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The Perils and Pitfalls of the “Been There, Done That” VP: Posers and Mercenaries

The Perils and Pitfalls of the “Been There, Done That” VP: Posers and Mercenaries

By Jason M. Lemkin on November 27, 2012

Basically all of the SaaS CEOs/founders I know of have made at least one terrible VP+ level hire. Sometimes it’s VP Sales (OK, often, this is the most common mishire — another post here on what a really great VPS can do for you, and how a poor one can wreck your company, coming).

Posted in Entrepreneurship | Tagged startup hiring, startups | 1 Response

Startup Mantra: Hire Fast, Fire Fast

Startup Mantra: Hire Fast, Fire Fast

By Mark Suster on May 26, 2011

  I have often said that what separates real entrepreneurs from pundits and bystanders is a bias towards getting things done versus over analyzing things. My credo has always been JFDI. It’s the hardest thing to teach people who come out of big companies, out of conservative jobs. At the big consulting firms, investment banks and […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged brad feld, Entrepreneur, Startup Advice, Startup company, startup hiring | 1 Response

Who Should you Hire at a Startup?

Who Should you Hire at a Startup?

By Mark Suster on October 22, 2009

This is part of my ongoing posts on Startup Advice.  There are people who tell startups that they should hire the most senior people that they can find.  I’m not one of those.  I believe that you should always hire people are are looking to “punch above their weight class,” which means to hire people who […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship | Tagged Entrepreneurship, executives, hiring, management, sales, Start-up Advice, startup, startup hiring, Technology | 5 Responses

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