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Crunchbase is the best in class tool for prospecting companies based on investment data
Overall: An exceptional tool for prospecting VCs and identifying M&A opportunities quickly and easily. Pros: The data on VCs in Crunchbase is unparalleled and incredibly helpful whilst we were identifying targets for series round funding. The ability to construct rich lists of VCs with specifications like AUM saved countless hours looking manually online. Crunchbase is also exceptionally important for identifying M&A opportunities globally. Cons: Crunchbase is quite expensive and doesn't need to be required daily which can make the SaaS hard to justify. I think there should be an opportunity to use Crunchbase pay as you go so you don't have to lose a subscription account each time.
Best company I've worked at
Pros:People driven, transparent leadership, remote first, forward thinking. I've been here for nearly 4 years, which should say a lot. I've always appreciated the executives, past and present. They're honest and open, and offers to answer any question someone from the company might have (on the spot too) They focus on keeping employees happy with benefits such as Mental Health Mondays (so valuable beyond words) and No Meeting Thursdays. Working cross-functionally is so easy cause everyone is easy going yet so passionate about this company and what they do. The product is so valuable and they're finding ways to stay one step ahead of the market to continue driving value. Cons:Adapting to the major market changes in order to stay ahead requires working in a fast paced environment. The brand recognition might be misleading for some people, as it is truly a start up that requires you to be adaptable and resourceful. If you're looking for processes already in place or require a lot of direction, this is not the company for you.
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Zero growth, lack of direction and employees here to cruise, not build
Pros:Fully remote w/ reasonable perks. Cons:Crunchbase has gone downhill. The company is all over the place, no clear vision or guidance. CPO is brand new and has made questionable changes. CEO is very hands off and lets the rest of the exec team drive. Sales team has been frustrated with low morale since the beginning of the year, and no one cares or does anything except keep hitting numbers. More than half the team did not hit quota. Crunchbase has a long way to go.
Great team, brand, and future ahead
Pros:-Crunchbase is a historic and prized name in tech, and it's a privilege to work at a company that is well recognized and liked by so many. -With our data/software/brand we have a ton of opportunity, and the recent hires across product/eng/data have me more bullish on the company than ever. We have sharp and ambitious people building the future of Crunchbase right now, and it looks good. Employees/customers/partners have a lot to look forward to. -Leadership is transparent and truly cares about employee wellbeing. This doesn't mean everything is perfect, but the intention, effort and care is there. This was especially apparent during the layoff which was conducted in perhaps the best way you can actually do a layoff with advance warning and healthy severance packages (there is no good way to do it, and it's always going to suck). -Career growth: there is a lot of opportunity and freedom to lean in and GSD. -Colleagues/Culture: There is a wealth of knowledge across the individuals that work at Crunchbase and people are always willing to take the time to talk through new ideas, brainstorm, share their knowledge/experience. It's a very open culture in that way. Cons:-We are challenged, company-wide, when it comes to executing at the pace we want to be executing. Some things take longer than we think they should. This is a result of too many folks involved/included in decision making processes when what should happen is implementation of a streamlined decision making process AND people should be trusted to execute in their role and area of responsibility. Find your experts in their domains and help them execute faster. Advice to Management:Ask these questions of yourselves: -What is moving/building quickly? Are we moving/building quickly? -What is a data driven company? Are we a data driven company? These are company wide opportunities to get better aligned, move faster, and make better decisions.
Watch out...
Pros:Leadership is transparent as displayed by their Weekly Townhalls. Junior reps are friendly.. Cons:PMF is not there. Product isn't as mature as marketed. Lots of gaps within its data quality. R&D team is unable to identify and prioritize critical features. Claims our data coverage is stronger than the incumbents for startups but still gaps Career opportunity is limited. Advice to Management:Writing is on the wall..
