How much does your startup need to raise
Raising massive rounds these days is so commonplace that most of us tune out fundraising news altogether. The fundraising environment has changed so dramatically over the past four years, it’s almost incomprehensible to those of us who lived through it. A lot has been made of how ridiculous late-stage rounds have gotten, as well. Bill Gurley penned one […]
The 7-Step Hiring Blueprint that Built Netflix
First Round recently put out a great profile of John Ciancutti, Chief Product Officer at Coursera. Prior to joining Coursera, Ciancutti was responsible for building Netflix’s engineering operations from a four-person team when he joined in 1999 to a tech behemoth by the time he left in 2012. The article offers fascinating insight into Ciancutti’s formula for hiring […]