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Notary Public – Where do I find one!?
There are a number of legal documents that require a Notary Public’s assistance. In venture capital firms, it is most often legal closing documents that require a notary stamp. It is important that you...
View ArticleSucceeding in the Business World
My co-worker, Devon Warwick, wrote a blog last week focusing on gender equality. She referenced Lois Frankel’s book, Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office in which Frankel presents that there are...
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Tipping the Scales: How Follow Through Aids Success
It takes months to find a customer and seconds to lose them. Customer Service is what will maintain a positive relationship with your current customers and, in turn, will help you gain new customers...
View ArticleNotary Public, part II: My Travels in Becoming a Notary
My experience becoming a notary public was one of simplicity and ease. As part of the operational support team here at OpenView Venture Partners I have had many instances where I needed to get legal...
View ArticleThe Way to a Teams Heart is Through Outside Office Interaction: Team Bonding...
Venture capital can be a high stress business and employees are expected to achieve lofty goals and maintain high standards. To balance this we at OpenView Venture Partners host a fun firm event every...
View ArticleRE: Market Segmentation Forum – My Anticipation
The forum was a great success. We had about 55 people attend from our expansion stage portfolio companies and prospect companies. The venue, the Royal Sonesta in Cambridge, was PERFECT for the size and...
View ArticleI WANT TO SURPASS MY BOSS!
My boss, Scott Maxwell, sent a call to action out to his readers yesterday with his blog post titled Can You Do Me a 2-Minute Favor?. I would like to quote him verbatim with the same request. I want to...
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Living Your Firm's Aspirations
At OpenView Venture Partners, we try to live our firm’s aspirations every day. Our aspirations represent the standards and goals to which we are to hold ourselves accountable. We should constantly be...
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Communication, Integration, & Reciprocation: How to Manage Constructive...
Learning how to receive constructive criticism is an integral skill for all individuals to possess. Annual reviews often cause anxiety as employees and management teams must think about how the job is...
View ArticleCommunication, Integration, & Reciprocation: How to Manage Constructive...
My last blog discussed annual reviews and how they can be effective. Okay, so you have had your review and you have discussed it with your management teams and peers; now how do you integrate this...
View ArticleS.M.A.R.T.E.R Goals
OpenView Venture Partners spends time each quarter setting our firm, team and individual goals. We make sure that we use a measure to gauge if these goals are good enough to execute on. We use...
View Article7 Things Your Boss Should Never Say to You
I just read an article on Yahoo Finance listing 7 Things Your Boss Should Never Say to You. As and operational support person in finance, I have been treated with the utmost respect and also with utter...
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Boston's Designated Drivers – Know Your Market
Boston is a college city; we have tons of students (of age, of course) that get drunk and drive. There is a new company which sprang up called Boston Designated Drivers (BDD). The founders, Raymer...
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International Travel – Online Currency Converter
Do you work for an executive that travels internationally? Do you have to find out how much a receipt is in US currency that is dated back a couple of months? I have had this issue in the past. There...
View ArticleiGuider's Raise $700,000 in Venture Funding
iGuider’s, a Cleavland based internet company, announced that it closed a $700,000 round of venture capital investment on March 16th. This round of venture funding was lead by JumpStart Ventures....
View ArticleDisgusting Treats but Great Marketing
Kaboodle recently listed the Top 10 Disgusting Treats. From my perspective, they are truly disgusting and unappetizing. The manufacturers of these treats have done something different with their...
View ArticleInfluence Marketing
As stated in Wikipedia, Influence Marketing, is increasingly practiced in a commercial context, comprising of four main activities: Identifying influencers, and ranking them in order of importance....
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Could the iPad Possibly Be Sold Out???
In an article written by Paul Suarez, Is iPad Sold Out?, on March 28th, Suarez states, “As of right now, “hundreds of thousands” of units have already been pre-ordered, according to sources quoted by...
View ArticleCommunication, Integration, & Reciprocation: How to Manage Constructive...
The final piece to the review puzzle is reciprocation. You have had the conversations around your review, you’ve created an actionable plan and are executing on it; the final step is to reciprocate or...
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Scheduling for a Boss that has No Time
How do you schedule calls and meetings for a boss that seems to be fully booked all the time? This is when a good working relationship between you and your boss comes into play. When you have that HOT...
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