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4 Tips For Recruiting Business Development Representatives

May 24, 2013 by

4 Tips For Recruiting Business Development Representatives

Follow these tips to hire a top inside sales team of outbound prospectors, also commonly titled, business development representatives, who will be invaluable to driving sales leads and vetting prospects.

How to Handle a Failed Product Offering: Lessons from Windows 8

May 24, 2013 by

How to Handle a Failed Product Offering: Lessons from Windows 8

Will Microsoft’s customer’s forgive them for Windows 8? Here are a few lessons we can glean on backtracking gracefully from a failed product offering.

The Truth Behind the “Where Else Are You Interviewing?” Question

May 23, 2013 by

The Truth Behind the “Where Else Are You Interviewing?” Question

Find out why this question really has nothing to do with the candidate, and discover three options that are far more productive to ask in its place.

How to Do Market Research in 5 Minutes

May 23, 2013 by

How to Do Market Research in 5 Minutes

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Senior executives rarely have 30 minutes to burn on your B2B market research interview. Here’s what to do if they only give you 5 minutes.

The Benefits of a Challenge: A Lesson from Japanese Fishermen

May 22, 2013 by

The Benefits of a Challenge: A Lesson from Japanese Fishermen

I just got back from my first trip to Asia, where I learned an interesting story about Japanese fishermen that directly correlates with business principles for employee motivation.

“Don’t Tell Me What I Can and Can’t Eat!” 4 Simpler Ways To Promote Employee Wellness

May 22, 2013 by

“Don’t Tell Me What I Can and Can’t Eat!” 4 Simpler Ways To Promote Employee Wellness

Want to promote employee wellness without turning away employees? Here are a few less severe options than dictating what they eat.

Customer Segmentation: What Is Customer Segmentation?

May 22, 2013 by

Customer Segmentation: What Is Customer Segmentation?

What is customer segmentation? Your first step in creating a market-dominating growth strategy and dramatically improves your company’s growth, competitive advantage, and economic model. Learn how to get started in this post.

Market Exit Positioning: Lessons from Yahoo’s Acquisition of Tumblr

May 21, 2013 by

Market Exit Positioning: Lessons from Yahoo’s Acquisition of Tumblr

Here are six market exit positioning takeaways that startup and expansion-stage companies can learn from Tumblr’s successful market exit.

3 Tips for Creating a More Inclusive Workplace for Women

May 21, 2013 by

3 Tips for Creating a More Inclusive Workplace for Women

Focusing on these three factors can help you boost your hire and employee retention rates by developing a more inclusive workplace for women.

Outbound Lead Generation Team Training: Expanding into New Markets

May 21, 2013 by

Outbound Lead Generation Team Training: Expanding into New Markets

Learn why an asset package is such a crucial tool for outbound lead generation team training, especially for getting your reps prepared for selling into a new market. Earlier this year I wrote a couple of blog posts explaining the importance of training your outbound lead generation team, and what should be included in a new…

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Scott Maxwell

Scott Maxwell founded OpenView Venture Partners in 2006 and has worked in venture capital for over 13 years. For more insight from Scott, you can visit his blog and connect with him on Twitter @scottsnews.    

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Tien Anh Nguyen

Tien Anh Nguyen heads up the OpenView Research and Analytics team. He is focused on leading market and product strategy engagements in areas such as target segmentation, marketing operations management, and marketing channels research with portfolio companies and investment prospects.

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Devon McDonald is responsible for working directly with key stakeholders within OpenView’s portfolio to provide strategic guidance in the areas of sales, marketing, and influencer channel development, as well as operational efficiencies.

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George enjoys partnering with companies and helping them achieve their goals through strategy, focus and operational execution.

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Firas Raouf is a founding member of OpenView Venture Partners. He is a mentor to OpenView's Portfolio, an engaged board member, and plays an active role in investments. Connect with him on Twitter @fraouf.

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Brandon Hickie works with OpenView's portfolio companies to develop business strategies and optimize market and product positioning by means of market research, market intelligence, and customer and marketing analytics. Connect with him on Twitter @bhickie.

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Diana Martz is the Director of Talent for OpenView Venture Partners. She joined OpenView in 2009 and manages the firm's Talent team, which works with portfolio companies on high priority recruitment initiatives. In addition, Diana leads key searches for OpenView and its portfolio companies, works with leadership teams on recruitment strategy, and helps build overall talent pipeline.

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Nick analyzes portfolio companies and their target markets to help them focus on opportunities for profitable growth.

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Lindsey Gurian recruits top talent to OpenView and our Portfolio.

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Katy Smigowski is responsible for recruiting initiatives for both the firm and its portfolio companies.

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Meghan Maher recruits top talent to OpenView and our Portfolio Companies.

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Adam focuses on investing in and building companies in several sectors, including software, digital media and technology enabled businesses.

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Jonathan Crowe is the Managing Editor of OpenView Labs. He focuses on executing OpenView’s content marketing strategy, developing and publishing the best content possible to help expansion-stage technology companies grow and succeed.

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Sudip works with portfolio companies to provide insights on the markets they operate in, their customers, and drive development of business strategies.

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Kevin Leary designs and develops everything that OpenView does online. He has helped companies around the globe establish a brand online. He's an open-source fanatic, and a well respected WordPress developer.

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Nick sources, analyzes and executes investments along with the other members of the investment team.

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Luis Fernandes is responsible for helping OpenView and its portfolio companies build and grow integrated relationship marketing programs with prospects, customers, and key influencers. By working directly with sales and marketing stakeholders within OpenView’s portfolio, Luis helps implement programs and encourage best practices around distributing the most important messaging to the most targeted prospects, through the most appropriate channels, at the best times and frequency.

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Daniel Lane helps to identify qualified investment opportunities for OpenView.

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Jonathan works with the investment team to identify, evaluate, and invest in growing companies.

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