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If they weren’t busy running L.A.-based based auditing software firm AuditBoard, Daniel Kim and Jay Lee would probably be shooting hoops. The company’s co-founders grew up playing basketball together in Cerritos, and Kim pitched his friend the idea for a product that would revolutionize the way companies manage auditing processes while the two were at Lee’s house watching SportsCenter and chatting about their favorite team: the Lakers. MORE
The illusion enables a great interviewing technique. When worked at Google, I interviewed product managers. Using the IOED in interviewing questions enables interviews to identify candidates who deeply understand how to build a bicycle, or a marketing stack, or an optimized query plan Draw an image of a bicycle that depicts how the bicycle works. You might draw something like this bike above. Or this one. Or this one. MORE
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The post Interview with Daryl Hatton, Founder of Connection Point/Fundrazr appeared first on WePay Blog. Recently we got a chance to sit down with Daryl Hatton, Founder and CEO of one of our customers, FundRazr, a leading and innovative crowdfunding platform. MORE
I’m not gonna pumpkin-spice coat it: interviewing customers is hard. Prompting vulnerable sharing from complete strangers is not something most people consider fun… Which is why I’ve heard just about every excuse for not interviewing customers: I don’t have any customers. MORE
Sales interviews are nerve-wracking. Hopefully, these 5 tips will help you avoid many of the pitfalls I see candidates falling into, and drastically improve how you prepare for a sales interview. Prepare For Your Next Sales Interview with These 5 Pro Tips. Understand that the sales interview process is grueling for a reason. Be an active participant in the interview process. 1) Understand That the Sales Interview Process is Grueling for a Reason. MORE
Get the customizable Growth Interview Prep Worksheet that accompanies the post here. You walk into your growth interview after hours of preparation. But there’s one big problem you’ve overlooked - the interview isn’t actually about you. MORE
Gaurav Bhattacharya acknowledges he didn’t make the best impression on his co-founder, Saumya Bhatnagar, when they met in a high school coding class in New Delhi. Out of 160 students, Bhatnagar was the only female. “My My first interaction with her was, ‘I think you’re in the wrong class,” Bhattacharya said, noting the error of his ways. She got really mad.”. But he managed to smooth things over. Since then, the entrepreneurs have founded two companies together. MORE
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I went on the interview process, and I didn’t tell my parents until it was really real. Angeli and I actually interviewed and got through all the way to San Francisco. Babies have played a pivotal role in the life and career of Workast co-founder and CEO Guillermo Gette. It was his parents’ baby-product store back home in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that gave him his start in web development. “I MORE
B2B Blog Customer Success Interview Lead Generation Sales ProcessOn this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Travis Henry, Director of Inside Sales Operations at renowned Bay Area sales consultancy SalesSource. The post How LeadQuizzes’ Jeremy Ellens took his company from 0 to $1,000,000 (and beyond!) in annual revenue appeared first on Predictable Revenue. MORE
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Whether you’re hiring for your first customer service representative or expanding a team, use these job interview questions to find top performers. A large part of her job is finding, interviewing, and hiring new agents in various […]. MORE
It’s a great vehicle to use for a second interview. The post Ask Every VP You Interview for A List of Everything They Want to Do. There are a couple of exercises you just have to do when you go to hire your first VPs. Because the cost of a mis-hire is so high. It’s not just the money, and the recruiting fee. It’s all the lost time. And the wrong hires that VP will make. A bad VP will set you 6-15 months back. You can’t afford that. MORE
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This interview originally appeared in a report from Innovation Leader , sponsored by Techstars, “Startup Engagement: Best Practices for Large Organizations.” MORE
In fact, I found only two books: a textbook on private equity and venture capital by HBS professor Joshua Lerner, and an out-of-print collection of 32 VC interviews called “ Done Deals ,” published in September 2000. It was surreal to read the interviews again because some of the quotes, particularly the ones about competition aptly describe today’s environment. MORE
An interview with MyEvent.com. Early adopters of the PayFac business model MyEvent.com has successfully implemented payment facilitation and used it to grow their business and acquire new clients. payfac MORE
Interview with Chad Reid, Director of Communication at JotForm: Can you tell us about JotForm: who it serves, what it does, and why it is special? The post Interview: What is JotForm and what makes it special? MORE
