About John Gannon

I have over 15 years of experience working in the trenches at successful startups, high growth companies, and VC firms. During that time, I've managed, interviewed, and coached hundreds of people -- and I've worked in almost every business functional role, including marketing, product management, and business development.

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Startup Career Advice for 1/27/14

By on January 27, 2014 in Career Advice

Will Blythe writes about the implications that go into signing a non-disparagement agreement with a company upon being let go for the New York Times. Luke Thomas of YesGraph offers his tips for new marketing hires at startups for the KISSmetrics blog. Bruce Kasanoff and Lou Adler offer their points and counterpoints on LinkedIn for beginning […]

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Startup Career Advice for 1/23/14

By on January 23, 2014 in Career Advice, Startup Jobs

Investor, advisor, and entrepreneur David Feinleib writes about the qualities of the best sales people on his blog. Noah Kagan writes about the $100 million dollar lesson he learned when he got fired from Facebook. Entrepreneur Mark Suster writes about the politics within the tech startup industry.

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Startup Career Advice Links for 1/21/14

By on January 21, 2014 in Career Advice

Aileen Lee writes for TechCrunch about what can be learned from the Unicorn Club of billion-dollar startups. Adam Nash from Dropbox and AirBnB offers a slideshow regarding how to be a great product manager. Dharmesh Shah writes for LinkedIn about the essential qualities of highly promotable employees.

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Startup Career Advice Links for 1/15/14

By on January 15, 2014 in Career Advice

Steve Blank writes for LinkedIn about being fired and rehired on day one as a lab technician. Steve Blank also compiled a great list of startup tools on his personal site. Dharmesh Shah writes for LinkedIn about ways to pay it forward in the workplace.

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Startup Career Advice Links for 1/13/14

By on January 13, 2014 in Career Advice

Nivi from Venture Hacks compiled a great reading list that new AngelList team members are required to read — worth checking out. Prasad Thammineni from Startable writes about 6 qualities a great product manager should have. Zach Bulygo from KISSmetrics compiled a list of 35 resources for becoming a better “growth hacker.”

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Startup Career Advice Links for 1/8/14

By on January 8, 2014 in Career Advice, Startup Jobs

Prasad Thammineni lists a couple of books that every entrepreneur should read for Startable. Dharmesh Shah writes about how to launch a startup without writing any code for OnStartups. Chris Pomeroy writes about doing sales at a startup, and why he joined Stackdriver.

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Startup Jobs and Career Advice Links for 1/6/14

By on January 6, 2014 in Career Advice, Job Search Tips, Startup Jobs

Hunter Walk advises against starting a job search without asking yourself the question, “What am I optimizing for?” Brad Feld thinks management by objectives (MBOs) is not all it’s cracked up to be. Phreesia is looking for a talented and highly motivated product manager with a strong technical background and good communication skills.

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