Google Venture Workshop Video: The Science of Building a Scalable Sales Team

Google Ventures | Learn how Hubspot built out its sales team — from their first hire to a team of over 200 employees. Learn how to recruit the right salespeople, provide consistent training, ramp up lead generation, and continuously improve your sales team. Mark Roberge is Chief Revenue Officer for Signals, HubSpot’s freemium sales tool. […]

Raising Your First $1,000,000 from Investors for Financing Your Venture

Raising money for your venture is no easy task.  Raising $1,000,000 is even harder.  There are somethings you should know before you even attempt to do this.  Below is a video from Google Ventures that explains some of the pitfalls and technical aspects of Series A financing.  While the entrepreneur focuses on raising money for […]

A Look Into How Google Ventures Chooses Start-ups & Companies to Invest In

A recent interview with Bloomberg explains what Google executives look for when investing in start-up companies and small businesses.  Google Ventures provides seed, venture, and growth-stage funding to the best companies — not strategic investments for Google.  They have invested in more than 225 companies, including Uber, Nest, and RetailMeNot. They provide these companies unparalleled […]