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Recruiting and Retaining the Right Executive Talent

Andreessen Horowitz

We spend time looking at their org savvy, their leadership skills. Who are the best search partners to use, and let then letting you and that search firm run with the execution. Can you just describe the MOC to our audience, what it is, and why you guys are so passionate about using it? The mission is the elevator pitch.

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Heyday raises $555M to buy up and scale more D2C brands in the Amazon marketplace universe

TechCrunch

San Francisco-based Heyday — which buys up and then grows direct-to-consumer merchants and brands that have found initial traction, leveraging the Amazon marketplace — has raised $555 million, a Series C that it will be using to continue expanding its technology, investing in business development, and to buy up more assets.

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Brand journalism: What is it and what can it do for your brand?

The Zapier Blog

Brand journalism is a content marketing strategy that leans into what "be interesting" means to your target audience by defining "relevant" broadly. It follows forms of journalism through use of third-party interviews and external expert analysis, researched or reported news, and feature stories. You're welcome.)

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How to Make a Tough Hiring Decision

ExactHire - Startups

When considering how to make a tough hiring decision, develop a data-driven hiring process that artfully mixes objectivity with sound intuitive judgement to choose the best candidate. Recruiters often find the internet brings mixed blessings in their search for top candidates. Stellar candidates can easily get lost in the mix.

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How to Manage a Board

Y Combinator

When people refer to setting up a board, what they usually mean is the process of adding outside directors, after the company raises money. One thing you can do is check references with founders that those investors have worked with – just as with recruiting any talent. option grants). Managing Your Board. Meeting Schedule.

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How to Make a Tough Hiring Decision

ExactHire - Startups

When considering how to make a tough hiring decision, develop a data-driven hiring process that artfully mixes objectivity with sound intuitive judgement to choose the best candidate. Recruiters often find the internet brings mixed blessings in their search for top candidates. Stellar candidates can easily get lost in the mix.

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Micromax, smartphone sales stalled, eyes a steer into electric vehicles

TechCrunch

But a mix of stronger (and cheaper) competition, coupled with the rapid pace of technology development and the ongoing market slowdown , have left it spinning. But the deal never closed reportedly due to disagreements between Micromax and Alibaba over future strategy for the business. billion from Alibaba. of its phones in India.