Firas Raouf, Author at OpenView

I had an article published this week in VentureBeat where I talked about the role of the COO in an...

Every company has its own creative methodology, strategy and theory for creating and measuring lead generation and inside sales teams....

Most inexperienced CEOs dread board meetings. That's because they think they need to create all sorts of materials especially for...

As a general rule of thumb, your customers probably like – or maybe even love – your company if they’ve...

Here's a good read by Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert - ("How to Get a Real Education"). In it,...

There are a few key turning points in an early stage software company’s life. One of the biggest comes when...

What are Great CFOs Made of? I just finished reading an interesting study published by Ernst & Young called The DNA...

In my continuing series on board of directors at expansion stage software companies, the time has come to cover compensation...

As expansion stage venture capital investors, we at OpenView Venture Partners push our companies to pursue rapid growth. However, our push...