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 realized that there were certain open positions in our portfolio we wanted to call extra attention to. " "Hit it."
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
AUGUST 9, 2010
If you can't find ten people who say they'll buy it, your company is bullshit. I say "find ten people who say they'll buy." If the VP of Engineering thinks the target customer is just like him/her, you're doomed. If there are millions, it's trivial to find ten. Short-sighted, no? But you're still not listening.
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Steve Blank
OCTOBER 5, 2009
I’ve convinced the team you’d be perfect, come join us as the VP of Marketing.” My ex-boss was going to be the VP of Engineering and I would report to the CEO whose marketing acumen and sales instincts seemed at the time to be telepathic and sense of theater was legend. We’re building a supercomputer.”
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
So I initially gravitated to the CTO title, and not VP of Engineering. Instead, they find options and can communicate them to everyone in the company. Find the 80/20 - this was my favorite part of the job. I mean, have you seen other people? They might do anything ! But along the way, something strange happened.
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 7, 2008
Its common to find a hacker at the heart of almost any successful technology company. And we cant hire new engineers any faster, because you cant be interviewing and debugging and fixing all at the same time! Even with the highest standards imaginable, theres no way to hire just genius hackers. Just change it.
Seeing Both Sides
AUGUST 16, 2012
Last week, I wrote about Akamai , a company with strong network effects that successfully transitioned from a single product to build a platform that garners over a billion dollars in revenue and is now a core part of the Internet’s fabric. Scaling Lesson 1: Focus On Finding A Great Business Model. Magical, really.
www.reincubate.com
FEBRUARY 1, 2010
Start-ups often hire at one extreme -- closer to a Lead Developer or VP of Engineering -- whereas corporates may focus on their CIO, which is potentially quite a different role. The problem with development consultancies How to recruit strong technical staff for start-ups Call: +44 (0) 844 3579899 Email: Tweet: @reincubate.
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