Feeling the burn
Pros:Solid compensation (though they're trying to pull back here, I think largely because they got too far over their skis back when the outlook was brighter), brand recognition, friendly coworkers. A lot of employees that are honestly showing up and trying to put in their best work. Cons:There do seem to be favorites, or at least preferred personnel and mangers, and if you are in this group or win their favor, you'll have good opportunity. However, if you're not in this category, you can anticipate a potential devaluation of your contributions, shifting expectations, unclear or undisclosed requirements, and perhaps most importantly, your recognition may depend on how the leadership perceives the company's (or your team's) future outlook. Your worth as an employee will largely hinge on the opinion of specific leaders, so it's wise to plan accordingly. Additionally, it might be beneficial to review the past month or two of Glassdoor evaluations; it seems that others share similar sentiments. Crunchbase has been grappling with an ongoing issue of achieving a suitable product-market fit. This is likely the fundamental challenge facing Crunchbase. As a consequence, while leadership was able to hire and promote in a growing company, they encountered difficulties in motivating and acknowledging employees when faced with adversity. Advice to Management:It's disheartening for employees when agreements made and publicly communicated internally are not honored. We've been striving to align with your leadership for years, and when a genuine chance for recognition arises, it's painful to be evaluated primarily based on the company's needs and outlook rather than the effort we invest. I am committed to not endorsing "quiet quitting", but it's challenging to go the extra mile and seek opportunities to take initiative when it repeatedly goes unrewarded. We recognize that the company's success is of paramount importance, but let's foster motivation by demonstrating that we achieve and face challenges together, mutually benefiting and facing setbacks. Rather than making grand promises that cannot be fulfilled and eroding trust, let's work towards transparent and realistic expectations. I always use my annual Glassdoor review, and hope to build a better review together next year.
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Promised Neverland
Pros:Smart people to work with, great work life balance, nice perks but could be more competitive, good tech stack Cons:No upward mobility, no growth path, no opportunity to get a promotion. If you plan to stay in the same role for more than 3 years go for it. Managers have their favorites and give all the opportunities to them, leaving the rest on the back burner. Advice to Management:Actually follow through with career plans and growth opportunities of your employees.
What do you want your legacy to be?
Pros:Solid benefits (not 401k matching), nice co-workers (in junior staff). Easy to coast and get by without doing much due to a lack of vision and plan for the company. Cons:CEO is an incompetent very classic male leader that seems to have stumbled into his role. He has a pattern of using product leaders as scapegoats to cover up his clear lack of knowledge. Conducted mass layoffs when he should have stepped down as CEO and taken responsibility for driving the business into the ground and focusing on fundraising instead of leading the product. Raising $50M and then laying off 30-40% of the company is pretty wild after the statements he made internally about layoffs. Advice to Management:Ask yourself - what do you want your legacy to be? If you don't step up and lead the company, you will be known as the failed CEO, CPO, CRO, etc. of Crunchbase. It's time to get to work and follow through on your promises. No more laziness. No more excuses. No more blaming others. Come up with a vision and push your teams to execute it.
Great work-life balance, work experience just okay
Pros:Crunchbase had the best salary and benefits than any other company I applied for. They provide $100/month for ‘wellness’ which could include getting your hair done or getting athletic apparel. The culture was cool but with it being fully remote, you have to make an effort to meet folks outside of your working group. Cons:One of the cons is that my manager/director and I never really had discussions about career growth. While I could have driven this discussion, they mentioned that the company would be rolling out a new way of discussing career goals and it never happened before the layoff.
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Big promises, not a lot of follow through
Pros:Disclaimer: This review is for *before* the most recent round of layoffs happened. The culture was amazing because a lot of ICs were amazing. Colleagues were really great to work with and it was a culture that you could be proud of. Lots of emphasis on wellbeing and there were at least 1 mental health days given to employees / month. Perks were great and it was really easy to connect with coworkers in a remote world. Cons:Really hard to trust leadership (directors and executives). In the end there was no follow-through on a lot of big promises for where the company is going. Product road map was consistently nonexistent. Big promises were made in terms of how the company would strategically standardize company-wide career growth processes, but that fell through as well and kept getting "delayed" until it was eventually benched due to layoffs. There was also very obvious favoritism happening regarding promotions and company-wide recognition.
