Friday, May 10, 2013Alex Taussig - Principal, Highland Capital Partners
When we opened our call for Summer@Highland applications a few months ago, the entire Highland investment team pitched in to get the word out. We came bearing...
Friday, May 10, 2013Michael Greeley - General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners
This is not just another Big Data story. Or just another post on
innovation. Or another good read on entrepreneurship. But it does touch
on all of those things. And it shows...
Monday, March 18, 2013Lisa Underkoffler - Principal, Practical Applications Consutling
The iPad is one of the coolest, new things in the last 3
years. Definitely cool. An inspiration in so many ways. But is it new??? In the early 1990’s, there was some amazing...
Tuesday, March 5, 2013Bilal Zuberi - Principal, General Catalyst
RoughDraft.vc is an initiative that my partners Nitesh Banta, Peter Boyce and I started last year to provide the kind of unhindered financial and other support...
Wednesday, February 27, 2013Nick Worswick - VP & General Manager, Seamless
In Part 1 of my blog on building a 3-Step
Plan to Get the Most from New Sales Hires,
I discussed the tendency of high growth companies to act under pressure and
hire sales people...
Wednesday, February 20, 2013Nick Worswick - VP & General Manager, Seamless
Word
always travels fast when a company is doing well, and growing quickly. The
flood of resumes can be overwhelming. No matter what roles you want to fill,
you’re certain...
Friday, February 15, 2013Alex Taussig - Principal, Highland Capital Partners
I graduated from Harvard Business School in the nuclear winter of job
seeking: spring of 2009. I remember quite a few of my classmates
thinking they were going to “career...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013Jeff Bussgang - General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners
My first job after business school was serving as a product manager for
an Internet commerce software company (Open Market, IPO'96). Back then,
we learned the...
Monday, February 11, 2013Justin Fossbender - Principal, Connell & Partners
The transition from pre-IPO to a
publicly traded company is significant in many areas, including executive compensation
levels and practices. Connell & Partners conducted...