In this short interview, Rich Aberman, Chief Strategy Officer and co-founder of WePay talks with Karen Webster of PYMNTS.com about the future directions for Point of Sale (POS) and how these are shaking things up in the payments market. You can find a full summary of the interview at PYMNTS.com. The post PYMNTS interview on the future of POS appeared first on WePay Blog. MORE
If Alex Canter’s last name sounds familiar, it’s because his family owns the iconic deli of the same name that has been serving up matzo ball soup and pastrami sandwiches from the same spot on L.A.’s s Fairfax Avenue since his great-grandfather founded the eatery in 1931. After spending much of his childhood at Canter’s, Alex learned a thing or two about the restaurant business. MORE
Building a successful business is hardly as fun as a day at the pool, though for Amanda Szabo, that’s how hers got started. The founder and CEO of Santa Monica’s ResortPass knew there had to be a profitable way for hotels to bring in day guests who wanted to use the pool and spa — something many people do anyway without paying. After all, thanks to the rise of Airbnb and similar platforms, the hospitality industry was looking for new revenue streams to boost bottom lines. She was right. MORE
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If nothing else, challenge yourself to interview several decade+ veterans for each open position. And as part of that, don’t just bring in folks that are 40+ to interview. The post Are You Interviewing 50+ Years Young SaaS Veterans? MORE
Preparing for interview questions in software engineering is almost a full-time job. If you are a graduate software engineer and getting ready for your first job interviews, here are the different areas you should focus on. General software engineering interview questions. MORE
You even get to read the same questions from your sales job interview script over and over and over. ” The purpose of this article is to talk about the characteristics to look for when interviewing for sales talent. Do you want someone to be able to Google and research standard answers and then pass the interview ? Before candidates come onsite we have to decide who is going to interview them and what are they going to focus on. MORE
Santa Monica-based MindMate has come a long way since launching in co-founder Susanne Mitschke’s two-bedroom Glasgow apartment in early 2015. Less than four years later, the popular healthy living app for seniors is stimulating the minds of more than 500,000 baby boomers across the world and giving them tips to stay fit and active. The company secured a $2 million funding round in March. But the 28-year-old Mitschke said she still remembers those early days vividly. “We MORE
Most interviews are a waste of time. According to Adam Grant, a professor of Organizational Behavior at Wharton , “standard interviews only accounted for 8% of the differences in performance and productivity.” ” The typical interview fails to predict performance accurately because it is subject to interviewer biases and candidate biases, and fails to compare the candidates with a consistent rubric. Interviewers score each candidate on a 1-5 scale. MORE
The post 8 Growth Secrets I Learned from Reading Every Interview with Alex Schultz, VP of Growth at Facebook appeared first on Predictable Revenue. 8 Replicable steps to help you come up with new ways to increase retention, boost virality, and drive long-term growth! MORE
The main goal of any interview is […]. The post Find the Best Candidate with These Sales Interview Questions appeared first on Nimble Blog. Salespeople know exactly how to sell a product. When it comes to selling themselves, they are obviously very well prepared. MORE
Editor’s note: This recent podcast interview of Marc Andreessen was conducted by Brian Koppelman, writer (Rounders, Ocean’s Thirteen, etc.), director, and showrunner (with David Levien) of Billions. The full Q&A is transcribed below, but you can also listen to … Uncategorized #longreads entertainment founder/maker/operator stories guest hosts Q&As MORE
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The interview goes into my background and my stance on women in tech, so check it out! I haven’t had any spare time to be writing for this blog in recent months, but happy to share with you all that I have been featured on the Just Entrepreneurs list of Women In Tech. I’ll also be on a few panels in the upcoming weeks so if you’re in Toronto I’d love to see you there! November 2nd – MARKET Panel @ Shopify. November 9th – Filling the Gap Panel and Speed Mentorship @ Cossette. MORE
Blog InterviewTo celebrate the 100th edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes a familiar face back to the pod, co-host and co-CEO of Predictable Revenue Aaron Ross. The post 100 never looked so good! appeared first on Predictable Revenue. MORE
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JULY 29, 2019
This interview originally appeared in a report from Innovation Leader , sponsored by Techstars, “Startup Engagement: Best Practices for Large Organizations.”
