Founder Friday: What you should hire and when

This month, Forbes released their Forbes 400, which ranks the wealthiest Americans in 2021. Along with that release, they also had a story, The Richest U.S. Tech Billionaires On The 2021 Forbes 400 List. 80 tech billionaires, or 20%, are tied to tech. While we can all dream and a few will succeed, many of the listed entrepreneurs started…

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Founder Friday: The State of Startups in the Southeast 2021 – Panoramic Ventures

If you’ve followed the tech startup scene in Atlanta, it’s nearly impossible not to know who BIP Capital is and the companies they’ve helped to build both in Atlanta and the Southeast at large. BIP’s State of Startups reports has been a favorite of ours. So, when BIP announced that their venture capital arm would be rebranded/relaunched…

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Founder Friday: Tips on Hiring & Team Evaluations

For us, Founder Friday is more than sharing a cool founder story of going from four people sharing a loft and eating Ramen to being a unicorn. That story won’t happen all that often. That is why we try and think about the things that interest us as founders, and so we like to share…

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Founder Friday: NEXT Venture Pitch 2021

Last Thursday, our co-founders attended the sold-out NEXT Venture Pitch. For those unfamiliar with NEXT Venture Pitch, it is an entrepreneur conference and pitch competition hosted by NEXT in our company’s hometown of Greenville, SC. It is also affiliated with one of the nation’s top venture capital conferences, Venture Atlanta. The event was outstanding. This year the 30 semi-finalists…

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Founder Friday: A Master Class on Interviewing – Robert Hatta from Drive Capital

Founder Friday is one of our favorite features. Sometimes, however, we aren’t sharing founder stories but instead resources or advice for startups. We also recognize the need to share insights from thought leaders from outside of the recruiting agency world. If you’ve followed our posts in the past, you know that we’re huge fans of…

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Founder Friday: Brian Armstrong of Coinbase

A story from Wednesday’s Morning Brew helped inspire this week’s Founder Friday. And if you’re a fan of blockchain or crypto/cryptocurrency, this is one that’ll be sure to be of interest to you. Today, we share the story of Coinbase co-founder Brian Armstrong. We used several resources (linked below), but here are some highlights… Brian’s…

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