VentureFizz Stories

In the fifth episode of the VentureFizz Career Inspiration podcast, Keith Cline interviews Mike Hebert, Head of Talent Acquisition at edX.

Let's face it, sometimes plans don't always go the way we plan. If they are work-related, it can be more stressful. For these situations, Christina Luconi has introduced the concept of Plan O for Opportunity and explains how it works as a contingency plan for situations when things go awry.

Enterprise and early-stage startups do have their fair share of differences, they both can actually learn from each other in a variety of areas. Peter Karlson lists the several ways both small and large companies can learn from each other.

In the fourth episode of the VentureFizz Career Inspiration podcast, Keith Cline interviews Jen Paxton, Director of Talent at LevelUp.

Bullhorn is a SaaS company that helps staffing and recruitment firms run their businesses with a suite of CRM and back office products. It was also founded by a 24-year-old Tufts grad, bootstrapped for seven years, and remains founder-led nearly two decades later.

To some employees, coaching and mentoring can look like the same thing. However, there are some fundamental differences with the two and Intelligent.ly's Gabriela McManus details on what makes a coach and what makes a manager.

When a company hires someone with boatloads of experience and success, it can come with some early struggles as the new hire may want to implement their own ideas based on previous job. Christina Luconi, who has seen the issues on both sides, writes about how both the company and the hired person can benefit by working together.

Acquia CMO Lynne Capozzi has a strong background running marketing teams for several high-growth tech companies. We sat down with Capozzi to talk about her experience, Acquia, and how to build high-performing marketing teams.

In our second episode of the VentureFizz Career Inspiration podcast, Keith Cline interviews Chris McMahon, VP of People & Culture at Turbonomic.

Nowadays, it's not uncommon to see a company with its own blog, podcast, or some sort of creative outlet to highlight the company's culture and employees. Ashley Perez writes about how important these features to a company's website can be and suggests how some companies can start embracing these outlets.

It's great to have a mentor you can look up to or help you with some guidance if you are getting stuck in the work place. But, besides those reasons above, are there other, more personal reasons to seek out a mentor? Christina Luconi takes a look at the mentor-peer relationship in a different way and offers some advice for those looking to get one.

And Rapid7's 'Olivia' experiment ends. Tod Beardsley interviewed the anonymous employee the test was named after and what she felt was surprsing, shocking, and her overall opinion on the experiment.

Jennifer Hogan Mahoney is the Customer Success Manager at SmartBear. Brianne Shelley interviewed Mahoney about her career and got to learn about all the companies she has been a part of, including one in Canada.

Angela Duckworth's method of measuring someone's "grit" is a way to see someone's effort and determination is something any startup should keep in mind. Rasika Rajagopalan writes about how it could become the new norm of showing