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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 is a Senior Talent Specialist responsible for recruiting initiatives at both the firm and its portfolio companies. Connect with her on Twitter @lindseygurian.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Salima Ladha, OpenView Venture Partners

Salima Ladha

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

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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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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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Alex Flores, OpenView Venture Partners

Alex Flores

Alex is a social media intern at OpenView Labs. He is a communications major at Boston College entering his senior year.

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You Might Want to Check On that Candidate in Your Lobby: How to Create a Positive Candidate Experience

October 17, 2012 by

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If candidates are walking out your door thinking anything other than, “Wow, that would be a great place to work,” you’re doing something wrong. Time to work on your candidate experience.

Interviewing: The Importance of Thank You

September 17, 2012 by

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Let me make this crystal clear, a hiring manager can and absolutely will pass on your candidacy due to a lack of a thank you note. When interviewing, send one out, and make it a great one.

Is Agency Recruiting Going the Way of the Dodo?

September 11, 2012 by

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With companies cutting costs and disruptive technology trends providing alternatives, it’s difficult to not to imagine the agency recruiting model’s days are numbered.

Recruiting Tips: Take Advantage of Exploratory Calls to Up Your Recruiting ROI

September 4, 2012 by

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Exploratory should be the first step of the interview process. Your initial note may spark candidate curiosity, but the exploratory call is a way to grab their attention.

Recruiting Tips: Take Control of the Search

August 28, 2012 by

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These five recruiting tips will help you stay in control of a complex and variable-filled process. In recruiting, over-communication is typical (and critical) because there are so many moving parts — multiple searches, interview processes, internal stakeholders, candidates, hiring managers, and the list goes on. Recruiters are juggling multiple searches while simultaneously juggling those individuals…

Does Your Company Need an ATS? Does Your Company Even Know What an ATS Is?

August 22, 2012 by

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If you’re not using an Applicant Tracking System to manage your hiring process and recruiting resources you need to start. A good ATS will change your life.

Job-Hopping: The New Norm or a Bad Habit?

August 17, 2012 by

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You’ve seen it – a resume filled with 1-3 years of tenure at each position. Or a long tenure at one company and then a variety of short-stints in the most recent roles. The first thing that often comes to mind is – this candidate cannot commit.  But this article from Jeanne Meister at Forbes.com,…

The Key to Productive Interviews that Land the Top Candidate: Check These Mistakes at the Door

August 14, 2012 by

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Here are four interviewing mistakes hiring managers should avoid in order to have more productive interviews and land their top candidate.

The Science and the Art of Expansion-Stage Hiring: The Importance of Company Culture

August 10, 2012 by

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“Recruiting is part science and part art,” and attributes like motivation and attitude are often just as important as skills and experience.

Hiring Strategy: Does GPA Really Matter in the “Real World”?

August 7, 2012 by

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Should GPA really factor into your job search and candidate requirements? It’s a controversial subject, but one worth discussing.