A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 13, 2020

This was especially true in countries, such as Singapore, where the national government mandated classes to resume and provided guidance on the structure and tools to use in a remote setting. however, was far less prepared than many other countries to pivot and engage their students online through the rest of the school year.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2021

The Mountain View-based startup provides its clients with a talent acquisition platform that helps them identify suitable candidates and import and filter thousands of resumes. In the state of Indiana, Eightfold maintains partnership for people applying for unemployment insurance to build up their resumes and find job opportunities instantly.

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Paul G. Silva

MARCH 26, 2020

Results not resumes. Almost everyone does it the same way, by telling the audience about the resumes of their team members. Also, resumes tend to emphasize the wrong facts. Turn “523 people responded to our initial emails” into… “Our initial emails conversion rate is 5x the industry standard.

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Y Combinator

MAY 19, 2020

To help job seekers amid this crisis, I’m spending a lot of time doing 1-1s and resume reviews. Mail me your resume ( ryan@ycombinator.com Resume: For each position on your resume, be sure to cover what, how and impact.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

APRIL 28, 2020

If you are forced to step back from your own entrepreneurial project, it may be the perfect time to invest in your education, to bolster your resume and expand your skill sets. Additionally, accredited platforms such as Coursera offer bachelors- and masters-level courses and certificates from top-ranked universities.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

At Anchor , we were building products in the audio space and so were naturally inclined to look at resumes that included words like “audio”, “radio”, and the like. Why reduce the eligible candidates to those who have worked in particular industries or have specific buzzwords on their resumes? Sure, they didn’t get that question right.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

“The increased pool of applicants means employers that are still hiring face a higher volume of resumes to review if they post a job opening,” Skalli said. “ A CRM helps a lot to screen these resumes quickly.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 28, 2021

How to Write a Resume that Sells. I recommend look at my exhaustive list for emerging VCs and private equity investors of Associations, Accelerators, Incubators, and Platforms. Resources I’ve developed: VC Recruiters List and Compensation Data. How to negotiate a partner role at a VC or private equity firm.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2023

Meanwhile, the District of Columbia settlement follows an agreement with the California Department of Financial Protection & Innovation announced this week that SoLo Funds will be able to resume operations in the State of California. In February, TechCrunch reported that SoLo Funds had acquired over 1 million registered users and over 1.3

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TechCrunch

MAY 27, 2021

To pick two issues: Resumes are often a pretty poor indicator of talent, and on-site whiteboard sessions are super unpopular. If it’s more skills-focused than resume-centric, does that shake up who gets hired? Filtered is taking on both by providing skills-based take-home tests with AI aboard to help detect fraud.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Operating experience has become a buzzword over the last few years as venture capitalists pump up their resumes in a quest to set themselves apart from other sources of startup capital. Now, it seems that we are seeing the next evolution of that trend.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2023

This will mean that SVB Financial can apply, and plans to apply, to the courts to resume activities while finding buyers for its assets, which include going ahead with its plans to sell off SVB Securities and SVB Capital, and more. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Whenever a user posts a new project experience to their resume, they can add who they worked with as a collaborator. But Huffman says that Contra doesn’t only rely on referrals, it also helps position someone as more than their resume. It’s different from LinkedIn, where you can add anyone you meet and they become a “connection.”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Contra, a professional network for freelance workers, is partnering with TikTok to allow users to showcase their resumes and portfolios via TikTok Jump, the social media service’s third-party integration tool. With this new integration, creators can now add a “View My Portfolio” link to their TikTok content.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

To apply for this opportunity, please send cover letter with resume to resumes@i2E.org with salary requirement by October 12, 2020. An accountant with an MBA in Finance, CPA, or CMA is desirable. The Staff Accountant should also have demonstrated experience working in a team environment.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 19, 2022

We needed to do something to generate revenue until international travel resumed and Southern Lights by Flight was our solution. The pandemic was a terrible time as all business ceased, followed by repatriation, refunds, redundancies and pretty much every cost-cutting thing we could do other than complete hibernation.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 1, 2022

In a single day, he rode 50 km, found a place to stay in some village, worked for several hours, and resumed the journey the next day. Resuming work Despite all the difficulties, we resumed work. For example, one of our colleagues left Kyiv for Vynnytsya (the city in the center of Ukraine) by bicycle. Ukrainians are unbreakable!

