Hyde Park Venture Partners is excited to welcome Rita Scroggin, Abby Kearns & Lisa Nelson from FirstBoard.io as they examine the when, what, and how of building your boards.
Hyde Park Venture Partners is excited to welcome RajNATION, founder of Startup Hypeman, for a live training on building sales presentations that don’t suck.
Gain control over your finances - even with a constrained time schedule.
Y Combinator Group Partners Harj Taggar, Michael Seibel & Brad Flora discuss how startups waste money
Keith Rabois, Partner at Khosla Ventures and former COO of Square, tackles the nitty gritty - How to Operate.
Paul Graham discusses the differences of scheduling maker's and managers meetings and how to use both to your benefit.
Despite all this talk about chips and semiconductors, few understand how the industry is structured.
Jason Lemkin, of SaaStr, sits down with Solomon Hykes, CEO and co-founder of Docker, Tracy Young, CEO and co-founder of Plangrid, and Harry Zhang, co-founder of Lob, to discuss their experience building products.
Aaron Levie, co-founder of Box, shares the founding story.
Michael Seibel, CEO of Y Combinator, interviews Steve Huffman and Emmett Shear on how they built their products as founder-CEO's of Reddit and Twitch.
Jan Koum shares his journey as the CEO and co-founder of WhatsApp.
People in the Product Death Cycle naturally believe that they are doing the right things, but good intentions don’t translate to good traction.
Experts are charting the postpandemic supply chain. But can it be everything we need it to be?
a16z's Digital Health Go-to-Market Playbook episode Two-sided Networks, a Founder's Playbook brings together Vineeta Agarwala & Jay Rughani to discuss multi-sided network businesses and how they are connecting our fragmented and siloed healthcare system in fundamentally new ways.
As the use of automated assistants and other AI agents becomes more pervasive, how humans interact with them is increasingly a subject of debate and research.
Learn how to make the most of your employee benefits through equity compensation.
With the right processes and team-wide alignment you can manage your burn without sacrificing growth.
Learning to protect your intellectual property is critical. Familiarize yourself with timelines, types of IP, and how to protect it.
The main tradeoff in designing freemium services is how much of the product to offer for free. Learn how to strike this balance to increase both advertising and premium services revenues.
A quick introduction to the most impactful marketing techniques and how to implement them.
Learn how to become a thought leader and use thought leadership as a marketing strategy.
Knowing your customers is key to product innovation. Prioritize being in tune with their habits and pain points to keep your product at the forefront.
Make customers feel like you've read their minds. Connecting with customers through language/market fit is as important as finding product-market fit.
Service providers to support Finance & Accounting teams.
Use concrete language to make customers feel seen, heard, and valued.
A look at how marketing strategies and branding philosophies have changed over time.
SEO extends far beyond just identifying keywords and writing blogs that incorporate them.
Service providers to support Technology & Engineering teams.
HPVP and Omnipresent dive into remote work culture, practices, and philosophy.
HPVP Partner Allison Weil Lechnir discusses the diligence process and offers insights into core areas of focus when evaluating an investment.
While a layoff is never an outcome we want, you need to be prepared if this happens. Find resources here to get your mindset and your planning on track.
Given the rockiness in the macro economic environment and significant pullback in the private tech funding markets, many startups are entering a period of reduced access to capital and increased uncertainty. We've put together some practical steps startup leaders can take in the near-term to extend runway and better position their company for success.
Andrew Chen of Andreessen Horowitz shares how to design power user curves to better understand your users' engagement
Paul Graham shares the importance of devoting time to doing certain things that don't scale but that are essential for kickstarting a business.
HPVP Talent Partner Jim Conti hosts Tack Advisors CEO and Founder Meagan Strout to discuss hiring, onboarding, and developing the ultimate generalist in your business.
This article looks at 10+ pitch decks with analysis and additional templates. WOW.
This article provides an overview of core benefits typically offered with startups.
This thorough overview walks leaders thru building a DEI program. This is great for leaders at all levels.
This extensive article walks thru the what, why, and how of establishing a revenue operations (revops) function.
This talk from SaaStr Annual is a great walk-thru on how to think about your sales ops function across growth.
Zoom's head of sales ops dives into the function: what is it, what's the impact on the business, and why do you need to be thinking about it.
Unsure of how to handle the Visa process for your new employee? Here's an overview of Visa sponsorship and the types, processes, and costs associated with obtaining one.
Understand what Safe Harbor 401(k) plans are and if they're right for your company.
Confused about what the implications of different types of 401(k) plans are? Understand the different types of plans before setting yours up.
What's the difference between ISOs and NSOs? Read on to understand the different implications for employees and the company.
What are 409A valuations and when do you need them? The experts at Carta share the ins and outs out 409A valuations.
