YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2014

Trying to connect on LinkedIn or cold emailing them won’t do the trick. I once found myself halfway around the world, with only five minutes to convince a skeptical CEO that his company should hire me. There’s the story of an investment banker who arrives at his client’s office in the middle of a large deal.

Investment Bankers 145

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Scott Edward Walker

JUNE 23, 2011

As I discussed in my recent post “ How To Hire a Superstar Engineer for Your Startup ,” startups may not give employees “sweat equity” in lieu of any ongoing cash payment/salary; nor may startups defer wages and other compensation. Moreover, as Chris Dixon reminded me, it is also unlawful for companies to hire illegal immigrants.

Accredited Investor 82

Accredited Investor Sweat Equity Los Angeles Finder 82

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

You’ve come full cycle from vision, to hiring some people, raising some cash, arguing about direction, setting a release date, missing a release date, feeling like you’ve effed everything up, regrouping, rethinking, getting back on track and then setting your baby loose into the wild. Just a month ago they were all email you!

Entrepreneur 384

Entrepreneur Startup Salary Egypt 384

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

You’ve come full cycle from vision, to hiring some people, raising some cash, arguing about direction, setting a release date, missing a release date, feeling like you’ve effed everything up, regrouping, rethinking, getting back on track and then setting your baby loose into the wild. Just a month ago they were all email you!

Entrepreneur 176

Entrepreneur Startup Salary Egypt 176

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

At Flow Capital, we use HubSpot’s sequences and workflows functions to automate a bulk of our emails and internal tasks. I use Superhuman , an email app which speeds up my email processing, and also gives me background information on all of my correspondents. 4Degrees helps leverage your network for sourcing. 10) Report.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

He started by using email (send your eCard to a friend) and there he sees 3-4 clicks back per share action. <Small plug> – I invested in an awesome company called … awe.sm … that is a performance tracking tool that let’s you measure efficacy of channels like this (email, facebook, twitter, linkedin, etc.)

Viral 303

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Scott Edward Walker

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

Emailing or cold-calling them generally doesn’t work. The way the investor thinks about it is that, if you can’t figure out your way to network your way to [an investor],… then you’re unlikely to be able to network your way into hiring a great team, or network your way into selling your product to customers. (at www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEOR0AJsziE.

Term Sheet 63

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David Teten

JANUARY 8, 2013

A family-run company that hires an outside CEO is flashing a signal that the firm may welcome an outside investor. It also sends out a monthly newsletter to over 6,000 investment bankers, lenders, intermediaries, and current and potential LPs. For example, an increase in internet traffic is usually a sign of customer traction.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Social Media Equity Media 114

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

It'd be great if we could somehow hire people all over the world, that would be great. And we had just had massive challenges trying to move money to the different contractors we were hiring in different places. But email quickly moved into the cloud. And if you lost your phone, it's not like all your email was gone.

IPO 113

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