David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

For example, recruiting writ large is useful at all stages of development. Adding full lifecycle data and industry exposure tags to that, across such a large number of companies, often enables us to see trends ahead of the market, such as retail decimation a few years ago.” Recruiting. Is the service scaleable?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Well, aside from it showing discipline and intelligence – we always get flooded with emails when we recruit and when you have to manage volume you need to go for obvious filters. He told me he was planning on recruiting somebody for a similar role and I asked about his spec. Tags: VC Industry. It was nearly identical.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 14, 2022

Drawbacks to Creating a Software Company My previous business sold software for up to $15,000 a year to help college football programs find recruits. There was a daunting price tag and time lag required before we finally broke a profit. We brought on several software engineers to create the product.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 17, 2010

You've heard the arguments before--Wall Street sucks up all the best talent in NYC and that's why its so tough to recruit here. You see, financial recruiting in New York City is machine--a machine that creates a lot of noise and whose gears start churning as early as sophomore year of college. So how can you change this?

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

For a list of ideas on recruiting family offices specifically, see 11 Ideas to Organize an Event Family Offices Want to Attend. The next step is to create a social media post with these examples, tagging all relevant VCs/PEs, with a message like ‘Check out intel on your raises and other similar deals we could have helped you predict’.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

For example, recruiting writ large is useful at all stages of development. Adding full lifecycle data and industry exposure tags to that, across such a large number of companies, often enables us to see trends ahead of the market, such as retail decimation a few years ago.” Recruiting. Is the service scaleable?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 11, 2010

I’m surprised how few people talk about valuations, term sheet terms, how much to pay recruiters, etc. By being in a facility like this you have a ready made peer group to ask about things like recruiting, technology, PR, venture capitalists or banks. Do tell … Tags: Start-up Advice Tech Market Analysis.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 28, 2010

Finding the best jobs takes a lot of commitment to taking many different networking meetings with executives, recruiters, entrepreneurs, VC’s, investment bankers, etc. The best jobs are the ones that certainly haven’t gone out to an executive recruiter. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 11, 2016

It’s a good trend in that boot camp graduates fill the pipeline for employers; but the price tag almost guarantees that historically lower-income populations will be left out. African-Americans and Hispanics, combined, make up only 9% of the workforce in software-based companies; women account for only 20%.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 12, 2010

Winter Wyman, a top local recruiting firm, has been a continual supporter of the tech community and their participation was much appreciated. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology nextNY. You can follow Mike Fitzgerald on Twitter. Looking forward to doing at least two more of these in 2010!

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 22, 2010

Whenever I recruit somebody on my own (e.g. In the last job I recruited for (our associate) I had more than 1,000 resumes. But even in a focused search through recruiters I’m always looking to eliminate the job hopper. “I was recruited away from that job. You were recruited away three times?

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 1, 2010

Great technical talent rarely looks for work—work looks for them, and it doesn’t just look for them, it actively recruits them. I think most new entrepreneurs severely underestimate the time it takes to recruit talent. That’s why recruiters make so much coin. If it was so easy there, do you think recruiters would make that much?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Forward it to a friend, share it on Twitter and tag me so I can thank you for reading myself! He compared the previous version of 500 Global to a school with an annual schedule: There are times when you’re doing homework, times when you sit back and recruit, and summer vacation. If you like this newsletter, do me a quick favor?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2010

If you’re interested in recruiting sales people, I wrote on the topic of startup sales people: who to hire & when – understanding the roles of Journeymen, Mavericks & Superstars. Tags: Startup Advice. So I hope these posts will be useful to all and not just those who need road warriors.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Recruiting is an emotional decision. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. They then decide to accept a job somewhere else or equally as likely they subtly lose confidence in the decision to join you. When you have the right candidate dithering can cost you. You’re a VC. Avoid deciding through indecision.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2021

Before using phone numbers to collect customers’ information, the company used QR codes and NFC tags. We’ll cover every aspect of company-building: Fundraising, recruiting, sales, product market fit, PR, marketing and brand building. Because of its original business model, Koinz had to iterate several times.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

DNAnexus is recruiting an experienced leader to take charge of their business development efforts. Tags: First Round Capital Venture Capital & Technology nextNY. Interested candidates should e-mail keyhirewire@firstround.com with "Knewton OMD" in the subject.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2010

Example: great discussions about recruiting tips, similar problems with Amazon AWS, ad agencies stretching payments, etc. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. I’ve been to similar events with First Round Capital and True Ventures. Greycroft – Why Accountants Don’t Run Startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

But as someone who is in charge of recruiting, I feel like it adds a ton to the expectations of compensation without adding any additional value to me as an employer. I say this as somebody who recruited several Harvard, Wharton and similar MBAs at my first company (the one where I acknowledge that I made every mistake in the book).

