How to Set Up Your Hiring Process After You Get Seed Funding

For many early-stage startups, their limited hiring is unpredictable, ad hoc, and reactive. The founding team is focused on building/validating their product while considering funding options. Referrals are based on serendipity. There is no...

Career Longevity: What We Can Learn from Roger Federer

The 2018 Tennis season is well under way and like many others, I am excited to see how one of greatest and most loved players, Roger Federer, will do this year. He is too old to be a champion; yet he is the oldest man to win Wimbledon, has the most...

Why Diversity is Critical for Tech Leadership Teams

Silicon Valley has, more than ever, been vocal about its standpoint regarding its relatively liberal perspective, often times discussing the importance of inclusion and diversity. However, the major tech giants of the Valley, as well as those based...

4 Tips to Reduce Sales Turnover

Sales can be one of the most challenging roles to recruit for. The impact of poor hiring can affect an entire sales department. Meeting quotas, training, ramp up periods and travel can affect their success. If you use a strategic approach to hiring,...

Five Startup Growth Lessons Learned from Rapid7 CMO Carol Meyers

Drift recently hosted their first Roadshow with featured guest, Carol Meyers, Chief Marketing Officer of Rapid7. Moderated by Drift's Dave Gerhardt, the lively (and often times hilarious) Q&A featured a wealth of insights from Meyers' personal and...

Five Movies About Leadership and Decision-Making

Hollywood movies typically present some form of the Hero's Journey, a narrative structural device that frames a protagonist's hard-earned success story. Beyond that, what can we learn from these larger-than-life characters and their struggles amidst...

Employee Recognition - Why Words Matter

Employee recognition is the acknowledgement of a job well done. It is also a motivational factor for the employees from the managers or top authorities. Recognition doesn’t mean only to give rewards/incentives to the employee. They want their hard...

Three Leadership Lessons from Nearly Getting My Arms Broken

On a weekly basis, I get folded into a pretzel practice Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. It’s complex ground-fighting that - to the average spectator - looks like two sweaty people rolling around in pajamas. 

The Cost of a Bad Hire

Everyone wants to hire “A+” talent. They want a candidate who is going to hit every point in what can sometimes be a laundry list of technical skills on a job description. They want someone with a great personality and is the perfect cultural fit....

My Take on 5 Things That "Require Zero Talent"

Being Prepared

If you want to win the day in a business meeting or interview, do your homework.  Preparation is equal parts effort and research.  It’s amazing how smoothly an interview or meeting will run when all parties as prepared, engaged, and...