Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 15, 2014
Much has been written about when it is time to hire a “professional CEO” to run a startup company and of course that has long been a norm in Silicon Valley when founders find that their inexperience may be a limiting factor in company growth ( know as the Peter Principle ).
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 14, 2017
LESSON #3: Avoid these three hiring mistakes. When it comes time to grow your team, Jeff Jordan and Eric pointed out three hiring mistakes to avoid. First, do not hire someone just because they have the domain expertise. Jeff elaborated, “You want to tee [your hires] to the state of the company.” They’re qualified.
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This is going to be BIG.
AUGUST 31, 2011
At a board meeting yesterday, a management team was talking about their hiring needs and some of the challenges they're having hiring great people. This conversation seems to take place at nearly every growing company in just about every board meeting. Here's a simple tip: track hiring analytics and assign them to someone.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 28, 2011
Initially the conversation initiated by the founder focused around the need to have somebody with deep domain knowledge. So yes, I want to hire somebody with really high IQ and EQ but not somebody who is more knowledgeable at your specific skill set than you are. You know, ‘venture’ capitalists? Is it book smarts?
www.aaronkharris.com
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
Im a private tutor on Tutorspree Text Aug 23, 2010 @ 9:08 pm Permalink We have a CTO, and so can you! I was told that finding a CTO/technical co-founder in NYC was about as easy as climbing Everest with one leg, no O2, and carrying a dead elephant. Big net = big fish And each conversation I had spread my net out a little bit farther.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 5, 2011
Your highest priority right now is hiring the 1 or 2 people that are going to join your company and make a difference. There’s you and your killer CTO co-founder. When you think about the success that is Silicon Valley, the unfair advantage is not just the huge amounts of available venture capital. Venture Capital.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 23, 2017
Strangely, most founders I know don’t have this conversation with the inside investors early. Also, make sure you know several partners at the VC firms who have invested in you because in tough times it helps to have very broad support. Never stop in the ink is dry on the contract and the money is in your bank account.
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