Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

A good early-stage CEO needs to be accessible, to be accountable for producing results and should be establishing the cultural norms of the company through direct leadership at all levels. Had I stopped there I would have felt great about things, which is what I think happened to the board members / investors who had been involved before me.

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Y Combinator

JANUARY 30, 2023

Responding to that feedback with a killer feature was a great way to ultimately get them on board. We continued to build a lot of trust within the team, and they started referring their friends to apply. Some of the best feedback came from people who had chosen to not yet work with us.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Under his leadership, Expectful grew to profitability and over 13,000 paid users. I think it caught her off guard,” Krassner said, who is still a board member at the company. Right now, the site has a number of references to “motherhood” and women. Over time, the idea stuck. The new Expectful.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

In marketing materials founders often refer to their customer base as a “community”, but there’s a huge gap between having customers and creating a community. Community-building is advice I give to nearly every startup team with whom I work. Ryan Smith, the founder of Qualtrics, also invested and has joined the board of directors.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

I was meeting regularly with entrepreneurs and offering (for better or for worse) advice on how to run a startup and how to raise venture capital from my experience in doing so at two companies. thought leadership. Or “I’m a new entrepreneur, why would I offer advice on how to run a startup?&#. accessibility.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

What’s the upside, what’s your advice Shriya, for those looking for a partner, wish they had someone to work with in business. Good, bad, tips, advice. Danielle Salinas: My advice, I have two things. We didn’t hold anyone’s feet to the fire, in reference to holding true to their POs. Compromise.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 26, 2019

I say that because there are plenty of businesses whose approach to bringing new hires on board isn’t at all organised or formal. In the week before they start, give them a call to welcome them on board, confirm their start date and time, and who they should ask for when they arrive.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Leadership, she’s been on the leadership team for two massive businesses, and so who better to hear from on that topic than Claire. My advice would be actually, start something and then keep drafting it. Well, let’s transition then to leadership. Repetition is so important in leadership.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 9, 2024

But the wins that actually happen, they happen due to the work of sales leadership and sales people. That starts with sales leadership and sales management. Are there back channel references, deeper information discovery? And in an increasing number of cases, marketers as well. Those classic partner plays aren’t dead.

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