About John Gannon

I have over 15 years of experience working in the trenches at successful startups, high growth companies, and VC firms. During that time, I've managed, interviewed, and coached hundreds of people -- and I've worked in almost every business functional role, including marketing, product management, and business development.

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Startup Jobs for 9/23/15

By on September 23, 2015 in Startup Jobs, Startup Product Management Jobs

Clearbit in San Francisco is hiring an Account Executive. DWNLD in NYC is hiring a Company Success intern.

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(Free course) How to build your personal brand in the startup community

By on September 17, 2015 in Career Advice

I just released a free email course: The Influence Playbook. The course breaks down – step by step – how to build a personal brand that can lead you to: your dream startup job a ridiculously powerful startup network a more fulfilled life It’s loaded with lots of examples – including many from my experience building a […]

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Startup Jobs and Career Advice for 9/14/15

By on September 14, 2015 in Career Advice, Startup Jobs, Startup Product Management Jobs

Steve Blank writes about why corporate entrepreneurs are extraordinary on his blog. Mirantis is hiring product managers for its Cloud Management Platform and App Developer Services.

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A Linkedin hack to build your startup network

By on August 24, 2015 in Career Advice, Networking, Networking Tips

Here’s a cool hack I’ve been using to connect with interesting people on LinkedIn and build my startup network in the process: Look at your ‘People who have viewed your profile‘ page. Ask yourself: “Would this person be interesting to connect with?” I’ll leave it to you to define what interesting means. Maybe it’s a VC or […]

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How I stumbled into a job at VMware before it was “VMware”

By on August 23, 2015 in Career Advice, Interview Tips, Job Search Tips

12 years ago I had the good fortune of joining a (then) ~300 person software startup. Soon after I came on board, that little company on Porter Drive was acquired for $625 million. 5 years later the acquirer spun them out in a $19 billion IPO. I’d love to be able to say that I […]

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Startup Career Advice for 8/17/15

By on August 17, 2015 in Career Advice

David Jackson, founder of Seeking Alpha, posts key metrics for startups by industry on his blog. Jason M. Lemkin writes for SaaStr about the “Get In Early” startup phenomenon as it relates to SaaS company Entelo.

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Startup Jobs and Career Advice for 7/27/15

By on July 27, 2015 in Career Advice, Startup Business Development Jobs, Startup Jobs, Startup Marketing Jobs, Startup Sales Jobs

The Springwise blog posts about Free Code Camp, which allows anyone to learn coding for free by completing projects for nonprofits. Decoded Fashion in NYC is hiring for Community, Sales, Marketing, and Business Development positions.

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