Private Equity
Recently employers have begun asking job applicants for Facebook passwords under the assumption the social networking site will reveal the real story of who they are. We are not convinced.
4 min read · 07 May 2012
Career advice from Reid Hoffman, technology visionary, founder of LinkedIn and co-author of The Start-up of You.
7 min read · 23 April 2012
Senior executive changes are happening with increasing frequency in today’s vibrant technology market. Seasoned managers move from one early-stage company to another, and from established companies and venture firms into the startup world. Some of the savviest new-gen Web companies recruit directly from brand name consumer and media outfits.
5 min read · 02 April 2012
Communities can be among a company’s most potent marketing assets, yet among the most difficult to manage. People say they want one without knowing how to build it, exactly why it is valuable or the lengths they need to go to protect it.
4 min read · 26 March 2012
The hardest thing for entrepreneurs to do is nothing. These Type A personalities have a deep need to act. But great things don’t come along all that often, and picking projects carefully may be the best advice in today’s excitable technology markets.
3 min read · 22 March 2012
Mark Zuckerberg famously commented that a great engineer is worth a 100 average engineers (something every developer knows deep in her heart). He was talking about A-players, and in our opinion the worst thing any startup can do is accept less than the best and brightest.
5 min read · 05 March 2012
Once you know a company has stalled, the worst thing you can do is to simply wait it out or try more of the same, strategically and operationally.
5 min read · 06 February 2012
4 min read · 23 January 2012
5 min read · 09 January 2012
4 min read · 03 January 2012
