Hiring is hard. Not hiring can seem even harder, but often isn't. At my last company we went from entrance to exit without hiring one employee. I'm now three years into DuckDuckGo, and still haven't hired. So don't take what I say about hiring too seriously, but perhaps I have something useful to say on not hiring. MORE >>

Over the last few weeks I’ve gotten involved in hiring for two startups, a public agency and a non profit. In the last week I had four separate groups through the ranch all wanting to talk either about hiring a senior exec or a senior exec looking for a new job. Are you hiring for search or execution skills? Draw a pie chart. MORE >>

Only Hire People Who Share Your Company’s Values. If you are going to hire based on alignement with values, you should also be prepared to fire those who don’t live up to them. Daily Ideas HiringYour culture defines your brand. Get the culture right, and everything else will fall into place. Tweet. MORE >>

This is the big risk you face when aiming for the best people on the planet (see: “Hiring Rockstars” ) as they are the “beating heart” of their existing employer, and the incumbent company will often go beyond great lengths to keep them. For more insight into improving your hiring process, see Peter Levine’s blog post on hiring.) MORE >>

If you are hiring, make sure you have multiple interviews, and input from multiple people on the team to balance your view. hiring smarter than you entrepreneur startup businessHelpers do what you say, while good help does what you need, without you saying anything. That’s not only impossible, but also counterproductive. MORE >>