From the monthly archives:

March 2008

Should You Hire Workaholics For Your Startup?

March 11, 2008

The hubbub over Jason Calacanis’ post How to save money running a startup is completely absurd. Congratulations to Jason for causing a colossal sh*t storm where none should have existed.
He provides some great suggestions for things you can save money on. I’ve made plenty of suggestions on stuff you shouldn’t spend money on when starting [...]

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Lessons Learned Running a SaaS Business

March 10, 2008

I’ve been involved with SaaS businesses (Software as a Service) for just about 9 years. My previous company to Standout Jobs was a SaaS vendor. And in many respects, so is Standout Jobs.
Byron Deeter from Bessemer Venture Partners recently published his 10 Laws for Being “SaaS-y”. Ten rules to live by when startup a Software [...]

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How To Launch a Startup: Ideas, Acceleration, Raising Capital and More

March 6, 2008

I was very glad to see that someone recorded the recent Blitzweekend presentations. Stephane Daury did a great job recording everything, and I’ve enjoyed watching the presentations I didn’t see.
I gave a presentation at Blitzweekend about starting a company. It was a mixture of a few things including:

how Standout Jobs started from within the Montreal [...]

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Keeping a 20,000 Foot View One Day at a Time

March 5, 2008

How do you maintain a 20,000 foot strategic view of your startup and business, while frantically managing the day-to-day efforts?

I’ve been thinking about this a lot, because it’s something I’m dealing with now. Immediately after launching Standout Jobs, things accelerated incredibly. And that should be the goal of every startup. Prior to launching you’re focused [...]

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What Do You Want To Know About Social Media Recruiting?

March 4, 2008

Are you interested in social media recruiting? Do you want to understand how to leverage social media & social networks to reach a higher quality, targeted candidate? Are you curious about how to leverage marketing and sales principles to hire top-talent?
If so, come listen to me and colleague, Chris Russell speak on Thursday, March 6th [...]

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