Startup Strategy
Startup Strategy
Give Your Company Some Personality
Most venture capital firms advise their investee CEOs shortly after investment to start rounding out their management teams so that…
by Vlad Djuric
Startup Strategy
Is your startup looking to make a Splash?
If so, you should consider entering into Vator.tv’s Splash competition to be held May 13 in San Francisco. I had…
by Kobie FullerStartup Strategy
Company Exit Strategy?
Many times, expansion stage CEOs are a bit taken aback when we ask them to define their company exit strategy.…
by Cynthia MignognaStartup Strategy
Have Contracts Become Commoditized?
As an advisor to a Boston Venture Capital firm, I actually think about these issues. My short answer is in…
by Jeremy AberStartup Strategy
Poaching from Competitors’ Sales Teams: A Best Practice Process?
Tricky topic, and there are clearly pros and cons to this hiring practice. We have seen some of our expansion…
by OpenViewStartup Strategy
Yes We Are Process Geeks
Here is the latest example of the sales and marketing support that OpenView Labs provides to the portfolio. The Lead…
by Firas RaoufStartup Strategy
How proactive candidate sourcing can help your business growth strategies
Today, three Business Development Specialists had their first day at Intronis Technologies. Of the three candidates who were extended offers (all of…
by Diana MartzStartup Strategy
Some secrets to retaining key employees
It feels like we are slowly coming out of the recession. In conversations with our expansion stage company management teams,…
by Brian ZimmermanStartup Strategy
Zillow’s Content Marketing Rocks
Laura Rippy of Zmags pointed me to Spencer Rascoff’s blog… So I checked out Zillow and was very impressed with how…
by Firas Raouf