YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2020

To begin again, to start anew, to have a fresh, blank slate — the corporate advantages of hiring entry level employees, strong professionals at their career beginnings, seem self-explanatory. In any economy, successful entry-level hiring is a crucial aspect of corporate success. Onboarding at the entry level can be resource intensive.

Hiring 264

Hiring Early Stage Non-Compete Salary 264

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2018

If you want app development that is both affordable and efficient, you need to know how to hire programmers to do the job. The best way to plan your app development is to know how to hire the best app developers for your project requirements. Where to Hire Developers for Your Project. How to Hire Remote Developers.

Developer 107

Developer Offshore Software Developers Software Development 107

Steve Blank

MAY 19, 2015

While he kept bringing the conversation back to their big valuation I tried to steer the conversation back to how they were going to deal with: training the influx of new hires – in both culture and job specific tasks. retaining their existing hires who were working for intern-like salaries with little equity.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Salary Early Stage Software Review 120

SoCal CTO

MARCH 2, 2015

This includes links to CTO Salary and Equity Trends, Technology Roles in Startups , Initial Conversation with a CTO or Technical Advisor , Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup , Hiring a CTO for Your Startup and many others. How could you search and identify the companies that would hire you?

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Los Angeles CTO Hire Part-Time VPE 150

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

As a startup in this phase you often raise capital, get press, hire staff and everything feels possible. I always push companies to hire “an operationally focused CFO” during this phase because in order to systematize you need somebody who brings economic rigor to decision making. As an early-stage VC I love this phase.

Operations 286

Operations New York City Technical Review Startup 286

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 28, 2016

Hiring mistakes and turnover can be costly for any organization; according to the Society for Human Resource Management , it can cost as much as half of an employee’s annual salary to replace them. By Omer Tadjer, CEO and co-founder of Comeet. What was the best part about (your last job)?

Cofounder 100

Cofounder Hiring Matching Salary 100

Version One Ventures

MAY 23, 2019

And she has just about completed 60 to 140 ( Ada is hiring !). Throw in a bit of wellness coach, and you have yourself a role for a renaissance person (or alternatively, someone who knows how to hire for their weaknesses). Planned 2020 future salaries projections. Re-hashed salary bands for 2020.

Part-Time VPE 135

Part-Time VPE Software Review Salary Non-Compete 135

The Startup Magazine

MAY 24, 2022

If you’re experiencing workload in the workplace, it’s best to hire more employees for you as a team leader to be fair with your team. It’s advised not to attempt to hide problems or do away with conversations when morale is low, or you’ll create more damage in the workplace. Be Transparent.

Retention 158

Retention Employee Salary Programming 158

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 4, 2023

SHENIX™ offers financial education, financial services through its partners, career planning, and salary negotiation resources, all of which support Latinas/x life goals. I knew this was not unique to me and was happening to other Latinas per conversations. Experience Working as Financial Advisor for Over a Decade. Finding capital?

Founder 158

Founder Chicago Illinois Community 158

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 30, 2016

conversation literally every week with startups. It is a truism that with more capital you will hire people more quickly and spend more liberally whether it’s on external contractors, PR firms, attending events, doing legal work (trademarks, patents) or whatever. It forces harder decisions about whom you’ll hire and whom you’ll delay.

Pre-Money Valuation 292

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Early Stage Startup 292

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 6, 2016

Rather than paying thousands in tuition or fees, qualified individuals can get their foot in the door to a tech career while earning a salary from their very first day. They work with senior developers to gain coding experience on real client projects under careful guidance and supervision while earning a livable salary.

Coder 70

Coder Salary Software Engineering Software 70

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

The very last email I got from him told me the following: Thank you for your time Tony, I understand everyone wants a huge salary, no risk and a cut of the profits. For some reason there’s a stigma around cash vs. equity conversation and it seems to offend some founders that people have limits for what they will do on an equity-only basis.

