Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

So the efforts by Andersen Consulting amounted to “rolling out the red carpet when the employee was on the way out the door.&# Many employees feel that they aren’t listened too, aren’t challenged or aren’t recognized for their hard work. Ryan was the most talented technologist we had hired at BuildOnline.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 26, 2020

And, if I told you that by the beginning of May, you’d make every hire remotely, you might have laughed in my face. …suddenly, nearly all technical jobs are remote-jobs, all dev-teams are distributed teams, and virtually all hiring is remote hiring. Announcement: Square lets employees work from home permanently.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

You hire people who look good on paper. So one of the surest signs you’ve hired a leader is the willingness of his or her former team to re-assemble. When you’re hiring most reference checkers focus on the person’s former bosses. You should also focus heavily on his or her former employees.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The funding will be used to further invest in hiring remote workers, with an emphasis on the greater Austin and San Francisco areas due to Honor’s existing office footprints, and to expand Honor’s groundbreaking operations and technology capabilities across the Home Instead network, which has three offices in the greater Austin area.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 3, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, March 3, 2009 Employees should be masters of their own time Every startup should have a culture of learning. The rule is simple: every employee is 100% responsible for how they spend their time. Now he really thought I was nuts, replying "from the recruiter who hired me, of course!"

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 27, 2014

Consumerization of IT in the Enterprise (CITE) Conference & Expo will return for its third edition this year, taking place April 27-29 at the Hilton Union Square in San Francisco.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

William Hurley, the co-founder of Honest Dollar, an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits. San Francisco, CA.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, February 11, 2009 The free software hiring advantage This is one of those startup tips Im a little reluctant to share, because its been such a powerful source of competitive advantage in the companies Ive worked with. This approach gives you an edge in hiring. Instead, engage with the project.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2017

5 in San Francisco) allows you to experience seven days of interactive innovation training from our experts and true Lean Startup practitioners —in a city that’s known for being the hotbed of high-growth startups and iconic tech companies (not to mention a great place to eat, drink, sightsee, and shop while you’re talking shop).

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Hire an in-house SEO team or an employee. These SEO companies like SEO San Francisco have worked with several clients and will apply broad knowledge of every niche. Employing an in-house SEO team or employee. You have to hire a person for handling the SEO campaign. Good consultancy companies charge a lot.

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SiliconHills

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Dropbox plans to expand its office office by 170 employees adding to its existing Austin workforce of 30. Dropbox, based in San Francisco, provides an online storage box that allows people and businesses to exchange files including documents, photos and videos from anywhere. Austin Dropbox'

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Transformify

MARCH 23, 2020

Earthquakes and talent scarcity in tech hubs like San Francisco, London, New York, Tel Aviv, Berlin, Paris and so on could disrupt the business of many tech companies. Digging deeper and researching corporate social responsibility (CSR) and diversity hiring programs took a few months, but it was worth the effort.

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A Crowded Space

OCTOBER 3, 2018

I remember when I made that first flight out to San Francisco from Boston to meet the team in 2004, the company was down to its last $20K in the bank. Mistakes of Hiring Like most founding employees, people tend to ask me what lessons I learned throughout my tenure at the company (hence, this post).

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

William Hurley, co-founder of Honest Dollar , an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits. San Francisco.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

They want to hire employees who care about the environment and are committed to sustainability. They hire people passionate about helping animals and habitats around the world. This San Francisco-based company operates sustainably. This is a crowdsourcing company based in San Francisco. Waiakea Water.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

So we got a space in San Francisco, we launched the founders space accelerator, and it just spread from there. Steve Hoffman (06:08): If you don't get the right people on board, you know, hire them really hard to succeed, marketing, getting your name out. John Jantsch (14:46): So Steve, you, you're still in San.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 30, 2009

Hire the absolute best and the brightest, true experts in their fields, who in turn can hire the smartest people possible to staff their departments. Insist on the incredibly high-IQ employees and hold them to incredibly high standards. I know of at least five former employees that went on to become startup founders.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 22, 2020

"We knew that if we wanted immediate action, the only way to do that was with private money," Lenore Estrada explained to me as we talked about why she founded SF New Deal in the days after being forced to lay off most of the staff at her San Francisco bakery, Three Babes Bakeshop. Lenore Estrada is one of those people.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Therefore, if you want to bring an MVP ( Minimum Viable Product ) to market, Werdelin approximates that you’ll need $50,000 to $250,000 , depending on the skill sets of the developers and designers you hire. The San Francisco-based company made do with $50 million to build its product from scratch to current iteration.