SaaStr
MAY 25, 2019
If nothing else, challenge yourself to interview several decade+ veterans for each open position. And as part of that, don’t just bring in folks that are 40+ to interview. The post Are You Interviewing 50+ Years Young SaaS Veterans?
Teamgate
JANUARY 14, 2019
Teamgate Sales Talks interview Public RelationsJulija (JJ) Jegorova is the Founder of London-based PR agency – Black Unicorn PR.
Inside Intercom
JUNE 17, 2019
Interview assignments have become a common component of the hiring process for engineering roles. What are interview assignments and why do they matter? Where do take-home tests fit in the interview process?
wepay
FEBRUARY 25, 2019
Interviews can be tough for anyone to face, especially at dynamic, modern organizations where interviews are planned rather than held in an ad hoc manner. So interviews become a critical way for both employers and employees to differentiate themselves.
SaaStr
JUNE 2, 2019
The post What would be your top 3 questions for a customer success manager interview ($1M ARR/enterprise SaaS)? My Top 3, plus a few bonus questions: What are the most important goals / KPIs for Customer Success at a company of our size and stage?
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Predictable Revenue
JULY 22, 2019
The post 8 Growth Secrets I Learned from Reading Every Interview with Alex Schultz, VP of Growth at Facebook appeared first on Predictable Revenue. 8 Replicable steps to help you come up with new ways to increase retention, boost virality, and drive long-term growth!
Groove HQ
OCTOBER 1, 2019
Whether you’re hiring for your first customer service representative or expanding a team, use these job interview questions to find top performers. A large part of her job is finding, interviewing, and hiring new agents in various […].
GetUplift
JANUARY 16, 2019
I’m not gonna pumpkin-spice coat it: interviewing customers is hard. Prompting vulnerable sharing from complete strangers is not something most people consider fun… Which is why I’ve heard just about every excuse for not interviewing customers: I don’t have any customers.
Teamgate
NOVEMBER 21, 2018
Teamgate Sales Talks interview Sales ManagementAndrejs Juš?enko
Nimble - Sales
FEBRUARY 21, 2019
The main goal of any interview is […]. The post Find the Best Candidate with These Sales Interview Questions appeared first on Nimble Blog. Salespeople know exactly how to sell a product. When it comes to selling themselves, they are obviously very well prepared.
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Andreessen Horowitz
MARCH 12, 2019
Editor’s note: This recent podcast interview of Marc Andreessen was conducted by Brian Koppelman, writer (Rounders, Ocean’s Thirteen, etc.), director, and showrunner (with David Levien) of Billions. The full Q&A is transcribed below, but you can also listen to … Uncategorized #longreads entertainment founder/maker/operator stories guest hosts Q&As
Agile Payments
MARCH 19, 2019
An interview with MyEvent.com. Early adopters of the PayFac business model MyEvent.com has successfully implemented payment facilitation and used it to grow their business and acquire new clients. payfac
SaaStr
OCTOBER 19, 2019
It’s a great vehicle to use for a second interview. The post Ask Every VP You Interview for A List of Everything They Want to Do. There are a couple of exercises you just have to do when you go to hire your first VPs. Because the cost of a mis-hire is so high. It’s not just the money, and the recruiting fee. It’s all the lost time. And the wrong hires that VP will make. A bad VP will set you 6-15 months back. You can’t afford that.
wepay
AUGUST 15, 2018
In this short interview, Rich Aberman, Chief Strategy Officer and co-founder of WePay talks with Karen Webster of PYMNTS.com about the future directions for Point of Sale (POS) and how these are shaking things up in the payments market. You can find a full summary of the interview at PYMNTS.com. The post PYMNTS interview on the future of POS appeared first on WePay Blog.
