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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

o Early on they hired 3 people from ACT software at once (more team hiring) on staff and supplement it with Agency (in LA worked with First Communications – good). Lean startup: o It’s situational so some businesses are operationally/people intensive, high LTV (lifetime value) means you can spend more upfront.

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Twitter Link Roundup #182 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

How to Turn Your Startup Into a Lean, Mean Marketing Machine – [link]. 7 Tips On How Your Small Business Or Startup Can Hire A Good Lawyer And Control Legal Costs – [link]. Lean Business: The Very Model of a Modern Spreadsheet – [link]. A founder-friendly term sheet – [link].

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Why Confidence is So Important in Fund Raising

Both Sides of the Table

I told him, “I know we don’t yet have a term sheet so you feel you need to listen to everybody’s request. But imagine you were expecting two term sheets imminently. I know bigger firms sometimes hire people just to fill out the data but I mostly refused. How would you act then?

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The David S. Rose Reading List for High-Growth Startups

Up and Running

Why David Rose recommends it: “It lays out in explicitly stark terms the difference between ‘small business ownership’ and ‘entrepreneurship.’ The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses. ” Lean Business Planning: Get What You Want From Your Business.

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When The VC Asks: About Your Hiring Plan

Hunter Walker

Whether it’s adding capacity to an existing function (#MawrEngineers) or bringing new talents onboard (“we intend to make our first marketing hire”), glossing over these bullet points towards the back of the pitch deck would be a mistake. I’m interested in not just what these people will be doing but how and when they’ll be hired.

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Airbnb Reflections

Reid Hoffman

And if the reference checks come back positively, then if I believe at startup is a good opportunity, I can lean in right away. So I got the license to put a term sheet down, and we made the investment. In addition, the company redirected its recruiting team from hiring new employees to helping former employees find new jobs.

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Two Amazing Women Setting Out on Their Startup Journey

Both Sides of the Table

We had them a term sheet the same week. She learns how to ship product, how to deal with merchants, how to hire product managers. Sheryl Sandberg leans in? Turns out Punky was a childhood hero for Tasha. That’s cute. They pitched on a Wednesday. I had them at my partners’ meeting the next Monday.

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