Taking smart career risk

By on July 6, 2013 in Career Advice

Most people (including me) overestimate the amount of risk inherent in career changes, entrepreneurial ventures, and new projects. Entrepreneur and StartupCareerAdvice.com contributing author Keith Cowing just wrote an excellent post on evaluating career risk that describes this phenomenon and gives specific feedback on how to overcome it. In not so many words, it all comes down […]

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Startup marketing career advice – Focus on the 3C’s, not the 4P’s

By on June 16, 2013 in Career Advice

Kevin Epstein is a senior executive who has worked in Silicon Valley for the last 15+ years driving marketing initiatives at a series of incredibly successful startups like VMware and Proofpoint. Read on for some great startup marketing career advice from Kevin. –John Kevin, thanks for taking the time to share marketing career advice with […]

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Interviewing at a startup – Two techniques to help you succeed

By on April 30, 2013 in Career Advice

Startups are great at many things. Unfortunately for the startup job seeker, interviewing candidates is often not one of them. 🙂 In an ideal interview scenario, a startup would have you speak with a variety of people on the team, ensuring each interviewer had a specific, relevant theme to explore with you. They’d dive deep to […]

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Startup hiring – attitude will determine altitude

By on April 25, 2013 in Career Advice

Jason Martin knows the ins and outs of startup hiring.  I joined his professional services team at VMware back in 2003 – a team he grew from 3 people into an organization of 450 people.  I’m excited to have him share career advice with us that draws from his startup as well as his Big […]

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What makes a great startup employee? Egoless, thoughtful execution

By on April 11, 2013 in Career Advice

What traits define a great startup employee? I asked this question to Dave Ginsburg, a friend and former colleague of mine who has led the marketing and operations functions at multiple high growth startup companies after having built a very successful consulting career at firms like TrueAction, Accenture, and Scient.  He’s now heading up the […]

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Investment banker turned startup product manager – tips from someone who’s made the switch

By on April 11, 2013 in Career Advice, Job Search Tips

Investment banker turned startup product manager?  It’s a very unique career path, and I was grateful to have the chance to interview Rishi Dosaj to learn about how he made that move.  He also shares a great networking tip at the end of the post, which is really helpful if you’re trying to build a […]

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First employee at a startup? Here are 3 ways to find your first customers

By on April 4, 2013 in Career Advice

If you are the first employee at a startup one of your most important jobs will be to find and secure new customers. This is also a topic that is near and dear to my heart, since I spent a huge amount of time on Customer Development and outreach as the first employee at a startup […]

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