Not sure what to include in your board and investor updates? Check out these simple templates with examples to help you prepare your next one.
You have KPIs. Do you need OKRs? John Doerr and his team at What Matters discuss the differences and how they complement each other.
John Doerr and his team at What Matters explain OKRs and how they can help you achieve your goals.
A comparison of CEMs vs. CRMs and how to make the most of your CRM.
A CRM is an important tool to help you keep track of leads and to share that information with your team. Learn how to choose the best CRM for your company.
A handy template with a guide on why we need to take minutes, how to take them, what to include and what to exclude.
This article covers best practices to get the most our of your board meetings.
Understand key insurance policies and what they protect against.
A helpful checklist to stay on top of registrations, filings and renewals for each of your operating locations.
Understand pros and cons of Section 83(B) elections and how to file them.
Avoid these mistakes when issuing stock options to your employees.
YC's Kirsty Nathoo shares tips on how to achieve healthy startup finances.
Jason Lemkin recounts how he tackled his first sales comp plan and all of his lessons learned
HubSpot outlines the different methods for sales forecasting
Not sure how to write the perfect prospecting email? Take a peak at 25 sale email templates from HubSpot to get some inspiration
Startup Hypeman Rajiv Nathan walks thru templates and examples for a winning startup pitch.
Employment agreements aren't required by law, but we recommend that you get some input from an employment lawyer prior to drafting and offering a written agreement to an employee.
Receiving an incorrect paycheck would cause your staff to lose faith in your business quicker than anything else.
Learning the differences between employees and contractors, and how they function in the context of your business.
Read more on tactical tips from Jason Lemkim, founder of SaaStr, on how to build an effective Sales team from the ground up.
Leading the perfect discovery call is an art and a science. It's about building a relationship but also getting the key points covered. Tune is as David Priemer shares his tips on how to balance this.
Hear from Brian LaFaille from Looker and the Success Coaching team on how early Customer Success teams can start using data to their advantage.
What do you do with a bad-fit customer when preventing churn is a priority? Lincoln Murphy deep dives into tactical steps you can take to identify and rectify bad-fit customers.
Building a scalable sales team can be a daunting task for any startup. Hear how Tim Kopp approaches building a sales team that will perform.
CMO turned VC Tim Kopp reveals the secret to how he drove marketing and c-suite alignment from his startup experience
Jason Lemkin, founder of SaaStr spills the bean on the most common mistake startups make. Read more to learn from these mistakes!
Customer Success Box breaks down the most important metrics for customer success teams to understand
Quarterly business reviews are crucial to any customer success team. Read more about the 3 different approaches as explained by Customer Success Box.
John Burrows outline what truly matters in a sales pitch and how to focus on it
Scaling a sales team relies on a repeatable playbook. Read from Sales Assembly on how to create an useful playbook for your team.
Sales Assembly breaks down the 17 most impactful KPI all SaaS companies should be tracking
Guy Turner shares his thoughts on how SaaS startups can scale their sales team
Originally posted on the Carta blog, this article takes a deep dive on the Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) tax benefit.
Understand how a VC views an inside round and when it's good vs. bad
Guy Turner explains his thoughts on Contracted Annual Recurring Revenue (CARR) vs. Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR)
Understand the differences between onboarding and implementation to improve your customer journey
Originally posted on the Atlassian blog, this article is a deep-dive on running effective meetings.
Researcher and speaker Simon Sinek discusses how great leaders from a variety of fields inspire action.
HPVP Talent Partner Jim Conti conducts a webinar on prioritizing retention.
HPVP Talent Partner Jim Conti conducts a webinar on developing your recruiting strategy.
Originally posted on the Greenhouse blog, this article walks through how to build your headcount plan with data.
Sourced from the Lattice blog, this article is a fantastic walkthrough on how and when to revisit organizational goals.
HPVP Talent Partner Jim Conti shares his headcount template with a built-in sample so you see how it works!
HPVP Talent Partner Jim Conti hosts a webinar on aligning goal setting with headcount planning
Tips and best practices for building a hiring process that will wow candidates.
HPVP Partner Allison Weil Lechnir shares her story as a failed founder, and how that impacts her work as an investor today.
HPVP Partner Allison Weil Lechnir discusses how VCs find startups, and how you can be found.
HPVP Partner Allison Weil Lechnir offers insight on storytelling for founders.
Tomasz Tunguz explores the evolution of the Customer Success team structure and define the 3 most common org structure
Getting a great job description together is the first step in finding the right candidate.
David Sacks (investor, operator, and entrepreneur) put pen-to-paper to sketch out what a SaaS org looks like at various stages.
Julie Zhuo, former VP at Facebook and founder at Sundial, is a prolific writer on the topic of people management. Check out this article that is a combination of a few blog posts from Julie.
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