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When Should Technical Founders Become CEO?

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Somehow in a world of rapid change Mark had been able to right his ship much faster than the highly bureaucratic organizations that places like Google, Yahoo! In many ways that might be one way to interpret even Facebook where Sheryl stepped in as COO but by all accounts ran much of Facebook for a few years (other than product).

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How Pinterest, Tumblr, HootSuite, Klout, Posterous, Bitly and Mashable Rapidly And Repeatedly Hire Great People

InfoChachkie

A hiring mistake early in a startup’s life can be expensive, especially when opportunity costs are considered. One of the biggest challenges of the hiring process is sorting through unqualified applicants. According to Jennifer Van Grove of Mashable, “The Resumator. Just sign up (and you) immediately (have your own job board).”.

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Networking Tips for Entrepreneurs

Jason Nazar

The biggest mistake most folks make is that they don’t meet more new people. Do make sure to get their contact information and right then and there send them a follow up email, facebook/linkedin request, twitter shout out and you’ll meaningfully increase your odds of staying in touch. •

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Interview: Ian Siegel of ZipRecruiter

InfoChachkie

9) In Competing From The Fringe , I caution entrepreneurs to not alert their competitors when they are making mistakes. I think the biggest problem Monster, HotJobs, and CareerBuilder face right now is that they are charging premium prices for what is an increasingly commoditized product. You almost got me.”. Ocean or mountains?

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Interview: Ian Siegel of ZipRecruiter

InfoChachkie

9) In Competing From The Fringe , I caution entrepreneurs to not alert their competitors when they are making mistakes. I think the biggest problem Monster, HotJobs, and CareerBuilder face right now is that they are charging premium prices for what is an increasingly commoditized product. You almost got me.”. Ocean or mountains?

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How Startups Can Use Metrics to Drive Success

Both Sides of the Table

How many adds came through organic SEO? I see this mistake all the time, actually. I’m guessing this was also the case over the first few year’s of Zynga’s growth on Facebook. Once they knew how much money they could make with virtual goods / customer then they seemed to buy up much of the Facebook ad inventory.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

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So I organized a team dinner with all four of my partners and all three of their founders. There are other great VC’s in SoCal and there is always the allure of the NorCal guys flying down and talking about how they invested in Google, Facebook, Yahoo! And don’t make the same mistake twice. They had agreed!