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JUNE 24, 2022

A number of tech companies have made the headlines this week for hiring new members of staff, only to rescind such offers before they start. A False Start. Sign up for Tech.co's newsletter today. Perhaps the most concerning thing is that this isn’t just restricted to startups, small or even medium-sized businesses.

Technical Review 133

Technical Review Company Companies Startup 133

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

Understanding “The Funding Angle” I sit at enough board meetings to hear conflicting advice given to entrepreneurs about how to handle PR and announcements at startups. In stead of doing my typical big long post with 10 PR tips (like I did there), I’m going to break them up into individual (I hope more digestible) chunks.

Startup 355

Startup Funding News Press 355

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

This is part of my series on How to Raise VC but could equally be filed under Startup Advice more generally. He started the call by telling me he had exciting news. He had 2 weeks’ cash left in the bank and was facing massive layoffs or potentially bankruptcy. Many entrepreneurs have a PR page in the PowerPoint deck.

Venture Capital 291

Venture Capital Press News Startup 291

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2010

Perhaps a simpler way to think about culture is to think of it in terms of how an organization makes choices, how it develops its values, its ethics, how it trains, recognizes and rewards its associates, its spirit, and not to be overlooked, how it treats its customers - both internal and external. Employee turnover is extraordinary low.

Organization 89

Organization Training Layoffs Journal 89