Early Stage Hiring PR Product Development 
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 6, 2013
I am fond of quoting that about 70% of my investment decision of an early-stage company is the team. My rationale is simple: everything goes wrong and only great teams can respond to competitors, markets, funding environments, staff departures, PR disasters and the like. Don’t hire a homogenous team.
This is going to be BIG.
AUGUST 22, 2012
Who should you hire? Let’s start out with the basic functions of a tech company: 1) Engineering 2) Marketing 3) Sales 4) Business development 5) PR 6) Design 7) Product Management 8) HR 9) Operations 10) Finance Ok, that's just overwhelming. Getting people to join your company is a key goal of early PR.
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OnlyOnce
MARCH 14, 2011
Second is the ability to capitalize on a well-known brand—the result of many years of marketing, PR, and thought leadership within the industry. Finally, back-end support and process—an accounting team that gets the invoices out, an HR team that helps make strategic hires—makes the folks engaged in product development more productive.
infochachkie.com
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
For instance, if a consultant proposes to help you with public relations, pay them a commission equivalent to the greater of a flat fee per story placed or a percentage of revenue generated from the PR coverage. Such positions include: PR, Sales, Product Development, Lead Generation, Strategic Planning, Fund Raising, etc.
Steve Blank
AUGUST 27, 2009
Thirty years later we now realize that its one the causes of early startup failure. Thirty years later we now realize that its one the causes of early startup failure. This series of posts is a brief explanation of how we’ve evolved from Product Development to Customer Development to the Lean Startup.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 17, 2011
million and you’re an early stage business this is probably a fair deal. When competitors raise money and you don’t the following happens (assuming all else equal on product development, which I know is not always the case): they have a PR advantage both in terms of perceived momentum and also money to spend on it.
Business Plan Blog
OCTOBER 4, 2013
This is true for early stage funding as well as venture capital funding. Furthermore, when faced with adversity only great teams can respond to competitors, markets, funding environments, staff departures, PR disasters and the like. Don’t hire people with skills and qualifications similar to yours. Early Stage.
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