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 and Career Advice for 5/5/14

By on May 5, 2014 in Career Advice, Startup Jobs

Recurly, an enterprise software company, is hiring a Sr. Marketing Coordinator and Product Marketing Manager, among other positions. Adam Bryant of The New York Times interviews Angus Davis, the founder and chief executive of Swipely, about working around flaws. Square, a mobile merchant services company, is hiring for a number of positions.

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Startup Jobs and Career Advice for 4/30/14

By on April 30, 2014 in Career Advice, Startup Jobs

Jason Goldberg, founder & CEO at Fab, writes about the attitude of being at a startup on his blog. Litmus, a company that builds tools for marketers, is hiring a Customer Success Manager. Mark LaRosa, co-founder of FunnelFire, founder of QuotaCrush, and founder of Dynamic Mobile Data, has released a new book called Sales, Swingers & […]

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Startup Jobs and Career Advice for 4/28/14

By on April 28, 2014 in Career Advice, Job Search Tips, Startup Jobs

H.Bloom, a fast-growing flower and plant delivery service, is in the midst of a nationwide campaign with a luxury retailer to deliver gifts to their top customers, coordinating with hundreds of florists around the country to execute 3500 orders. They are hiring for a full-time Operations Role. This campaign will run from now through the end of June. […]

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Startup Jobs for 4/23/14

By on April 23, 2014 in Startup Jobs

Sailthru, a leading provider of personalized marketing communications technology, is hiring for a number of positions. Movable Ink, also a provider of marketing technology, is hiring for a number of positions. KeyMe, which allows users to store digital copies of their physical keys in the cloud, is hiring for a number of developer positions, as […]

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I’m doing an ask-me-anything style interview on Yabbly

By on April 22, 2014 in Career Advice, Job Search Tips, Work Life Balance

I’m doing an ask-me-anything style Q&A on Yabbly.com. You can check it out (and participate) at this link.

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Startup Career Advice for 4/21/14

By on April 21, 2014 in Career Advice

David Cowan shares a new hire at Smule who submitted a resume creatively. Chris Clouten writes about how no three-month course can teach you to code (well). Cheryl Yeoh writes about transitioning her career from finance/consulting to startups.

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These top startups are all hiring people like you

By on April 12, 2014 in Startup Jobs

Today I want to help you answer the million dollar question that I hear over and over again from the hundreds of people on our startup job hunting mailing list… What startups are kicking butt and are hiring people like me (early career professional without a tech background)? Well, recently Wealthfront did a bunch of […]

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