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Hiring for Startups 101 – hiring process 5 Jun 2012 | 12:16 am
[This is the second post of the "Hiring for Startups 101" blog series] Once you have a full funnel, it is really important that you move candidates through an efficient and effective hiring process. ...
Hiring for Startups 101 – filling the funnel 23 May 2012 | 01:37 am
[This is the first post of the "Hiring for Startups 101" blog series] I often hear from startups that they don’t see enough (quality) candidates for their open positions and most of the times this is...
Hiring for startups 101 – new blog series 17 May 2012 | 11:35 am
How to hire for your startup is one of the most crucial (if not the crucial) tasks for any startup founder but rarely gets the attention it deserves from bloggers. There are probably more posts a day ...
“Tell me who your friends (advisors, employees,…) are and I will tell you who you are”…. 9 May 2012 | 03:45 am
“Tell me who your friends are and I will tell you who you are” is an old saying that has some real truth to it – but it is not only valid for your private life but might also be a very useful guidelin...
Breaking into the Valley? Use the “Canadian mafia” 28 Apr 2012 | 01:08 am
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) There is a PayPal mafia, a Facebook mafia and a Twitter mafia, all powerful networks of entrepreneurs and investors based in the Valley. And now there is a really strong “Ca...
Go for passionate users, not a large sales force 26 Apr 2012 | 09:32 am
One of the key questions for every start-up in the B2B space is the go-to-market strategy and the natural initial focus is always on creating a scalable sales and marketing process. How do I create qu...
How to hire for your start-up 1 Mar 2012 | 09:05 am
I recently read a great article about Google’s recruiting machine that described in some detail how Google’s hiring success is based on 4 elements: “data, money (lots of it), sophisticated programming...
New investment: Jobber, SalesForce-like software for handymen, gardeners 23 Feb 2012 | 07:22 am
In the past few years, a few Canadian companies have emerged as category leaders in the SaaS space and I am excited to announce a new investment in a start-up that has the potential to become one thos...
Urgency and confidence 18 Feb 2012 | 05:24 am
We have all seen numerous times how a good call to action can increase the conversion rate of a website. And we have also learned that trust elements (like a clear return policy) are equally important...
What does a Venture Partner do? 3 Feb 2012 | 05:21 am
Most people know me as an early-stage investor in now over 30 internet companies through w media ventures and more recently, as a co-founder of the Vancouver-based start-up accelerator GrowLab. Lesser...
