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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

Both Sides of the Table

But in the end we selected David Lin , a superstar who did 4 years at the technology investment banking firm Montgomery & Co and 4 years as Director of Strategy at the comparison shopping site PriceGrabber where he dealt with many operational issues. Sales is the lifeblood of every organization. THE FIVE C’S.

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The Right Way To Do A Software ROI Analysis

Feld Thoughts

On Monday we had a Foundry Group portfolio company sales summit. We are fortunate in that we’ve got a bunch of amazing sales execs in our portfolio, including several CEOs like Howard Diamond of MobileDay and Matthew Bellows of Yesware who have long histories selling and building sales organizations. Sales ROI yesware'

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Walking Away From Liquidity

Seeing Both Sides

At a (pre-blizzard) conference I attended today run by Gridley & Co, this theme was reinforced, with rosy predictions of an M&A boom. In each case, a strong unsolicited offer came in that would have yielded "VC-like" returns and many millions for the founders and senior executives. Do the people around you (i.e.,