Hiring Circa 2006
Brad and I wrote a post on the Union Square Ventures weblog describing how we are going about finding a replacement for our analyst Charlie O’Donnell who just left us to join our portfolio company Oddcast.
We talked long and hard about how we should go about this search and I have high hopes that our approach is going to surface some really interesting candidates.
what an opportunity for someone.
Posted by: howard lindzon | July 20, 2006 at 08:47 AM
I hope you post this same request a few years from now... I'm in college now and this is exactly what I want to be doing when I get out. I'm a finance major, but everyone tells me to switch to info because I'm the "tech guy" everyone goes to in the office when people need help. I want to be involved in private equity/vc with a focus on the tech industry - NOT a tech guy when I get out of college.
Who knows, if I can't find this type of job when I get out of college maybe I'll just have to make my own tech startup and get funding from Union Squares Ventures :)
Posted by: Bill Erickson | July 20, 2006 at 12:16 PM
Howard nails it (again).
Posted by: Fraser | July 20, 2006 at 05:08 PM
Bill,
I think it is important to have both perspectives when it comes to business, finance, and IT.
I have read some academic papers on technology that can take off your socks, without undoing you shoes.
While some may argue that academics are just full of theories, the good ones study firms, collect and analyze data, so that they can find truth.
I would continue down your path in finance but realize that the two disciplines are also converging. Keep both up to speed. And you will be in good shape.
Cheers,
Page
UK
Posted by: Page | July 20, 2006 at 05:15 PM
Fred - I've been following your blog for since I met Charlie at a Baruch College seminar last year. I own an IT services company in NJ. Since you guys invest in IT companies feel free to use me as a resource. My blog URL is http://bizology.typepad.com
Posted by: Alex Zaltsman | July 22, 2006 at 05:06 AM
The approach looks too narrow. Better to say, alternatively, send us an idea, investment or business plan that could unfold significantly in two years. Bring us something that may make Google obsolete. You assume that people with ideas of that sort are not in the market for your position, or, if they are, they have blogs which will disclose their ideas that will make Google an economic also-ran. It seems to me one at a VC firm can and should keep in mind the prizes used to foster building of the most famous cathedral in Florence. Naturally, the VC firm should agree to pay reasonable value for ideas provided and used, with reasonable value fairly arbitrated if necessarily. Why think small?
Posted by: cfw | July 24, 2006 at 12:19 AM