Monthly Archives: February 2010

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of representing Meltwater at the Red Herring Global 100 award ceremony. At the conference in Laguna Niguel, CA, I presented Meltwater to a board of judges, highlighting who Meltwater is, what we do, and what makes us unique. The competition was tough. Eligible for the award were over 1000 companies who, within the last three years, had won a Red Herring regional award. Narrowing down their choice to a select few, Red Herring invited just 200 companies to present in Dana Point for the potential honor of being named one of the top 100…

It all started for me when I read the company brochure online, praising how Meltwater prides itself in its culture and belief in people. My first thought was: “too good to be true,” but secretly, I was hoping it would turn out to be all that was described in the recruiting material.

The next step was recruitment, where I met some of the Meltwater people: Sales Managers, Managing Directors, Area Directors, all taking their time to recruit individuals they felt truly passionate about and wanted to invite to be part of the team. That recruitment turned out to be the first day…