Version One Ventures

MAY 17, 2016

But as a start-up scales, founders can’t have their hands in everything: many companies lose focus on the customer; decisions get bogged down; and there are hiring mistakes. This means they break up a big project into smaller projects, where the smaller project teams can stay nimble and be less subject to complex governance.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

However, her take on the NYC innovation economy during her recent State of the City Address confirmed my thinking: Most of what the NYC government should be doing to support technology entrepreneurship in NYC is to try and stay out of the way. It's painfully obvious that, like many other folks in NYC government, Ms. Hey everyone!

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Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Dara is a steady, capable, well-respected executive, which will be important as he works to turn around Uber’s woes, including multiple lawsuits, government investigations, a troubled culture, and most recently, simply astonishing board shenanigans. These outside hires can help even at massive scale. Facebook joins the navy.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

As part of their book campaign, Brant and Patrick have teamed up with General Assembly to offer 4 free online video classes, including: Lean UX Research Techniques - Rapid Prototyping - How to Hire Developers - Growth Hacking Every book pre-order get access to all of these classes - and quite a bit more.

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Tim Keane

MAY 27, 2010

  Yet we outperform the companies that hire those same folks.   In the EU, for instance, it’s virtually impossible to dismiss anyone – for non-performance or anything short of outright theft – caught on video tape by a government certified camera operator.   Yet we outperform the companies that hire those same folks.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

One of the best tricks I learned during our startup was a rule for deciding who to hire. And when businesspeople try to hire hackers, they cant tell which ones are good.Even other hackers have a hard time doing that. When we got real funding nearthe end of 1996, we hired a great CFO, who fixed everything retroactively.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

In recent years, government regulation has emerged as another such force to be reckoned with in the technology industry. Google, which incorporated in 1998, has a market cap of $200 billion and employs more than 30,000 people. Facebook, which did not exist in 2003, is now valued at nearly $100 billion.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 8, 2009

In May of 1998, India detonated several nuclear weapons at a test site near New Delhi. "Spy satellites produced far more raw information than the government's battalion of overworked analysts could handle.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

As I watched the new CEO hire and fire 3 regional VP’s I finally sat him down. Although I had worked for many years before, had a degree and now a post-graduate certificate no one was hiring me. I had previously worked at an executive level in the government, specialising in international relations. 13) Promote Myself.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Before: For something a little lighter, in February of 2008 Mailchimp hired User Experience designer Aaron Walter and logo designer Jon Hicks to give the MailChimp experience the friendly vibe we’ve come to expect from the brand. 1998) – 120,000+ customers. 1998) – 500,000 customers . GetResponse (est.

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Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2016

At Flavours Holidays], we have been specializing in cooking, Pilates, painting, photography, and language holidays in Italy since 1998,” she says. Further, we had a very simple organization structure, so ease of governance and compliance drove our choice of corporate structure.”. Step 6: Choose a location and hire employees.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 4, 2012

1998 – the MPAA got congress to pass the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), making it illegal for you to make a digital copy of a DVD that you actually purchased. In the 1920’s individual states were beginning to censor movies and the federal government was threatening to do so as well. The reality? History and success.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 24, 2013

to receive undergraduate and graduate degrees (education that is in part supported by all Americans, even in private schools, as schools get huge tax breaks and are often funded at least in part by government grants). government plan. The evaluation of skill is performed by the government bureaucracy. In short: Dear everyone.

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