Hiring LeanStartup Marketing Metrics Startup Life | 6 Comments. Whats is the best way to find a co-founder for your startup? Ability to hire top talent (A+ talent). you can hire for those. Maple Butter.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 10, 2016

How founders find the determination to push through tough times was the focus on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Jacqueline Ros. Christina Stembel.

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Entrepreneur Cofounder San Francisco Campaign 265

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

Among those: plentiful financing and nerds , a culture that celebrates both failure and success, and an ethos of openness and sharing. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th.

Silicon Valley 68

Silicon Valley San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 68

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

Silicon Valley 390

Silicon Valley Kansas City Startup Venture Capital 390

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

In fact, I believe the movement is now mainstream—startups, VCs, accelerators, are no longer “new.”. There are co-working spaces in basically every city in the world—from Nepal to New York. Absolutely, but it’s not just about a new “innovation” fund—that’s almost the easy part.

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Lean Nepal Cofounder Customer Development 329