CTO Hire Customer Funding Yammer 
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
Because I am true to the hiring practices I preach, I wanted a strong exec who would “ punch above their weightclass ” by taking a job they hadn’t yet done but would hugely aspire to and thus work harder to out perform. RedBeacon was the 3rd winner (year 1: Yammer, year 2: Mint.com) – not bad company.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 28, 2011
So yes, I want to hire somebody with really high IQ and EQ but not somebody who is more knowledgeable at your specific skill set than you are. What results must you have in order to raise venture capital or garner good press coverage that helps drive customer acquisition (and also more funding!)? Is it book smarts? ON SUCCESS.
socalTECH
JUNE 30, 2016
He's now hard at work at a new company, Kaleo, which is tackling the enterprise, knowledge sharing market�and already has an impressive list of Fortune 500 customers. This was her pain point, back in our early days in 2011, and at that time, social was starting to become big. There were things like Yammer, Jive, and all that.
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