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Ep. 2 of our Startup Spotlight Series features Andrea Guendelman and her company Speak_ — an AI-powered recruiting platform. In this collaborative memo, investors in Speak_ - including Cat Middleton, Charles Hudson, Gagan Biyani, and Isaac Saldana - explain why they chose to back Andrea and her team: → https://bit.ly/ss-speak_ Hiring or seeking employment? Check them out at Speak.careers — Speak_ integrates with ATS systems like Greenhouse Software, Ashby, Lever, and Workable to enhance candidate evaluation and the interview experience for hirers and candidates alike. #startups #startupspotlight #recruiting #hiring #AI

We have exciting news from Speak_ : We're moving our community to a new social platform called Memo Memo is currently in private beta, so this is a unique chance to be an early adopter Ask us for an invite in the comments! Here are a few people you might want to connect with after you've joined: Andrea Guendelman (CEO of Speak_) Gustavo Reyes Tom Chikoore Tim Falls (Head of Community at Memo) Isaac Saldana (Memo CEO) Kane Kim (Memo Chief Architect) Jeremy Wright 🐨 (Memo Director of Eng) Memo is in private beta. They've granted us special access to be one of the first communities in their burgeoning network. Ask us for an invite in the comments!

"How can startups effectively measure and communicate their social & environmental impact?" Learn about this topic through the different perspectives of members of the Memo community in a recent collaborative memo. → https://bit.ly/memo-esg Want to be contributor in the next collaboration and build your reputation on topics you care about alongside others? Request early access at memo.com and drop a line in the comments below to get a bump to the front of the queue...

Working on B2B Sales & Marketing? Learn practical, actionable best practices from members of the Memo community, in this collaborative memo. ◌ Andrea Guendelman gives a mini masterclass on how to use events for marketing + sales. ◌ Sander Puerto shows how to get clarity on who you’re selling to and what your offer is. ◌ Fadi Zananiri offers strategy and tactics for messaging, positioning, value props, and differentiation. ◌ Tim Falls shares several ways community teams can partner with sales and marketing orgs to support their efforts. ❉ This is a teaser...view the memo and each person's full video at bit.ly/memo-b2b

We had a wonderful experience at Conscious Entrepreneur Summit last week. Our founder and CEO, Isaac Saldana shared the stage with long-time friend, mentor, and Memo community member, Nicole Glaros. They had a heartfelt and transparent discussion about the entrepreneurial experience, from startup to IPO to grad school and back to startup again. Many thanks to... ◌ Alex Raymond, Dave Mayer, and the rest of the organizing team for producing an amazing event and inviting us to be part of it - including the photographers who snapped these awesome shots! ◌ Other speakers like Ryan Holiday, Sherrell Dorsey, and Liz G., who delivered enlightening and inspiring talks. ◌ The Boulder/Colorado community members, who warmly welcomed us and showed up with curiosity and enthusiasm. #Boulder #community #startups #entrepreneurship #conference

The first episode of Startup Spotlight - a series of collaborative memos featuring startup founders and their investors - is live! In this memo, Ryan Sullivan - founder of Faible (Techstars '24) - tells the fascinating and exciting story of Faible in his contribution. Faible's investors - including Misti Cain, Trey Bowles, and Isaac Saldana - explain what makes Ryan (aka, Sully) and his team special and why they chose to invest in them. See Isaac's intro below and the rest of the memo here: https://bit.ly/ss-faible

Meet Isaac Saldana, the introverted engineer who transformed email communication with SendGrid. From startup failures to a $3 billion exit, his journey is nothing short of inspiring. Now, he's on a mission to empower introverts with Memo. Stay tuned! 🧠 Key Takeaways #1 Hire Your Boss: Isaac recognized his strengths and brought in a CEO who aligned with the company's core values of humility, happiness, honesty, and hunger. #2 Building a Strong Foundation: A great team, mentors, and clear values are crucial; success isn't guaranteed even with solid funding. #3 Empowering the Quiet Majority: Memo is a social network for introverts, focusing on meaningful connections and user control over invasive engagement tactics. Listen to the full episode here 👇 Spotify: https://lnkd.in/en6TG-sR Youtube: https://lnkd.in/ev7_aTcF Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/esU7QCqT

Start with the end: hire your boss. "You need to see this person as your boss, even though you created the company and have many ideas. Ultimately, they need the ability to make the decisions required for a CEO" Meet Isaac Saldana, co-founder and former CEO of SendGrid, the API-centric email platform that went public in 2017 and was acquired by Twilio for $3 billion in 2019. From founding multiple startups that failed to facing challenges as a first-time founder with little business background and an introverted personality. I sat with him in today’s episode to talk about: ▶️Transition from founder to becoming a CEO ▶️The role of the founder ▶️Business lessons from SendGrid's success ▶️What does it mean to build a social network platform for introverts Listen here: https://lnkd.in/gDKghnuQ — Empieza por el final: contrata a tu jefe. "Tienes que ver a esta persona como tu jefe, aunque hayas creado la empresa y tenga muchas ideas. En última instancia, necesitas la capacidad de tomar las decisiones que requiere un CEO" Conoce a Isaac Saldana, cofundador y ex CEO de SendGrid, la plataforma de correo electrónico centrada en API que salió a bolsa en 2017 y fue adquirida por Twilio por 3.000 millones de dólares en 2019. Desde fundar múltiples startups que fracasaron hasta enfrentar desafíos como fundador primerizo con poca experiencia empresarial y una personalidad introvertida. Me senté con él en el episodio de hoy para hablar de: ▶️La transición de founder a CEO ▶️El papel del founder ▶️Lecciones empresariales del éxito de SendGrid ▶️Plataforma de redes sociales para introvertidos

How to change customer disrespectful behavior, and/or where's the line to part ways? In this thought-provoking and highly practical collaborative memo, Cale Schmit asked the Memo community to offer best practices when dealing with situations where a customer is out of line, disrespectful, or makes a team member feel uncomfortable... "Can customer behavior be corrected moving forward?" See what he and other customer success pros had to say: https://bit.ly/memo-cs Thanks to our community members for sharing their knowledge on the topic - including Jacob and Andrea plus Memo team members Isaac and Tim. #customersuccess #customersupport #memo

Startup Spotlights: a new series of chains (collaborative memos) highlighting founders and their startups. Each will feature founder(s) sharing their company's story *and* investors sharing what makes this founder / startup special and why they invested in them. Episode #1 coming next week. Want to be featured? Let us know! [Video: featuring Memo's founder/CEO, Isaac Saldana]