Greater San Francisco isn’t overrated, just overpriced. It pays to consider starting up where necessities, from housing to talent, haven’t…
Company Culture & Market Trends
Insights related to fostering innovative cultures, scaling teams and organizations, and other trends affecting entrepreneurs and investors.
What Drives the Highest Rated Cloud Computing Companies to Work For?
Just how important is company culture and employee happiness in the current, ultra-competitive tech economy? In a word, very. That is the main takeawa…
Men, Want To Get Involved In #MeToo? Try These 6 Steps To Achieve Gender Equality At Work
The #MeToo and #TimesUp movements are casting light on problems of gender inequality and sexual harassment in many industries, including tech. At many…
Your C-Suite Is Way Too Crowded
This investor and three-time tech CEO says the modern alphabet soup of C-level titles threatens to slow down innovation. The nation’s deadly winter fl…
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…
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 …
Battery Through the Years, and By the Numbers
One hundred and eleven active portfolio companies. Ten general partners—hailing from four continents—with an average tenure in the job of 12 years.* D…
Not Made in the USA: How Immigrant Entrepreneurs Are Faring in the Trump Era
Nearly a third of all venture-backed company founders are immigrants. What’s more, just over half of all U.S. startups worth $1 billion or more were s…
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…