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BeyondVC  less than a day ago:

Branding first starts with your team -

External branding starts with developing a consistent, internal message first. When you think of branding and positioning, remember that your first line of offense and the most important representation of your company comes from your employees.
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Feld Thoughts  less than a day ago:

It’s Your Job To Improve Your Team -

At this year’s NVCA meeting, my partner Jason Mendelson (who was the chair of the event) interviewed Dick Costolo, the CEO of Twitter.
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OpenView SureFire Capital  less than a day ago:

Hey Managers! Want Your Millennial Employees To Stick Around? -

One of the biggest complaints about Millennials in the workforce is that they are “job hoppy.” Here are three tips to boost your Millennial employee retention rate by empowering them to succeed.
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A VC  less than a day ago:

Fun Friday: Morning Joe -

It feels like its been a while since we did a fun friday around here. So here goes. How do you like your morning cup of coffee? I go with the Cortado, ideally in a shot glass.
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VC Confidential  less than a day ago:

Costolo's Awesome Commencement Speech -

"We must be willing to let go of the life that we've planned so as to embrace the life that is awaiting us.
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SaaS Product Strategy: 11 Industry Trends That Can Help You Follow Wayne Gretzky’s Advice -

Follow these 11 industry trends to see where the puck is going and make sure your SaaS product strategy gets you there first.
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How to build trust in the Bitcoin ecosystem -

Well it looks like the Department of Homeland Security is investigating Mt. Gox and the primary complaint is operating an unlicensed money transmittal business.
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Feld Thoughts  2 days ago:

Sources of Depression -

As I’m coming out of my depression, I’ve been reflecting on the hundreds of emails I’ve gotten from entrepreneurs, investors, friends, and people I don’t know talking about their own struggles with depression.
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Demand Generation Tips for Growing Net New Leads -

Here are three demand generation tips to help you select the best marketing channels and prioritize to get net-new leads fast.
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A VC  3 days ago:

S4 Running Stock Android -

Google announced so many things yesterday that it makes my head spin. Goodness all around in Google land.
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Spredfast and Social Media’s Changing Landscape -

I recently had the pleasure of spending an afternoon at Spredfast, meeting the team and exploring the platform.
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Got Pernix’d? -

Congratulations to Poojan Kumar, Satyam Vaghani and the rest of the PernixData team for raising a great Series B round led by Kleiner Perkins.
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Feld Thoughts  3 days ago:

TechStars Austin – The Newest TechStars Location -

I’m excited to join David Cohen and his team in announcing TechStars in Austin. From the TechStars blog: “The Managing Director of TechStars Austin is Jason Seats.
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Want to Recruit the Best Candidates? Ditch Those Routine Job Requirements -

To attract top candidates ditch those routine job description requirements and define what it means to be successful in the role by listing performance objectives, instead.
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A VC  4 days ago:

A Day Late And A Dollar Short -

So RIM has decided that it is time to make Blackberry Messenger (BBM) cross platform. They announced yesterday that by this summer BBM will be available on iOS and Android.
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Recruiting Insights: Is Building a Passive Candidate Pipeline Counterproductive? -

Building a passive candidate pipeline can be a great way to cut down on your time to hire, but does engaging passive candidates before you have a position to fill also carry a risk?
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Lightspeed is anchoring a Bitcoin focused fund -

 

It’s no secret that that I see the opportunity for Bitcoin to disrupt multi-billion-dollar markets and dramatically cut transaction costs for people around the world.
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Feld Thoughts  4 days ago:

My Day1 Talk For Endeavor -

When I was in Rio a few months ago for the Global Entrepreneurial Congress, I did a talk called “Day1” that Endeavor puts on.
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A VC  5 days ago:

Losing The Team -

Boards can be pretty patient. They can put up with a lot of failings, particularly in the early days of a startup when the product isn't where it needs to be.
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The role of startups in the SDN networking revolution -

For decades the leading network companies have been tightly coupling their software to complex, custom-built chips.
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