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July 2024

Bursts of Color - American Exchange Project (Guest Interview)
This summer my son Nate spent two weeks with the American Exchange Project.
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Geoff Donaker
Bursts of Color - Hunting Rabbits (Again)
We talk with a *lot* of startups that experienced fast growth and seemingly great Product-Market-Fit in 2019-21.
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Geoff Donaker

June 2024

Bursts of Color - Managing Barry Bonds
I recently shared this 2x2 framework for evaluating results versus attitude.
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Bursts of Color - Results vs Attitude
There are many valid ways to evaluate performance.
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May 2024

Bursts of Color - What is "Venture Scale?"
Many entrepreneurs have been turned down by VCs with feedback that sounds like:
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Geoff Donaker

April 2024

Bursts of Color - Interns!
A few weeks ago I wrote in praise of entry level hiring, so today I'm following up with a natural extension: interns!
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Geoff Donaker

March 2024

Bursts of Color - Entry Level Hiring
After two slow years of tech hiring, it’s great to see a recent jump in job postings across our portfolio and network.
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Geoff Donaker

February 2024

Measuring SDR Teams
Sales teams are often composed of two primary roles:
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Geoff Donaker
Bursts of Color - Is Micro-Managing Bad?
I heard from three of you last week whose current leadership challenge sounded very similar, along the lines of this:
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Geoff Donaker

January 2024

Bursts of Color - The Weekly Staff Meeting
Most companies with more than 20 employees also have some version of a recurring executive staff meeting.
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December 2023

Bursts of Color - Top 10 Books of 2023
Happy December!
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Geoff Donaker
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