Good brand, solid teammates, immature executives, terrible product-market fit
Pros:* Remote first culture * It's a good brand for your resume * People are generally kind and capable * There are opportunities to push yourself if you want to Cons:* High level, what I’ve observed at Crunchbase since 2020: - 2020/2021: Survive the pandemic by making the morally dubious choice to sell contact information in the app. - 2021/2022: Scale a sales team, use growth hacks, marketing tactics, and outbound sales to inflate numbers for a business that doesn’t have a valuable product. Prioritize numbers over building valuable features. Use those numbers to raise venture capital. Build nothing useful. - 2022/2023: Successfully raise money again. Fire about 35% of the company (the sales people brought in for a temporary boost to numbers). Finally hire a CPO and promise to change. Still build nothing useful. * All executives came from Salesforce and you can tell. The company is hierarchical and top-down. * Crunchbase froze all promotions and raises for a year in 2022, blaming market conditions despite having raised 50 million dollars. The company leverages its brand to underpay its employees, and the benefits are just decent (not great). I wouldn't come to Crunchbase if you're looking for the biggest paycheck. * Crunchbase is not a growth company. Its trajectory is more of a lifestyle-business with a likely acquisition in the next 5 years for it's data. * Crunchbase has been surviving on strong SEO, predatory annual pricing, and selling contact data. * Product vision is non-existent, until now (maybe). Since 2020, the CEO has fired a Head of Product, taken the title of product management for himself and been ineffective, hired and fired another Direct of Product, and hired another CPO. It will take at least a few years to see what the business will develop into. Advice to Management:You've spent 3 years selling the story of a growth company while building nothing to offer real value to your customers. Do better. Invest in your data. Build a search that isn't absolutely horrendous. Create an actual product on top of your data. Looking at the Crunchbase values: * "Do Good" but you sell contact info and donate minuscule amounts of money * "Take the Initiative" but you structure your business to stifle innovation and ideas * "Put Customers First" but you offer no monthly SKU, lock people in with sneaky annual pricing, and have failed to communicate any clear customer segments to your employees * "Be Open" I find this to be generally true, executives are generally transparent even if I doubt their justification * "Develop your craft" I find this to be true as well. There are opportunities to take on work and grow With the massive layoffs this year and hiring of a CPO, the promise is that Crunchbase will finally start prioritizing value for customers over smoke and mirrors for fundraising. It will take time for this vision to develop. I anticipate it will try for a few years and fail, eventually being acquired by some bigger company for its data, at which time there will be no financial windfall for its employees
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Get all your business oriented information at one place: Crunchbase
Overall: Crunchbase is a great platform to know about other companies and companies you want to know about. It offers a free trial to try out its features and functions and is great to use. Pros: 1. The user interface of the platform is really great.2. It helps in finding prospective investors for your companies.3. It is a very efficient software to showcase your business online. Cons: 1. The pricing may be quite exoensive for some new users.2. It provides outdated and old information sometimes.3. It is difficult to navigate and operate on mobile phones.
Terrible Software - DO NOT USE
Overall: Extremely bad. Would never recommend to anybody to use. Pros: Nothing. The only positive is that it is cheaper than the alternatives - AND FOR A GOOD REASON! Cons: 1. They offered a free trial and then charged my card without permission2. I contact support for hours, I got an instant response, then when they see its about a refund they stop replying everytime.3. Overall, the platform has extremely bad filters and data. Would never recommend to anyoneTHEY ARE SCAMMERS!! DONT USE
Fast paced startup with lots of potential
Pros:-great benefits -phenomenal teammates -growth and learning opportunities Cons:-processes could be improved -really feels like a startup sometimes Advice to Management:Keep listening to employees feedback and implementing change based on it!
Unico nel suo genere, risorsa indispensabile per aziende e startup
Overall: Non lo conoscevo fino a qualche anno fa quando mi sono trovato a cercare dati su startup, seed e investimenti e chiunque mi ha indicato crunchbase. In effetti è ineguagliabile, ad oggi non ho trovato di meglio. Si può davvero vedere tutto con chiarezza.Inoltre c'è una versione free trial, che, considerato che non è un servizio su cui andrei ogni giorno, può bastare Pros: E' l'unico sito dove si può vedere con chiarezza seed, investimenti, round e altre informazioni finanziareNon ho trovato sostituti migliori ad oggi E' utilissimo per fare analisi di mercato, valutare investimenti nel proprio settore, capire investors e seeds e fare analisi competitors Cons: Nonostante la versione gratuita sia abbastanza completa per un'analisi di base, non giustifica un prezzo mensile. Forse un abbonamento una tantum sarebbe meglio. Io non lo pagherei mensilmente per usarlo una volta ogni tanto.
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