By Fred Wilson—Aug 6, 2012

When I introduced this series on People, I stated that it was going to have a bunch of guest posts because there are many people who know a lot more about the people side of business than I do. One of them is Susan Loh who is Head of Talent at Foursquare. I asked Susan […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Jul 23, 2012

Angela is SVP of People and Client Success at Return Path. She joined Return Path over five years ago to focus on the People job and she has added responsibilities since then. I asked Angela to write one of the guest posts in this series on People because she and Matt Blumberg have built one […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—May 28, 2012

One of the most vexing problems entrepreneurs face is where to find strong talent for their companies. The kind of people you want to hire for your company are in short supply and they are rarely out looking for a job. You have to go find them and recruit them to join your team. But […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—May 27, 2012

In the last MBA Mondays post talking about company culture, I wrote: It helps a lot to have a one pager that outlines the core values of the company. I just saw our portfolio company Twilio's version of that. They call it "Our 9 Things." I wish I could publish it here but I don't […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Jan 2, 2012

The first stage of a startup, what I call the Building Product stage is management light. The team should be small. We have portfolio companies like del.icio.us and duck duck go where the Building Product stage was accomplished by one person, the founder of course. That is not typical. What is […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Dec 26, 2011

My friend Bijan wrote a great post last week about the challenges a startup faces in scaling its team and building a management layer. His post inspired me to start a new series here on MBA Mondays about scaling a management team. Here's what I have in mind: First, I will post about what I've […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)