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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

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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.

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How Kaleo Is Tackling Enterprise Knowledge Sharing

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Phil Hui-Bon-Hoa , the CEO of El Segundo-based Kaleo (www.kaleo.com), is a serial entrepreneur who has previously built and sold four companies, including one acquired by IFILM, and another by Sun Microsystems. This was her pain point, back in our early days in 2011, and at that time, social was starting to become big.

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On Leadership, Teams, Success & Happiness

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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. These are the skills I look for in entrepreneurs and leaders. It is the very fabric of what I believe forms the entrepreneur DNA. How can I hire a team without any money?

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