Oh my, what a fun treat I got this morning when I received a spreadsheet and call from a client (now, former client).  Yes, I am working on Saturday...it's a thing now.  I was so excited, I recorded some thoughts.  He says he spent $195,000 on his job search that yielded nothing, zip.  Then, he decided to release the status quo.

I don't have a milestone to report or some fantastic technique for you, today.  Nope, today, I simply feel grateful.  I had zero idea when I started my career that this is where I was going to end up.  Helping great people get great jobs...nah, I thought I would own a KFC franchise or do dinner theater for the rest of my life.  When I left the world of staffing, I simply wanted to teach people how to penetrate companies and convert.

Now, 16 years later, I have had the extreme privilege of working with so many talented people.  I wasn't built to be a clock watcher or office guy.  I was built to do this.  And, you made it happen.  Thank you for your support on this 16-year over night success ;).  

Look, brevity, that's unusual.  Lots of unusual these days.  Thank you for being my favorite kind of usual in these unusual times.

​-A

and another one...

Text me if you have questions or need a boost: 949-313-2675

The VC market hasn't stopped.  As a matter of fact, it hasn't slowed, yet.  That means companies will hire.  So, yes, the market is constricting.  But, if you watch the VC's you can see their temperature on this market.  It's still warm right now.

Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Investments (4)
CircleCI raised $100,000,000 / Series E from IVP (Institutional Venture Partners) and Sapphire VenturesGlassbox raised $40,000,000 / Series C from Brighton Park Capital and 4 other investorsPodium raised an undisclosed amount / Series C from Accel and 7 other investorsCadence raised $4,000,000 / Seed from Argo Ventures and 8 other investors

Monday, April 6, 2020
Investments (10)
Zomato raised $5,000,000 / Series J from Baillie GiffordAirbnb raised $1,000,000,000 / Series G from Silver Lake Partners and TPG Sixth Street PartnersWorkJam raised $50,000,000 / Series C from Blumberg Capital and 5 other investorsHalo Labs raised $12,000,000 / Series B from BioAdvance and 3 other investorsSwiggy raised $43,000,000 / Series I from ARK Impact and 4 other investorsMyriota raised A$28,000,000 / Series B from Boeing HorizonX Ventures and 7 other investorsPsiQuantum raised $2,015,000,000 / Series Unknown from M12Privitar raised $80,000,000 / Series C from ABN AMRO Ventures and 5 other investorsYapily raised $13,000,000 / Series A from HV Holtzbrinck Ventures and 4 other investorsSonderMind raised $27,000,000 / Series B from Dioko Ventures and 4 other investors


Saturday, April 4, 2020
Investments (1)
Coverfox Insurance raised ₹300,000,000 / Corporate Round from GlitterBug Technologies

Friday, April 3, 2020
Investments (9)
98point6 raised $43,000,000 / Series Unknown from David Viniar and 4 other investorsSuzhou Ribo Life Science raised CN¥470,000,000 / Series C from China State-Owned Capital Venture Investment Fund and 2 other investorsEmergent BioSolutions raised $14,500,000 / Grant from Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)Lunar raised €20,000,000 / Series B from Chr. Augustinus Fabrikker and 4 other investorsLessonly raised $15,000,000 / Series C from Allos Ventures and 5 other investorsNarwal Robotics raised $14,100,000 / Series B from ByteDance and 3 other investorsFinhay raised an undisclosed amount / Series Unknown from Jeff Cruttenden and Thien Viet SecuritiesKilter Finance raised $500,000,000 / Private Equity from Kohlberg Kravis RobertsOctoML raised $15,000,000 / Series A from Amplify Partners and Madrona Venture Group


Thursday, April 2, 2020
Investments (13)
Collibra raised $112,500,000 / Series F from Battery Ventures and 5 other investorsCarvana raised $600,000,000 / Post Ipo EquityMphasis raised ₹5,250,000,000 / Post Ipo Equity from Blackstone GroupFurlenco raised $10,000,000 / Series Unknown from Aamir Khan and 3 other investors4Paradigm raised $230,000,000 / Series C from China CITIC Bank and 4 other investorsSteadyMD raised $6,000,000 / Series A from Crosscut Ventures and 7 other investorsPhantom AI raised $22,000,000 / Series A from Celeres Investments and 5 other investorsTech Matters raised $1,700,000 / Seed from Facebook and 4 other investorsLivly raised $8,000,000 / Series Unknown from Founder Equity and 2 other investorsNotion raised $50,000,000 / Series Unknown from Index VenturesSary raised $6,600,000 / Series A from Derayah Capital and 2 other investorsNavi Technologies raised ₹30,070,000,000 / Funding Round from Anand Rao and 7 other investorsObviously AI raised an undisclosed amount / Seed from Arka Venture Labs and 2 other investors


Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Investments (13)
DeFiner raised an undisclosed amount / SeedTaniHub raised $17,000,000 / Series A from BRI Ventures and 6 other investorsINDRESMAT raised €565,000 / Grant from Agència per la Competitivitat de l'Empresa and 3 other investorsPlum Lending raised $2,000,000 / Series Unknown from Elliott Management Corp. and 2 other investorsMedGenome raised $55,000,000 / Series D from LeapFrog Investments and 2 other investorsAddionics raised $3,500,000 / Series Unknown from Nextgear VenturesAddionics raised $2,500,000 / Grant from Horizon 2020Aspen Neuroscience raised $70,000,000 / Series A from ARCH Venture Partners and 5 other investorsBigRentz raised $15,000,000 / Series B from ITOCHU CorporationPandion Therapeutics raised $80,000,000 / Series B from Access Biotechnology and 9 other investorsSberMarket raised $45,000,000 / Series D from Mail.Ru Group and SberbankCue raised $13,000,000 / Grant from Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)LYS Energy raised SGD14,000,000 / Debt Financing from United Overseas Bank

I have been secretly recording webinars for the last 4 months, building a war chest of fun content to get you thinking and moving in your career.

Got 5 minutes?  Neat!  I don't care if you are a marketer, an ops leader, or a chemist.  In this new economy, you need to speak CEO Speak.

I can think of no better time to hear from THE BRAND ANIMAL.  I look for inspiration.  Brian gives me a giant dose of it. 

Brian Eble has based his career on Timing and Opportunity, working for some of the biggest companies on the planet.  He has launched KING MAKER products (Apple. Sony, Peerles, etc.).  He speaks CEO better than just about anyone and has vaulted his career during two recessions.  

I asked Brian if it was okay for you to connect and he said, absolutely: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-eble/

I remember it well.  First, there was the dot com bust and my RIF from a large tech company.  Then, there was the housing market crisis.  And now, this...

The job market is going to constrict, fast and hard. Over the last 72 hours, my staffing contacts have told me about their RIFs.

There will be fewer roles.  There will be skittishness related to hiring.   You know this and I know this.  I freaked during the dot com bust.  But, you know what came out of it?  My C.OP.S and my best jobs.  I landed my single best staffing leadership role during one of the worst economic times.

I used my C.OP.S technique to build winning candidates into job offer magnets during the housing market crisis.  This is an opportunity.  You get the opportunity to use this market for an even broader and more targeted C.OP.S.

Want a hint?  Good.  Your job is to develop a C.OP.S based on unique actions to protect revenue.  There will be many versions of messaging but that's the base, protecting revenue.  You will get tons of leaders leaning in to hear this.  The smart leaders know that this tough time will pass.  But, they want a NOW solution and you can be that person.

Cheers!

Adam