Tom Tunguz
NOVEMBER 9, 2014
Most interviews are a waste of time. According to Adam Grant, a professor of Organizational Behavior at Wharton , “standard interviews only accounted for 8% of the differences in performance and productivity.” ” The typical interview fails to predict performance accurately because it is subject to interviewer biases and candidate biases, and fails to compare the candidates with a consistent rubric. Interviewers score each candidate on a 1-5 scale.
Sales Hacker
NOVEMBER 4, 2017
You even get to read the same questions from your sales job interview script over and over and over. ” The purpose of this article is to talk about the characteristics to look for when interviewing for sales talent. Do you want someone to be able to Google and research standard answers and then pass the interview ? Before candidates come onsite we have to decide who is going to interview them and what are they going to focus on.
Brian Balfour
SEPTEMBER 26, 2017
Get the customizable Growth Interview Prep Worksheet that accompanies the post here. You walk into your growth interview after hours of preparation. But there’s one big problem you’ve overlooked - the interview isn’t actually about you.
Predictable Revenue
MAY 30, 2019
B2B Blog Cold Calling Customer Success Interview Lead GenerationOn this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Dan Martell, renowned coach to SaaS founders.
wepay
SEPTEMBER 26, 2017
The post Interview: AND CO supporting freelance success appeared first on WePay Blog. WePay spoke with Mario D. Gabriele, Chief of Staff for AND CO. Can you tell us about AND CO: who its serves, what it does, and why it is special?
Mucker Capital
OCTOBER 22, 2018
If they weren’t busy running L.A.-based based auditing software firm AuditBoard, Daniel Kim and Jay Lee would probably be shooting hoops. The company’s co-founders grew up playing basketball together in Cerritos, and Kim pitched his friend the idea for a product that would revolutionize the way companies manage auditing processes while the two were at Lee’s house watching SportsCenter and chatting about their favorite team: the Lakers.
wepay
APRIL 5, 2017
The post Interview with Daryl Hatton, Founder of Connection Point/Fundrazr appeared first on WePay Blog. Recently we got a chance to sit down with Daryl Hatton, Founder and CEO of one of our customers, FundRazr, a leading and innovative crowdfunding platform.
Tom Tunguz
FEBRUARY 25, 2017
The illusion enables a great interviewing technique. When worked at Google, I interviewed product managers. Using the IOED in interviewing questions enables interviews to identify candidates who deeply understand how to build a bicycle, or a marketing stack, or an optimized query plan Draw an image of a bicycle that depicts how the bicycle works. You might draw something like this bike above. Or this one. Or this one.
For Entrepreneurs with David Skok
FEBRUARY 5, 2018
Building for Success Getting Funded Interviewing Leadership Marketing SaaS Sales & Marketing Machine Startup Help growing SaaS revenue SaaS sales and marketingThere are seven key stages in a startup’s evolution from $0m to $50m in revenue. Understanding where you are in that evolution, and how to act at each stage is critical for success, as what is appropriate at one stage is not appropriate at another stage. In my talk at SaaStr 2018, I will lay.
Sylvia Ng
OCTOBER 27, 2017
The interview goes into my background and my stance on women in tech, so check it out! I haven’t had any spare time to be writing for this blog in recent months, but happy to share with you all that I have been featured on the Just Entrepreneurs list of Women In Tech. I’ll also be on a few panels in the upcoming weeks so if you’re in Toronto I’d love to see you there! November 2nd – MARKET Panel @ Shopify. November 9th – Filling the Gap Panel and Speed Mentorship @ Cossette.
Tom Tunguz
JULY 20, 2014
In fact, I found only two books: a textbook on private equity and venture capital by HBS professor Joshua Lerner, and an out-of-print collection of 32 VC interviews called “ Done Deals ,” published in September 2000. It was surreal to read the interviews again because some of the quotes, particularly the ones about competition aptly describe today’s environment.
