Company Culture & Market Trends

— Nancy Ham, CEO of WebPT  Of all the lessons I learned early in my career, the ability to network strategically stands out as one of the most i…

Battery Ventures has been investing in innovative technology companies for 36 years—and during that time, we’ve consistently used the same brand ident…

If your startup is growing, you’re hiring. And if you’re hiring senior-level talent, you probably need an outside recruiter. Few in-house recruiters h…

I once worked with a first-time CEO who needed to hire a VP of sales. He wanted to take charge of the hiring process—then I learned he was preparing b…

To kick off the new year, Battery and its partner Silicon Valley Bank hosted roughly 25 top technology executives at a two-day Innovation Summit in Na…

If you’re a venture investor, you do a lot of diligence work to ferret out promising companies. No doubt you look at lots of data to judge these poten…

The job market is hotter than ever. Unemployment is hovering at 3.9%, the lowest level in 18 years, plus the economy is enjoying its longest-ever stre…

CEOs across the tech industry are always striving to build solid, valuable companies. But how do you build an organization with truly lasting value—ov…

What are the secrets to raising a Series A round, if you’re a seed-stage company, in today’s fast-paced but still discerning market? In this podcast—t…

Derek Roos moved his software company Mendix* from the Netherlands to Boston in early 2012, hoping to kick-start the new market for “low-code” applica…