socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2019

Minnie Ingersoll: A few things, but most recently I started by own company, in 2013. I think the vision and the selling, for investors, for employees, and for customers, is really a core skill. We had to do a reduction-in-force and layoff early in our career, and I thought we were done. Minnie Ingersoll: So much was hard.

Southern California 133

Southern California Startup Layoffs Venture Capital 133

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

It makes it easier to persuade others to join you, it alerts other angels & VCs that you’re a company to be on their radar screen, it helps potential customers know that you may be worth doing business with and it builds you up to announce other milestones down the line. But in 2013 it can also simply be, “Company X raises $2.2

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Startup Funding News Press 355

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2013

If you try to vary the number of employees to match, that costs even more cash for hiring, firing, and layoffs. It could be a natural disaster, like a flood or wind storm, or loss of key personnel, equipment failure, or a major customer complaint on the Internet. On the other side, your new customers expect a free trial period.

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Startup Sales Layoffs Slides 114