Portfolio Spotlight: Felix Van de Maele, CEO of Collibra Each month, Battery highlights a different portfolio-company CEO with our “Five Questions in…
Leadership and Culture
Thoughts on fostering innovative cultures, and scaling teams and organizations.
Good Product Team/Bad Product Team
As the vice-president of product at Amplitude, a product analytics company that helps teams rapidly build products that work better for their users an…
Five Questions in Five Minutes with the CEO of Mendix
Portfolio Spotlight: Derek Roos, CEO of Mendix Each month, Battery highlights a different portfolio-company CEO with our “Five Questions in Five Minu…
Are You Ready for California’s New Compensation Law? What Employers and Job Seekers Need to Know
A far-reaching new California law dealing with employee compensation went into effect last month, and it could dramatically change the hiring process …
Hiring A Senior Exec? Make Sure You Avoid These 5 Compensation Mistakes
Too many companies approach hiring senior talent the same way they approach hiring a middle manager — when the process should be completely diff…
Honesty is the Best Policy: Radical Transparency as a Management Strategy for Founders
During times of difficulty, company founders may be inclined to downplay drama and gloss over problems when communicating with their boards. This temp…
How Some of the Tech Industry’s Most Prominent CEOs Navigate Rough Waters
How do you hire and retain top talent? What do you do when the economy turns south and shrinks your market? How do you share power with a charismatic …
Hiring on All Cylinders: Recruiting Top Talent as a Start Up
In October, Battery’s VP of Talent, Kelly Kinnard, sat down with the Entelo,* an AI-driven platform for recruiting, for a discussion about issues plag…
Together in the Trenches: Managing Challenges in a Founder/VC Partnership
For even the strongest tech CEOs, challenges and difficulties are unavoidable when scaling a business. In the third of a four-part video mini-series, …
Tapping into the Innovation Brain Trust of Corporate America
Earlier this month, Battery Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank together hosted a two-day Executive Innovation Retreat in Calistoga, California. The even…