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. First – choose your path: do you really want to transition into a manager? .
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. When we interview managers, one of our standard questions is “How do you think about code quality?” Over the years, I have had the pleasure of getting to know Sin-Mei over many lunches.
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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'll be responsible for the successful management of the sales organization in order to meet the objectives of the Company. You will initially spend majority of time personally working with individual accounts and coaching sales team. You make it happen.
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 !). Reviewed data on bot conversion, had a discussion about % of future that’s managed services vs product.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 1, 2010
A good early-stage CEO needs to be accessible, to be accountable for producing results and should be establishing the cultural norms of the company through direct leadership at all levels. As a content management system we had lots of write activities and went with Postgres. I’m not a big believer in too much hierarchy.
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.
Austin Startup
SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
A CTO will guide your product strategy, market validation, architectural decisions, process optimization, recruiting, and hiring. A CTO’s real value is in finding opportunities with asymmetric payoffs. They adopt, measure, and manage key product performance metrics. Autonomy to self-manage.
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