43 Successful Startup Pitch Decks Like executive search, pitching VCs has an air of mystery and gamesmanship about it. The model probably wastes… Ryan Polich - 03 Dec 2018 Harvard Biz Review: Want a better exit? Replace a struggling founder. VCs with a struggling investment, take heart: HBR has found that replacing the founder increases the likelihood of… Ryan Polich - 21 Feb 2018 Don’t go it alone: search firms help with diversity Completely agree with @NKjellson at Canaan. Every one of my colleagues at Calibre One strives to build diversity… Ryan Polich - 25 Oct 2017 Execs, share your salary history anyway CA's new salary disclosure law may have very positive effects for entry level and middle management employees. That… Ryan Polich - 18 Oct 2017 The innovator’s case for diversity: it helps solve big tech problems A great analysis by Joe DeSimone, the CEO of Carbon (and a client of Calibre One who wowed… Ryan Polich - 08 Sep 2017 Who will make money with autonomous cars? Autonomous automobiles are looking a lot like other IoT investments - lots of players, overlapping technologies, an unknown… Ryan Polich - 09 Aug 2017 With autonomous vehicles, what will “highway safety” mean? The Congressional committee in charge of auto regulation is considering 14 separate bills right now to spur AV… Ryan Polich - 29 Jun 2017 A fantastic primer on AI (deep learning) Cheers to Fabio Ciucci for his tremendous essay on how machine learning works and how it has taken… Ryan Polich - 21 Jun 2017 Burned out executives? The right recruiter can help Eric Garton has identified organizational issues that lead to employee burnout - but I immediately recognized that these… Ryan Polich - 13 Jun 2017 Hire a VP Engineering early (or accept chaos) Kudos to Martin Casado of a16z on great explanation of why startups need to hire a VP Engineering… Ryan Polich - 05 Jun 2017 Software is eating automotive It's shocking to realize that automotive is becoming a software play. But it shouldn't surprise us that automotive… Ryan Polich - 23 May 2017 Startup hires are like any strategic entrepreneurial hires ...you've got to take the process seriously, do your homework on candidates, and give ample time for success.… Ryan Polich - 03 May 2017 1 2 3 Next