Technical Cofounder 241

Technical Cofounder CTO Hire Equity Sweat Equity 241

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

Through comment conversations with many of you I tried to emphasize that it isn’t enough to just have one attribute. It’s lost salary for a period of time. About 18 months ago in early 2008 we hired an analyst (pre-MBA), but wanted to wait until after Summer to hire a post-MBA associate. You need the whole package.

Entrepreneur 293

Entrepreneur CTO Hire South America Salary 293

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 7, 2017

We ultimately hired an agency since we decided the additional placements they would get would cover the cost of hiring them. Think total publication views x conversion rate = total sales and cost of agency / profit from those sales = units needed to sell to break even).

Campaign 145

Campaign San Francisco Technical Review Flash 145

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 25, 2009

They encourage you to hire senior people on your team who have gold-plated resumes. They’re easily impressed when you’re selected for TechCrunch50 but not easily engaged in a detailed discussion about your conversion metrics. I’m not anti Pakistan by any means (they guy I hired was Pakistani!),

Pakistan 297

Pakistan India Technical Review Software Review 297

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

One of the greatest ways to do so is hiring a CMO or Chief Marketing Officer, an experienced, result-driven executive responsible for all your marketing efforts. But with an average annual salary of over $330,000 many small to mid-sized businesses can’t easily afford a CMO. Join the Agency Workshop. Find a certified fractional CMO.

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Fractional CTO Small Business Metrics Revenue 62

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 19, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, January 19, 2009 Lean hiring tips In preparing for the strategy series panel this week, I have been doing some thinking about costs. Almost all of it is in one giant fixed-cost bucket: salaries. And all of that cost was caused by one activity: hiring.

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Lean Hiring San Francisco Continuous Deployment 140

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

My internal compass has always steered me strongly toward the belief that founders who can scale with their startup companies are better to back that founders who eventually need to hire a CEO. His vision for social analytics and tracking the conversion funnel was better than any I had heard at the time (or since).

Technical Review 303

Technical Review Cofounder Analytics Founder 303

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

Startup founders typically invest some real dollars into their new startup as well as months or years of their time with no salary. When a startup proclaims that it is cash-flow positive but pays no salary yet to the founders, investors call this Ramen-profitable. Sweat equity. Ramen-profitable.

Software Review 120

Software Review Sweat Equity Accredited Investor Angel Investor 120

Up and Running

MARCH 7, 2018

Aside from the time-consuming tasks of screening potential employees, interviewing, and re-hiring , losing and replacing employees is expensive. On average, it costs nearly three times an employee’s salary to replace them. Hire the right people. It wasn’t what I was hired to do, but it was liberating.

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Employee Startup Salary Hiring 91

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 8, 2016

by Jonathan Whistman, author of “ The Sales Boss: The Real Secret to Hiring, Training and Managing a Sales Team “ Most of get into a particular business because we love whatever the idea or market is that we’ve decided to pursue. Do you understand the conversion percentage between lead-to-close? This almost never works.

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Hiring Salary Sales Cycle Sales 100

Feld Thoughts

MAY 22, 2012

This week I wanted to cover a simple process for hiring managers to follow when communicating with candidates about salary requirements. As the hiring manager, you need to ensure that a candidate has fully considered their compensation needs before you make an offer. Oh, by the way, Gnip is hiring !

Conversion Rights 135

Conversion Rights Conversion Salary Hiring 135

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2014

We had raised a $2 million seed round, which meant taking almost no salary so we could afford to hire staff. So even after raising a $16 million A-round I still paid myself a paltry salary. In fact, my salary never caught up with my pre startup salary across 2 companies and 8 years. To invest in your future.

Founder 409

Founder Salary Startup Early Stage 409

The Next Web

MARCH 30, 2013

Hiring developers for your tech company undoubtedly involves making some of the most important decisions you’ll reach for your organisation. The wrong hire can do untold damage to your product, culture and sanity. Of course, the developers that you’ve already hired should be maximising their time writing code as well as hiring.

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Coder Developer PHP Web Development 131

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 4, 2019

This is the fourth edition of our State of Conversion Optimization report. Skepticism or ignorance about conversion optimization affects more than the ability to prove ROI or retain clients. For the third consecutive year, digital analytics was the most effective component of conversion optimization.