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

IQ Engines is an image labeling and photo recognition platform that relies partly on technology to identify photos and party on a crowdsourced team of people who review the photos and tag them with the idea of the system learning and automatically becoming better through the process. Tags: Tech Market Analysis VC Industry.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 14, 2010

Would recruiters pay to see this stuff? Tags: Venture Capital & Technology. You’d have to come up with a model that doesn’t effect the quality of the reviews or mess with that ecosystem—like charging me to hide reviews or something. Perhaps, but they’d only use it as a directional indicator.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 19, 2010

We won't add them without their permission and we're happy to add them anonymously such as "VP of Biz Dev looking for East Coast opportunities--see Josh" We did an alpha test of this last week and several of the featured people got contacted for jobs I didn't know were being recruited for--proving the model.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Good recruiters never stop at the official list and neither do VCs. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. For some reason most entrepreneurs do. Don’t let that be you. I always tell entrepreneurs, “in good times of course everybody loves their VC. Happy reference checking.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 31, 2010

Prepare to be Recruited By The Future. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology nextNY. Current undergrads who participate can attend the Tech Meetup for free and some guest entrepreneurs even stop by once in a while. RSVP: [link] 7PM: NY Tech Meetup - Rally for the Future Tuesday is an extravaganza. Fewer demos this time. RSVP: [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

But as an angel you’re usually not only taking risks but also helping the company succeed (through introductions, social proof, coaching, recruiting). Tags: Raising Venture Capital Startup Advice. As an investor when you do convertible debt you’re usually pricing the round when the next money comes in.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

Recruiting will be different – You can build a great management team in LA. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Launchpad LA SoCal Stuff Start-up Advice Startup Advice. You can find very talented technology executives. But let’s be honest with ourselves – it’s not Silicon Valley. And still much work to be done.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

For non-profits, this allows for the creation of a board development committee to find and recruit outstanding new board members and find ways to unseat those who are no longer contributing or even attending board meetings. Tags: Depending upon others Surrounding yourself with talent.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

I hired an executive recruiter and had 7 finalist candidates that I interviewed. Tags: Raising Venture Capital Start-up Advice. It was 2003 and I was training for a marathon so I was in great shape (yes, I know this was YEARS ago but I did complete it in 3:57). I was looking for a person to head up my UK sales team.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

Guest columnist Rob Hudock, a litigator who focuses on helping companies recruit the best talent available while avoiding distracting workplace issues or lawsuits, lays out the importance of putting out any employment-related fires before an exit. Before an exit, founders must get their employment law ducks in a row.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 15, 2010

I have a friend who is a CEO of a recruiting firm who “virtualized” her company after a decade of maintaining a fixed office location. Much larger recruiting companies are in trouble, with high fixed costs for facilities that cannot be shed quickly. That depends upon the management as much as the employee.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 4, 2010

I have been member and even chair of presidential search committees, and can attest that board members (and other designated stakeholders) spend hundreds of hours in the recruiting process, all without pay. Tags: Depending upon others Surrounding yourself with talent.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

There are only two ways: grow more by improving our schools or import more by recruiting talented immigrants. Tags: Tech Market Analysis. And where do start-ups come from? They come from smart, creative, inspired risk-takers. How do we get more of those?

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

There are issues that stress the loyalty of board members such as placement of employees or recruiting of executives from firms where the VC or board member has inside knowledge. Tags: General Surrounding yourself with talent. These are rare, but each stresses the duty of loyalty to the corporation on whose board they sit.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 9, 2020

In contrast, structured data is neatly tagged and categorized for easier use and processing. You can either designate one or more of your current employees to train and assign to this task, or you can recruit and hire new talent to do the job.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2009

It’s true that many VCs over promise how helpful they’ll be with introductions / strategic advice / recruiting, etc. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Pitching VCs Raising Venture Capital Start-up Advice Startup Advice. Most VCs aren’t either? What’s the difference? Great question. But this is benign.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 30, 2010

However, this weekend, we're way short on volunteering help, and so I'm recruiting from the NY tech community. Tags: It's My Life Kayaking Venture Capital & Technology nextNY. Our "boathouse" is two shipping containers in the new park, and we've been having some great success in our first few weekends. Listen to your pitch?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

As a CEO you never stop needing to go on sales calls (or to work the phones in telesales or customer support) and ceasing to do this as your company grows because you’re focusing on investors, recruiting, PR or whatever is a mistake. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. Don’t skip.

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