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Scott Maxwell - OpenView Venture Partners

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 - OpenView Venture Partners

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 - OpenView Venture Partners

Devon McDonald

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 Roberts - OpenView Venture Partners

George Roberts

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

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Firas Raouf - OpenView Venture Partners

Firas Raouf

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 - OpenView Venture Partners

Brandon Hickie

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 - OpenView Venture Partners

Diana Martz

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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Jeremy Aber - OpenView Venture Partners

Jeremy Aber

Jeremy Aber consults the Portfolio on legal and contract matters.

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Ori Yankelev - OpenView Venture Partners

Ori Yankelev

Ori Yankelev works with our portfolio on sales and marketing initiatives.

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Nick Petri - OpenView Venture Partners

Nick Petri

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

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Lindsey Gurian - OpenView Venture Partners

Lindsey Gurian

Lindsey Gurian recruits top talent to OpenView and our Portfolio.

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Katy Smigowski - OpenView Venture Partners

Katy Smigowski

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

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Kevin Cain - OpenView Venture Partners

Kevin Cain

Kevin is responsible for setting and executing OpenView’s content marketing strategy.

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Meghan Maher - OpenView Venture Partners

Meghan Maher

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

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Adam Marcus - OpenView Venture Partners

Adam Marcus

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

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Carlie Smith - OpenView Venture Partners

Carlie Smith

Recruiter at OpenView & our portfolio companies.

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Jonathan Crowe - OpenView Venture Partners

Jonathan Crowe

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 Verma - OpenView Venture Partners

Sudip Verma

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 - OpenView Venture Partners

Kevin Leary

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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Megan McNeill - OpenView Venture Partners

Megan McNeill

Megan communicates with the firm’s portfolio and supports OpenView’s content marketing strategy.

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Ricky Pelletier - OpenView Venture Partners

Ricky Pelletier

Ricky Pelletier works with other members of the investment team to evaluate and execute new investments.

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Nick Hammerschlag - OpenView Venture Partners

Nick Hammerschlag

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

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Brian Carthas - OpenView Venture Partners

Brian Carthas

Brian Carthas helps to identify qualified investment opportunities for OpenView.

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Salima Ladha - OpenView Venture Partners

Salima Ladha

Salima Ladha recruits top talent to OpenView and our Portfolio Companies.

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Luis Fernandes - OpenView Venture Partners

Luis Fernandes

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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Dan Lane - OpenView Venture Partners

Dan Lane

Daniel Lane helps to identify qualified investment opportunities for OpenView.

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Jonathan Kimmel - OpenView Venture Partners

Jonathan Kimmel

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

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Kim helps to identify qualified investment opportunities for OpenView.

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OpenView Staff - OpenView Venture Partners

OpenView Staff

OpenView Venture Partners is a venture capital firm focused on helping technology companies turn their vision into reality.

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10 Quotes that Will Make You A Better Content Marketer

April 26, 2013 by

10 Quotes that Will Make You A Better Content Marketer

A collection of some of my favorite inspirational marketing quotes to motivate and remind you what content marketing is all about.

The Marketer’s Secret to Getting Employees Engaged with Social Media

April 5, 2013 by

The Marketer’s Secret to Getting Employees Engaged with Social Media

The more social media savvy your company has, the better it is for business. Here are three quick ways you can get more employees engaged with social media.

4 Reasons Your Employees Should Be Active on Social Media

March 13, 2013 by

4 Reasons Your Employees Should Be Active on Social Media

If your workforce isn’t active on social media you’re missing out on a world of opportunities. Here are four compelling reasons to get your employees building their social presence now.

Bringing Writing Skills Back to Business

December 12, 2012 by

Bringing Writing Skills Back to Business

I’m used to the surprised reactions I receive after telling someone that I majored in writing and that I now work for a venture capital firm. Most people don’t associate one with the other – they think I must be a stranger in a strange land. Fortunately, the opposite is true at OpenView. If you’ve…

Is It All About You? Why Some Content Marketers Fail

November 7, 2012 by

Is It All About You? Why Some Content Marketers Fail

For content marketers to be effective they need to focus their efforts on building their company — more than their personal — brand.

How to Develop a Content Matrix: A Step-By-Step Guide

November 5, 2012 by

How to Develop a Content Matrix: A Step-By-Step Guide

Last  week, I shared what a content matrix is and explained its purpose in a content marketing program. This week, I will share how to develop a content matrix to support a buyer persona focused B2B content marketing strategy and use it as a tool to ensure that content creators are focused on producing content…

Content Matrix: What It Is and Why It Matters in Content Marketing

October 30, 2012 by

Content Matrix: What It Is and Why It Matters in Content Marketing

Last  week, I shared why “Thinking About B2B Content Marketing Through the Lens of the Buyer” can drastically increase the return on investment of content creation activities and help better manage the content side of the marketing budget. This week, I will share what a content matrix is and explain its purpose in a content…

Do NOT Invest in Expensive Marketing Automation Software…

October 25, 2012 by

Do NOT Invest in Expensive Marketing Automation Software…

…IF you haven’t figured out your target segments/buyers, don’t already have a content strategy in place, haven’t designed the processes and frameworks that will support it, and don’t possess a committed resource to own the platform and program execution. You literally need all of the above to justify an often expensive marketing automation software investment.…

Corporate Blog Analytics: Is Engagement Quantitative or Qualitative?

September 15, 2012 by

Corporate Blog Analytics: Is Engagement Quantitative or Qualitative?

What truly signifies a piece of engaging content? Is it the most viewed, the most shared, or is it the content that drives a reader to action? What blog metrics should you be monitoring to gauge engagement?

Measures of Engagement: What Corporate Blog Metrics Should You Really Be Paying Attention To?

September 11, 2012 by

Measures of Engagement: What Corporate Blog Metrics Should You Really Be Paying Attention To?

If you’re going to the trouble of publishing a corporate blog you want to know whether or not your content is “working”. But how do you determine which blog metrics provide the best answer?