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Startup Spotlights
Why You Should Join Vesto
Money should be put to work. It can be invested, fund initiatives or at least collect interest. Lazy money not doing these things wastes away. Vesto is the easiest way to manage your corporate funds.
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Industry Insights
10 Podcasts for Startup Enthusiasts
While listening to the right podcasts won’t necessarily get you a startup job interview, it can help you seem plugged in and informed once you do.
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Industry Insights
Startup Search Year in Review 2022
Review of the top roles, startups, industries, and venture funds from the Startup Search newsletter which featured over 1000 jobs and 600 companies in 2022.
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Startup Spotlights
Meet Commsor: The $66 Million-Backed Startup Putting Community First
With $66 million in funding from investors including Atomico, Felicis and Slack Fund, Commsor now has a 50-strong team of fully remote workers spread across the globe.
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Career Guides
How to Recruit for Startup Internships
Internships allow you to test different career paths in a short period of time. Here’s how to identify and land you next internship.
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Career Guides
Two Investors’ Top Advice For Breaking Into Venture Capital
They have good news: over the past few years the industry’s gates have significantly lowered, allowing young and fresh talent unprecedented access.
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Startup Spotlights
Meet Lightyear: The $17 Million-Backed Startup Making Telecom Cool
Lightyear has raised $17 million in funding from Susa Ventures, Ludlow Ventures, Mark Cuban and more.
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Career Guides
How To Create An Intentional Strategy For An Efficient Job Search
Bringing clear intentionality to your job search increases the probability that you find an opportunity that’s a great fit instead of just accepting a role because they’ve reached out to you and it’s easy for you to get.
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Career Guides
Startups vs. Big Tech: How To Decide Which Path Is Right For You
When considering the benefits of startups vs big tech companies, it’s not a simple apples-to-apples comparison.
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Career Guides
Bear Market? How To Land A Good Job In A Bad Economy
When the economy takes a turn, uncertainty inevitably floods the job market. Here’s how job seekers can think like an investor to identify the best companies to join, even in a “bad” market.
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Career Guides
Aspiring Entrepreneur? A VC’s Career Guide For Future Founders
From banking and consulting to working at public or early-stage companies, there are pros and cons to exploring each option. Here’s how to best set yourself up to be a successful founder.
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Startup Spotlights
Meet Slope: The Fintech With $32 Million Funding Backed By The Founders Of Doordash, Plaid & Dropbox
With $32 million in funding from Y Combinator, Union Square Ventures and others, the company has purposefully kept a lean team of 13 employees. But now they’re looking to hire.
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VC Guides
How To Land A Job In Venture (Without VC Experience)
VC firms are filled with ex-investment bankers, consultants, operations managers and new grads. While one background isn’t necessarily better than the other, it’s important to know how to play into your strengths in order to land your first venture gig.
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Career Guides
For Future Founders, Is Business School Worth The $300,000 Price Tag?
Business school is a transaction. What is worth $300K and two years of your valuable time?
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Startup Spotlights
Meet Pave: The $400 Million Fintech Demystifying Compensation
Confused by compensation? Meet Pave, the $400 million fintech demystifying compensation.
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Startup Spotlights
Meet AtoB, The $100 Million-Backed Fintech Transforming Transportation
AtoB is featured on Startup Search’s Fintech List 2022 as one of the fastest-growing fintech startups with $100 million in funding from Marc Benioff, Y Combinator and others.
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Startup Spotlights
Meet Catch, The Khosla-Backed Startup Bringing Benefits To Freelancers
Catch is featured on Startup Search’s Fintech List 2022 as one of the fastest-growing fintech startups with $20 million in funding from Khosla Ventures, Y Combinator and others.
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Product Guides
Aspiring Founder? Here’s How To Design Your First Product
Everything aspiring founders need to know when designing their first product.
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Chief of Staff Guides
What It’s Like To Be A CEO’s Chief Of Staff
Demystifying the role of one of Silicon Valley’s most critical jobs.
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Career Guides
Here’s Why You Should (Probably) Stay In College
Debating dropping out of college? Here’s why you might want to reconsider.
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Career Guides
Thinking of Dropping Out? Here's What You Need to Know.
We breakdown what it’s really like to drop out of college.
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Product Guides
How To Break Into Product Management From PMs At Stripe, Amplitude, More
The best way to break into product? Talk to the people that already do it. We asked seasoned PMs that have worked everywhere from Uber to TransferWise for their best career advice.
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Startup Spotlights
Meet Patch, The a16z-Backed Startup Powering A Carbon-Neutral Future
Patch is featured on Startup Search’s Climate List 2022 as one of the fastest-growing climate tech startups with $26 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue and others.
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Product Guides
Excelling In Your First Product Role: 10 Tips On Communication, Execution And Vision
There’s no such thing as a highly trained PM, but learning these 10 product management skills on the job will help you excel quickly.
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Interview Guides
The 5-Step Framework To Acing Case Study Interviews
Ace a key step in any product management interview by applying this 5 step methodology to product case studies.
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Compensation Guides
Startups vs. Big Tech: What Entry-Level Employees Are Really Paid
We breakdown the difference in compensation for entry level employees joining startups vs big tech.
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Startup Spotlights
Meet Memora Health, complex care management, backed by a16z, Transformation Capital and Contrary
Series B company Memora Health is reimagining complex care management and is actively hiring across engineering, operations, product and marketing.
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Career Guides
Startups vs. Big Tech: What New Grads Need To Know When Choosing A Career Path
A guide on deciding between early-stage startups or big tech for your first full-time job.
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Career Guides
How To Grow Your Career At A Startup
Landing your first startup job is only the beginning of your tech career. Growing your career includes increased learning, scope, seniority and compensation.
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Career Guides
What It Means (And How) To Successfully Manage Up
Managing up is a valuable skill that can set up you to do your best work.
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Industry Insights
Startup Search Methodology: Identifying Fast-Growing, Venture-Backed Startups, Hiring Now
How Startup Search vets early stage startups that are fast growing, venture-backed and hiring now.
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Career Guides
How To Find A Startup Job
Learn about the various stages of a startup, and how to look for and find a job that’s right for you.
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Startup Spotlights
Meet Leland, The Contrary-Backed Outcome-Focused Coaching Marketplace
Seed stage company, Leland, is an outcome-focused coaching marketplace actively hiring product managers, designers and engineers.
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Compensation Guides
How To Understand Your Total Compensation Package
Learn the components that make up your compensation package after getting hired at a startup.
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Compensation Guides
Equity as Compensation: Here’s Everything You Need To Know
Learn the value of equity as compensation and the different options available to you after joining a startup.
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Industry Insights
15 Books For Startup Enthusiasts
We compiled a list of 15 books on product, engineering, venture, and more that everyone should read on their startup journey.
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Interview Guides
12 Questions And Best Practices To Successfully Manage A Networking Call
Successfully manage a networking call to land your next Startup job in tech
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Interview Guides
5 Tips To Nail Behavioral Questions In Your Next Startup Job Interview
Tips and resources for answering behavioral questions during startup interviews
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Industry Insights
Startup Search 2021 Year In Review
Review of the top roles, startups, industries, and venture funds from the Startup Search newsletter which featured over 1000 jobs and 800 companies in 2021.
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Interview Guides
25 Questions And Best Practices For When You Receive An Offer
Best practices when deciding to accept an offer and negotiate terms to ensure you're choosing the best opportunity for you
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Interview Guides
23 Questions And Best Practices For Your Next Startup Job Interview
Better understand the role and position yourself as a strong candidate in your next startup job interview with these questions and best practices.
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