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The Next Web

JULY 29, 2013

The main hub for starting a tech business is currently San Francisco. Jason Evanish wrote a great post about 25 Things I wish I knew before moving to San Francisco. If you are a first-time entrepreneur, San Francisco is most likely not the best city for you to start your company. It’s like surfing.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 22, 2013

The new hire process, particularly at the executive level, is a significant decision and can be quite involved. While there are a number of factors in play which combine to impact the recruiting and hiring process, there is one constant that drives the process of the search – the CEO always sets the tone. Sell the Dream.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 28, 2022

For example, Vivid Vision, a vision care service based in San Francisco, offers innovative VR-based solutions for lazy eye disorders. One reason that tech-driven companies are starting to invest in VR is that it can help them train their employees faster and cheaper than ever before. VRs Increase Employee Productivity.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 29, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, November 29, 2008 The ABCDEFs of conducting a technical interview I am incredibly proud of the people I have hired over the course of my career. On the one hand, it gives you insight into what kind of employee the candidate might be. Thats OK, were not trying to hire a therapist.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 2, 2010

If you’re a pure startup and haven’t raised any money – you might change the life of every person you hire. He “Octeled&# me back and said he’d be in San Francisco the next month. You looked after me when I got there and treated me like a friend, not an employee.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

A week or so ago, we launched the Key Hire Wire at First Round. You will hire (over time) and manage a field and inside team of Sales Directors and Market Developers, including for each direct report creating and managing goals directly tied to Company goals. In that time, the company has grown from 3 to 104 employees (and growing!).

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2010

With 21 employees today, kaChing is devoted to recruiting professional managers and finding product/market fit , first for money managers, then for consumers. With 21 employees today, kaChing is devoted to recruiting professional managers and finding product/market fit , first for money managers, then for consumers.

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www.inc.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

500|5000 Conference Honorees Resources Press Apply 2011 ); Topics > Leadership and Managing > Human Resources > Job Descriptions > How to Hire a CTO When its time to add a technologist to your slate of executives, what are the best practices to follow? 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc.

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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. But he has helped put Boulder on the consciousness of so many young, aspiring entrepreneurs in search of somewhere other than the San Francisco Bay Area to work & live. Seattle has its patrons.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

I used to give copies of Four Steps out to my employees, in the hopes that it would instantly indoctrinate them into the methodology of Customer Development. I used to give copies of Four Steps out to my employees, in the hopes that it would instantly indoctrinate them into the methodology of Customer Development. Bring your questions.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

William Hurley, co-founder of Honest Dollar , an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits. San Francisco.

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techcrunch.com

AUGUST 12, 2012

lending at disruptively low APRs, discount travel that works for both the airline and the passenger, improving hiring outcomes while empowering employees to more actively manage their careers and job satisfaction, transforming medical research by watching a person or even a plant’s genome express itself from day to day).

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

That institution will touch many people in its life: customers, investors, employees, and everyone they touch as well. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Every startup has a chance to change the world, by bringing not just a new product, but an entirely new institution into existence. Bring your questions. Amazon PostRank

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Many companies are beginning to allow the flexibility to help cut costs while boosting employee productivity. Using technology for work clears away a lot of the old office abstractions, and allows employees to work more efficiently. Yet they don’t have a single employee in Silicon Valley. Workin’ 9-to-5. What gives?

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 7, 2009

We eventually discovered (via five whys ) that we also had to get each new employee acculturated to a fearless way of thinking. For people we hired from larger companies especially, this was challenging. Because this was such a big cultural change for most new employees, we didnt leave them to sink or swim on their own.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2009

For example, I often cite a real example of a problem that has as its root cause a new employee who was not properly trained. I pick that example on purpose, for two reasons: 1) most of the companies I work with deal with this problem and yet 2) almost none of them have any kind of training program in place for new employees.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Indeed, this is why many CEO's and other business leaders prefer hiring hungry, working-class guys over the wealthy Ivy-leaguers. She was also a headhunter, and my father started utilizing her firm to hire key executives at the company. But his insecurity and drive created in him a powerful work ethic and singular focus to succeed.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 17, 2010

The team hired only the best and the brightest. Not to be outdone, the technologists on the team had also brought their big guns, and the meeting was packed with employees of every level – from VP’s all the way down to me. The team hired only the best and the brightest. The engineering team wasn’t happy either.

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