socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Gradient X , the online mobile marketing and advertising technology developer backed by GRP Partners, Rincon Venture Partners, Crosscut Ventures, Founder Collective, Double M Capital, Baroda Ventures, Siemer Ventures, and others, has snapped up some talent from OpenX with its latest hire.

OpenX 223

OpenX CTO Hire GRP Partners CIO 223

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

The truth is you really don’t know how your teammates or your bosses will perform in good times and bad. You hire people who look good on paper. So one of the surest signs you’ve hired a leader is the willingness of his or her former team to re-assemble. After 6 months – you know. You REALLY know.

CTO Hire 320

CTO Hire Startup CTO Coach Venture Capital 320

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

They often make great team members such as head of products, CTO, head of sales, CFO, etc. I recently read the book eBoys about the founding of Benchmark Capital and the founding of eBay. Partners in VC funds only wanted to fund entrepreneurs who had a certain percentage of their net worth tied up in their venture.

Entrepreneur 293

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital CTO Hire 293

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

At CallWave, Colin was CTO, Jason was CFO and I was in charge of product marketing and customer acquisition. Rincon Venture Partners and GRP Partners ). You have tremendous momentum and clearly could have raised capital from a variety of sources. We’re always hiring great people.

Marketing 209

Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Your highest priority right now is hiring the 1 or 2 people that are going to join your company and make a difference. There’s you and your killer CTO co-founder. When you think about the success that is Silicon Valley, the unfair advantage is not just the huge amounts of available venture capital. Venture Capital.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317