StandoutJobs has raised 1.5 million $ of venture capital from Garage Canada.
Congrats then to Benjamin Yoskovitz, Fred Ngo, and Austin Hill.
Note: Standoutjobs shows video for job classifieds. The startup’s CEO is Benjamin Yoskovitz.
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1.5 million $… Wow, that’s amazing and I congratulate both Ben and Fred. They are leaders.
Philippe
Let’s make it clear. One key reason why Standoutjobs got $1.5 million is because Austin Hill not only invested in it but is also involved. Without his backing or involvement I doubt that Garage ventures or any other VC would have given Fred and Ben $1.5million based on them alone. They are simply not experienced enough in terms of exectuive management…yet. This is actually great news for other entrepreneurs, since most tend to think they require 10 years of exectuive level management experience before a VC will look at them. This is obviously not the case. Good luck to Standoutjobs, it is very exciting for them, no doubt, and we all look forward to their success.
hi shadowman (?)
of course, that’s obvious. but i also doubt that GarageCanada would have invested if Fred Ngo or Ben wasn’t in the team.
by the way, look at the most succesful internet companies out there. google, yahoo, youtube. none of the founders had any executive experience. i think you have all it wrong. cornering the service and getting the customer value right is the most important. management, finance, legal, promotion… all of those are secondary.
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