Social Seal of Approval Lures Talent

As companies compete to lure young, socially minded talent, they are stepping up their B game.

More companies are touting the B Corp logo, a third-party seal of environmental and social credentials, to attract young job seekers who want an employer committed to both a social mission and the bottom line. As a result, the B Corp logo—a circumscribed B—has been popping up on everything from company websites to office signage to shopping bags, even as some question whether the designation means much.

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People Don't Leave Companies -- They Leave Leaders!

I have employed thousands of people over the years. And every time one resigned, a little part of me died. (Okay, I lie. I have actually danced a celebratory jig around my desk on the odd occasion, but that's another post!)

Mostly, my natural reaction has always been a human one I suppose. "What possible reason would they have to do that?" or, "What's wrong with them?" or even, "She must be leaving for money. The fool!"

But I grew wiser as the years rolled by.

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Netsoft is a Technology Search firm, co-founded in 1992 by Randal J. Prout and Eric A. Thoreson and serving Silicon Valley from our office in Santa Clara, California.

Note our track record and the resulting success of our client companies!

Providing Retained Executive Search and Contingency Search

We are a boutique search firm specialized in attracting top talent for positions throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. While we serve Silicon Valley networking and software startup company needs throughout the U.S., we also locate top performers for companies worldwide searching for California-based talent.

Silicon Valley is the Only Relevant Market for Venture Capital

“New York is an irrelevant market for us as a venture capital firm.”

At a recent dinner in NY hosted by our friends at Lowenstein Sandler, a Silicon Valley-based VC made this comment to kick off our dinner conversation. While the comment was made at least partially to stir the pot, the sentiment behind it was real.  From his perspective, allocating his own and his firm’s time to NY or any market outside of Silicon Valley was a waste because in his view, the best dealflow is in Silicon Valley and so it stands to follow that the biggest exits will come from the Valley as well. (NY’s first VC-backed $1 billion exit clearly wasn’t enough to impress him.)

After hearing the comment, we wondered if this was more VC anecdote dressed up as data (see here, here and here for examples of those) or whether there was some truth to this.

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Netsoft is a Technology Search firm, co-founded in 1992 by Randal J. Prout and Eric A. Thoreson and serving Silicon Valley from our office in Santa Clara, California.

Note our track record and the resulting success of our client companies!

Providing Retained Executive Search and Contingency Search

We are a boutique search firm specialized in attracting top talent for positions throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. While we serve Silicon Valley networking and software startup company needs throughout the U.S., we also locate top performers for companies worldwide searching for California-based talent.