Stubborn on vision, flexible on the details
We have all seen Jeff Bezos’ great quote on being stubbornly flexible at Amazon: “We are stubborn on vision. We are flexible on details…. We don’t give up on things easily. Our third-party seller business is an example of that. It took us three tries to get the third-party seller business to work. We didn’t […]
Ride the Wave
In the course of your career or start-up, nothing is more powerful than catching a big wave at the right time. I was reminded of this as we celebrated the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9th. I was 16 and living in (West) Germany when the wall was torn […]
Unique ways to solve today’s talent crunch
Finding the right engineer, UX designer or marketer can make all the difference for your start-up. After all, the caliber of talent makes or breaks a company, no matter its size. But recruiting is hard, particularly in these bubbly times when top tech talent can pretty much go wherever they choose. This hiring challenge has […]
We’re hiring an analyst!
It has been almost a year since the initial launch of Version One Ventures and the first 12 months have been very busy with about a dozen Seed and Series A investments. So it is time to get some help to manage the fund and I am excited to announce that Version One is hiring an analyst. […]
Hiring for Startups 101 – hiring process
[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. You probably heard a few times of the start-up mantra of “hire slow, fire fast” but I actually disagree with that […]