Here’s Where Startups Raised In The US During 2015 (read more) If you were curious where startups raised in 2015, we have the map. Here’s thousands of rounds of venture capital mapped to the United States. Enjoy! Editor's Note: scroll down to discover open sales & marketing positions Weekly Digest: Top 10 Featured Posts John Greathouse of Rincon Venture Partners discusses the lessons he learned and what he missed when given the opportunity to invest in Uber in “Confessions of a VC: Crap - Why I Passed on Uber’s Seed Round” Michael Moritz of Sequoia Capital gives his take on how to build a company that repeatedly innovates and stays at the top of its industry for decades in “Maintaining Success for the Long Term” Tomasz Tunguz of Redpoint Ventures explains how pricing evolves as a startup’s product matures, its brand solidifies and its team coheres in “What Pricing Implies About Product Market Fit for Startups” Josh Elman of Greylock Partners shares his thoughts on how founders should approach building on platforms and how they can get the most out of them on the way to building an enduring companyin "Building to Independence on Top of Other Platforms" Mike Maples Jr. of Floodgate shares his take on how doing something legendary comes fromobsessively pursuing insights that defy conventional wisdom in “Finding Billion Dollar Secrets” Jason M. Lemkin of SaaStr explains why SaaS companies should focus on improving every key metric and KPIin “What Is the Key SaaS Metric That Every SaaS Company Should Obsess About?” Daniel Levine of RJmetrics puts together a series of questions to get your business to achieve similar growth patterns to high-performing companiesin “5 Questions to Get You on the Path to $10mil in Annual Revenue” Brian Balfour of Hubspot provides guidelines on how to have one great meeting that can prevent the need for numerous other mediocre meetings which consume time, money, and opportunity in “How to Run a Weekly Growth Meeting That Gets Results” Brian Halligan of HubSpot talks about the growing pains Hubspot went through when scaling and how they attacked the problem in “HubSpot’s Playbook for Going from Startup to Scale-up” Bram Kanstein of Off the Record puts together a humorous list regarding what doesn’t constitute a startup in "Why You Are #NotAStartup" Scenes From A Bust (read more) If you think that the current rough patch for technology is bad, it’s worth remembering how bad things were in 2000. From journalist Owen Thomas, here’s a collection of stories from a far, far crazier era. The Current State of Venture Capital in 2016 (read more) Contrary to what you might have thought, the venture capital market isn’t slowing down. At least not yet. So far in 2016, both deal numbers and dollars raised are up. The Coming IPO Traffic Jam (read more) There are so many unicorns, and so few IPOs. Where does that put your favorite startup? The answer could be a downround.
VCs Flout Public Markets, Continue To Invest In Cybersecurity (read more) Following our report on the broader venture capital market, one sector in particular that was supposed to be underwater appears healthier than expected. Startup Job Openings Mattermark is hiring an Inside Sales Manager in San Francisco. Everlane is hiring a Head of User Acquisition in San Francisco. Rocksbox is hiring a VP of Marketing in San Francisco. Help Scout is hiring a Sales Coach in Boston, MA. Volta Global is hiring a Content Marketing/Social Media Strategist in Miami, FL. Muck Rack is hiring a Director of Marketing in New York City. Home Chef is looking for a Customer Acquisition Director in Chicago, IL. If you would to feature a sales or marketing position in next weekend's newsletter, send an email to Sonia Bhasin. | 