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Someone’s education and work history can be similar to other resumes in a pile, but Searchlight aims to improve how companies measure a person’s soft skills to provide not only a differentiator, but also a better indicate of how well that person will ultimately fit into the organization.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 21, 2011

They spend way too much time mashing their resume against a bunch of job posts until something sticks. 3) The myth of the resume and job post: The whole system is built on resumes and job posts—and this is just a terrible way to match people up. 5) Exits: Who buys you? Yeah, that worked like ten years ago.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Written for EO by Warren Fowler, a writer at Resumes Planet. Alanis Claude, career advisor at Resumes Planet , explains that although companies sometimes claim to be LGBT-friendly, they fail to deliver in practice: “Many businesses have policies that promote equality. Sadly, workplace discrimination remains an issue.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 30, 2024

In the last year, AI experience has become a status symbol on a resume & a path to materially higher salaries. Last year, I argued every company would need an AI strategy because AI would infuse most products. But, I missed an important concept in the post. I’ve spoken to many executives seeking their next role.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

If hiring managers really thought hiring based on experience was a bad idea, then it wouldn’t be standard operating procedure to require all new applicants to submit resumes. After all, the resume is a document that primarily exists to tell employers about a person’s previous experience.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 25, 2017

A client recently said to me, “this resume looks fine…I mean, they seem to have the right experience, but that’s just on paper. I know you’ve met them, and there’s so much more to someone than what’s on their resume.”. There’s so much more than what’s on paper—both a candidate’s resume and a company’s job description.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2021

It’s that CIOs or CISOs typically look right past them if their resumes don’t have a very specific list of qualifications. It’s that CIOs or CISOs typically look right past them if their resumes don’t have a very specific list of qualifications. The problem is not that these folks don’t exist. Probably not very.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 22, 2010

without an agency) I take my big, fat pile of printed [yes, I print them] resumes and stack them on my desk. In the last job I recruited for (our associate) I had more than 1,000 resumes. With a stack of 1,000 resumes you have to filter. This quickly gets me to a stack of 200 resumes. Renounce your past sins.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 15, 2022

Our joy at being able to resume face-to-face connection was in every hug, handshake and in-person introduction enjoyed by the more than 1,100 EO members who attended. They create an environment where you can form real, meaningful connections that last a lifetime, and participate in a community that’s larger than yourself. Together We Grow.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2023

Although the bank resumed operations, it’s unclear what its role will be moving forward as a critical social player. In fact, Rice said he worried that some founders would feel the effects of losing SVB for a while, especially as there’s no institution within tech seemingly as committed to helping Black founders, he said.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Creating a resume is one of the most frustrating parts of job hunting. Though ubiquitous on social media, videos are still rare on job platforms, even though it’s difficult to capture your personality in a resume. The new funding will be used to expand its sales, product and research and development teams.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2023

Kurly will have to start from scratch should it wants to resume its listing. “Kurly will resume the IPO at the optimal time when we can fully evaluate our valuation in the future,” the company said in its statement. Hence, the IPO deadline for Kurly is on February 22. billion valuation in December 2021.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

I casually asked candidates to bring two copies of their resume, unfolded in manila envelopes, and two No. I pushed with a few intentionally contentious comments about obvious resume holes—e.g., Natural? • This showed whether they would do what they were asked, and do it exactly. •

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Sophie Alcorn. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. More posts by this contributor.

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Gust

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

That may be easier said than done, since resumes do not tell the story, and without real nurturing, the best people won’t stay around long. While many resumes portray people as leaders, resumes are heavily weighted toward “initiators”, those who start things and develop new ways of doing things. Go-to people get things done.

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Paul G. Silva

MARCH 27, 2020

Results not resumes – Identify the 2-4 most critical skill sets a company like yours needs and then show examples of your team doing exactly those things… brilliantly. The one number rule – Don’t have more than one number ( maybe two) on a slide.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

While Purpose Driven Tours, and many other tourism companies in Nicaragua, are currently on standby due to social and political unrest, Damaris is actively exploring other projects to ensure the community and local schools are supported before tours can resume normally. Entrepreneurship is worth the risk.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

Few people in the industry have substantial experience delivering production-grade ML (for instance, you’ll sometimes notice resumes that specify experience with ML models but then find their models are rule-based engines rather than real ML models). Secondly, finding the level of experience required can be challenging.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 13, 2022

The platform just launched a TikTok Resumes pilot program and a new Shopify partnership to support social commerce. Just as Snapchat graduated from the exchange of ephemeral photos to include video, stories and chat— a formula brands quickly acclimatized to—TikTok is showing signs of breaking out of its Gen-Z niche.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 14, 2021

As someone with “founder” on your resume, you have an extra challenge in getting a traditional salaried job. I’ve had to really shift my resume/LinkedIn to going back to a specialized Designer (not generalized) role. All Hands is a resume bank focused on tech talent that wants to work for progressive/liberal goals.

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