Steve Blank
MARCH 19, 2018
While Silicon Valley has grown to have global influence, in many ways the cultural leadership from the venture community has dramatically shrunk in the last decade. Among other things the book reminded me how important leadership is in setting startup culture – both consciously and implicitly. And back then they were all men.)
Version One Ventures
APRIL 11, 2019
This time, I am very excited to introduce Sin-Mei Tsai , VP of Engineering at Shippo , a Version One portfolio company. And she has not only been instrumental to Shippo, but also an extremely valuable resource to other engineering leaders in the Version One family. Functional quality.
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This is going to be BIG.
FEBRUARY 22, 2010
A week or so ago, we launched the Key Hire Wire at First Round. You will initially spend majority of time personally working with individual accounts and coaching sales team. We are looking for a seasoned engineer with management experience to take ownership of our engineering team.
Version One Ventures
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
A few weeks ago I shared some important leadership lessons from Stewart Butterfield , including investing in your own growth to make sure that the founder scales as fast as the company. It requires reinventing yourself dramatically in very little time. Nonetheless, it’s an important question to consider and find your own answer to.
Version One Ventures
MAY 23, 2019
And Sin-Mei Tsai , VP of Engineering at Shippo, discussed code quality. She was a data analyst and has been in People and leadership roles since 2011. And she has just about completed 60 to 140 ( Ada is hiring !). Ran reporting on recruiting pipeline. Posted new coaching pilot to our leadership team for feedback.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 19, 2009
I would discover that there was a more effective alternative in building a marketing department than hiring traditional marketers with MBA’s. .&# I would discover that there was a more effective alternative in building a marketing department than hiring traditional marketers with MBA’s. Context here.)
Feld Thoughts
JUNE 16, 2016
There are many things about this that are difficult, but a vexing one has to do with the leadership team. Often times, the wrong people are in senior positions. a first time founding CEO), the more likely it is a problem. Recruits, hires, and retains the very best talent for the company. Take a simple example.
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