Predictable Revenue
APRIL 17, 2019
Blog InterviewTo celebrate the 100th edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes a familiar face back to the pod, co-host and co-CEO of Predictable Revenue Aaron Ross. The post 100 never looked so good! appeared first on Predictable Revenue.
Sales Hacker
MARCH 8, 2018
Sales interviews are nerve-wracking. Hopefully, these 5 tips will help you avoid many of the pitfalls I see candidates falling into, and drastically improve how you prepare for a sales interview. Prepare For Your Next Sales Interview with These 5 Pro Tips. Understand that the sales interview process is grueling for a reason. Be an active participant in the interview process. 1) Understand That the Sales Interview Process is Grueling for a Reason.
Predictable Revenue
MAY 30, 2019
B2B Blog Cold Calling Customer Success Interview Lead GenerationOn this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Dan Martell, renowned coach to SaaS founders. The post The rocket demo: how to effectively sell your product in 30 minutes with veteran entrepreneur and sales coach Dan Martell appeared first on Predictable Revenue.
Predictable Revenue
MAY 23, 2019
B2B Blog Customer Success Interview Lead Generation Sales ProcessOn this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Travis Henry, Director of Inside Sales Operations at renowned Bay Area sales consultancy SalesSource. The post How LeadQuizzes’ Jeremy Ellens took his company from 0 to $1,000,000 (and beyond!) in annual revenue appeared first on Predictable Revenue.
Mucker Capital
OCTOBER 22, 2018
I went on the interview process, and I didn’t tell my parents until it was really real. Angeli and I actually interviewed and got through all the way to San Francisco. Babies have played a pivotal role in the life and career of Workast co-founder and CEO Guillermo Gette. It was his parents’ baby-product store back home in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that gave him his start in web development. “I
Inside Intercom
APRIL 24, 2019
Preparing for interview questions in software engineering is almost a full-time job. If you are a graduate software engineer and getting ready for your first job interviews, here are the different areas you should focus on. General software engineering interview questions.
wepay
AUGUST 22, 2017
Interview with Chad Reid, Director of Communication at JotForm: Can you tell us about JotForm: who it serves, what it does, and why it is special? The post Interview: What is JotForm and what makes it special?
Mucker Capital
OCTOBER 22, 2018
Santa Monica-based MindMate has come a long way since launching in co-founder Susanne Mitschke’s two-bedroom Glasgow apartment in early 2015. Less than four years later, the popular healthy living app for seniors is stimulating the minds of more than 500,000 baby boomers across the world and giving them tips to stay fit and active. The company secured a $2 million funding round in March. But the 28-year-old Mitschke said she still remembers those early days vividly. “We
Mucker Capital
OCTOBER 22, 2018
Gaurav Bhattacharya acknowledges he didn’t make the best impression on his co-founder, Saumya Bhatnagar, when they met in a high school coding class in New Delhi. Out of 160 students, Bhatnagar was the only female. “My My first interaction with her was, ‘I think you’re in the wrong class,” Bhattacharya said, noting the error of his ways. She got really mad.”. But he managed to smooth things over. Since then, the entrepreneurs have founded two companies together.
Mucker Capital
OCTOBER 22, 2018
Building a successful business is hardly as fun as a day at the pool, though for Amanda Szabo, that’s how hers got started. The founder and CEO of Santa Monica’s ResortPass knew there had to be a profitable way for hotels to bring in day guests who wanted to use the pool and spa — something many people do anyway without paying. After all, thanks to the rise of Airbnb and similar platforms, the hospitality industry was looking for new revenue streams to boost bottom lines. She was right.
Mucker Capital
SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
If Alex Canter’s last name sounds familiar, it’s because his family owns the iconic deli of the same name that has been serving up matzo ball soup and pastrami sandwiches from the same spot on L.A.’s s Fairfax Avenue since his great-grandfather founded the eatery in 1931. After spending much of his childhood at Canter’s, Alex learned a thing or two about the restaurant business.
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