Conversion 87

Conversion Analytics North America Programming 87

ReadWriteStart

JULY 3, 2019

Fully remote models also reduce the need for this time expenditure, sometimes cutting out the cost of a full-time salary and other times freeing up more hours for productive work. Wider hiring options. Companies that operate fully remotely don’t need to restrict their hiring options to any one local area. Commute elimination.

Startup 125

Startup Reputation United States Business Model 125

Austin Startup

JULY 8, 2017

It usually takes experience in the market for business people to truly understand the realities of hiring and working with lawyers. A COO / CFO wants to justify his salary, and an easy way to do that is by claiming to ‘save’ you legal fees via DIY legal work. Quickly hiring an “in house” lawyer won’t save you a dime. Me: “Great.

Startup 48

Startup Salary Early Stage Software 48

VC Adventure

AUGUST 16, 2020

I’ve sometimes seen companies make offers with a range of salary and options – making explicit the trade-off they are offering between cash compensation and options. But it will also change the nature of your workforce if you only hire employees that can work for well below market cash comp.

Programming 149

Programming Vesting Equity Software Review 149

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 4, 2019

This is the fourth edition of our State of Conversion Optimization report. Skepticism or ignorance about conversion optimization affects more than the ability to prove ROI or retain clients. For the third consecutive year, digital analytics was the most effective component of conversion optimization.

Conversion 74

Conversion Analytics North America Programming 74

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 25, 2016

Encouraged by the demand, and motivated by direct conversations from users, I began to realize that my personal pain point with form building was shared by many people around the world. Just like I had done, people were searching for a product to help make building forms easier. They stumbled upon JotForm and the user-base started to grow.

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Bootstrapping San Francisco New York City Software Developers 100

The Equity Kicker

JULY 1, 2016

Investors often put pressure on startups to hire senior people from big companies. When VCs can say “Our investment just hired the product manager for ‘XYZ important product’ from Facebook” it makes them feel better and look good at cocktail parties. CEOs and founders do too.

Hiring 87

Hiring Salary Startup Demand 87

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

On average, most states require small business owners to have workers’ compensation insurance, as soon as they hire their employees. Employees look for more than just the salary when searching for jobs. A customer files a lawsuit against your business after getting hurt in your premises.

Small Business 219

Small Business Technical Review Employee Hosting 219

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2023

And thanks to everybody who's listening in as well, looking forward to dive into the conversation. The last thing I'll say on this, it's the number of phone calls I have fielded in the last six months from clients saying to me, Joey, our best talent is being poached by companies outside the United States who are hiring employees.

Employee 88

Employee Retention Hiring Artificial Inteligence 88

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

Relationships with Venture Partners, Entrepreneurs in Residence , and other non-salaried personnel who can help your companies. For example, I suggest it doesn’t make a lot of sense to hire a full-time team member who’s an SEO consultant. AskAnything.VC aggregates resources from all the VCs. Is the service scaleable? Minimal cost. .

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Venture Capital Portfolio Equity 78

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 1, 2023

If the answers are no, have an honest conversation with your VCs today. There are startups out there that are valued at a billion dollars, but because of employee salaries, assets, etc. Ten back and forth emails can often be resolved in a 30-second phone conversation. Can you produce venture returns in this new economic reality?

Early Stage 146

Early Stage Los Angeles Silicon Valley Cofounder 146

The Startup Magazine

MAY 2, 2017

What’s your best hiring strategy? We hire people who understand the business and who see value in our services. Our company, for sure, doesn’t want an employee who is here only for the salary and other perks, and cares just about his/her growth.

Technical Review 92

Technical Review Salary Finance Hiring 92

Up and Running

DECEMBER 1, 2015

More often than not, equity compensation is an attraction and retention tool, rather than a replacement to salary. While some companies may use it as a means of paying employees a lower salary upfront, it’s very rarely offered as a complete replacement to receiving a regular compensation package. Hire to fill gaps you can’t fill.

Equity 60

Equity Employee Stock Options Vesting 60