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| Page 1 of 31 | Previous | Next | | | SCOTT WEISS DECEMBER 21, 2011 Hiring Rockstars For all the talk about how hard it is to hire in the Valley, first-league companies can literally have their pick of the best people in the world at every function. One of the biggest mistakes I made as a CEO was not hiring these rockstars as soon as it was obvious we had been promoted. HiringIt helps to know what to aim for. | | | | | |
| PETER LEVINE JANUARY 17, 2012 What Now? Hiring You talked with your board and everyone unanimously agreed that you should terminate the VP immediately and ask your co-founder to manage the Engineering team in the interim. It is now the new year, the old VP is gone and you are faced with the rather undesirable task of hiring a new VP. Don’t make hiring a batting average. | STARTUPCFO NOVEMBER 18, 2011 The ideal product manager It took me several years in the Startup World to fully appreciate the importance of a good product manager. Instead you need to be managing, leading and enabling a team. So, that means you need to hire someone to drive product. This is one of the most important hires you can make. Management | FELD THOUGHTS DECEMBER 18, 2012 Hire For Cultural Fit Over Competence The first people you hire in your startup are critical to your company’s success. So it’s easy to say that you need to hire the “absolute best people you can find.” Now, you obviously will not hire someone who is low on both competence and cultural fit. Recruiting hiring recruiting wsjBut what does this actually mean? | INSTIGATOR BLOG APRIL 2, 2012 How To Design a Successful Interview Process for Hiring Top Talent Most companies don’t have a serious, repeatable interviewing process for hiring. At Standout Jobs (2007-2010) we hired some great people. That feedback is a testament -in part- to the effort we put into hiring and interviewing people. Note: Most of the hiring we did was in 2007-2008. (Powered by LaunchBit ). | | | | | | | |
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STARTUP DAILY | THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2012  The Golden Rule of Hiring
Inside the smallest doll at the center was a note that read: “If each of us hires people who are smaller than we are, we shall become a company of dwarfs. But if each of us hires people who are bigger than we are, we shall become a company of giants.” ” Hire People Who Are Greater Than You. Tweet. MORE >> -
FELD THOUGHTS | FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2012 Guidelines For Interviewing At A Startup
My long time friend Chris Moody , president and COO of Gnip, has offered to write some guest posts on management – we’ll call the series Moody on Management. Startups thrive when each person hired is smarter than the person hiring them. By the way, Gnip is hiring ! interviews. Stop, Don’t, Never. MORE >> -
GABRIEL WEINBERG | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2011  On not hiring
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 >> -
STARTUPCFO | FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2012 Hiring Part Time Execs
But it can pose challenges when it comes to building out your management team. One way to deal with these issues to hire part time executives. Part time execs work when: You hire in non-core areas : Finance is super important to any company, but it is not a core aspect of the company’s mission and vision. MORE >> -
INSTIGATOR BLOG | MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2012 A Holistic View of Products and Product Management
This holistic view of product also impacts product management. Product managers (particularly in a startup where everyone wears lots of hats) should be involved in everything a company outputs. holistic view of product management means product managers aren’t responsible for one single metric. Engagement goes up. MORE >>
- Guerilla Recruiting: Combating the Counteroffer SCOTT WEISS | MONDAY, JUNE 4, 2012
- More On Recruiting Programmers To Your Startup FELD THOUGHTS | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2011
- Getting The Compensation Conversation Right FELD THOUGHTS | TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2012
- The 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups WWW.PAULGRAHAM.COM | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2010
- Who Should you Hire at a Startup? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2009
- We're hiring UNION SQUARE VENTURES | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
- A Growing Startup Should Only Hire Entrepreneurs STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2011
- Founder Re-org: Possible Outcomes PETER LEVINE | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2011
- Avoid Hiring Pitfalls When Staffing a New Venture STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2010
- Never Hire Job Hoppers. Never. They Make Terrible Employees BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2010
- Hiring a CTO for Your Startup SOCAL CTO | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2011
- The Real Reason Entrepreneurs Don’t Hire Their First Employee MIKE MICHALOWICZ | THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2013
- Don’t Sell Yourself Short STARTUP DAILY | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2011
- Hiring A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 2010
- 8 Tips for Hiring and Managing Interns FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2013
- Sales Management: Hiring Well GET VENTURE | TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2011
- Management Debt BEN'S BLOG | THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2012
- Fat Hiring for Lean Startups STARTUPCFO | FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 2010
- Hiring at a Startup? Know Thy Weaknesses BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2009
- The Scarcest Resource at Startups is Management Bandwidth BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2012
- Startup Sales – Why Hiring Seasoned Reps May Not Work BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2010
- Whom Should You Hire at a Startup? (Attitude Over Aptitude) BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2011
- Talent is Not Enough STARTUP DAILY | MONDAY, MARCH 5, 2012
- Hire Closers FORCE OF GOOD: A BLOG BY LANCE WEATHERBY | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2012
- 5 Hard Lessons Related to Firing Somebody TIM BERRY'S BLOG - PLANNING STARTUPS STORIES | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2012
- 10 Hiring Shortcuts No Young Company Can Afford STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2012
- Don’t Squeeze Your Product Managers Into Uselessness INSTIGATOR BLOG | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2012
- Hiring FORCE OF GOOD: A BLOG BY LANCE WEATHERBY | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2011
- Ten Learning Steps from Entrepreneur to Manager STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | SUNDAY, MAY 22, 2011
- 10 Entrepreneur Quotes Leading to Hiring Mistakes STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2013
- The Hidden Cost of Hiring Jerks STARTUP DAILY | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2011
- Talent or Trainability: Five Pivotal Points Often Overlooked in Hiring UP AND RUNNING | FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2011
- What’s The Most Difficult CEO Skill? Managing Your Own Psychology BEN'S BLOG | FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2011
- Recruit Top Talent Before and While Raising Capital INSTIGATOR BLOG | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2012
- Design Staff � Hiring a designer: hunting the unicorn DESIGN STAFF | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2011
- Getting developer interviewing right HIGH CONTRAST | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2011
- On The Management Team FORCE OF GOOD: A BLOG BY LANCE WEATHERBY | TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2012
- Treating the Dysfunctional CEO SCOTT WEISS | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2011
- Fat Hiring for Lean Startups STARTUPCFO | FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 2010
- Do Not Hire For the Sake of Hiring MARK BIRCH | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
- Some Entrepreneurs Never Learn to Manage Growth STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2012
- Tracking the Hiring Funnel THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011
- Get More Value from Your First Sales Hire STARTUP DAILY | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2011
- Hiring a CTO for Your Startup SOCAL CTO | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2011
- The CEO’s Weekly Checklist SCOTT WEISS | MONDAY, MAY 14, 2012
- The ‘Moneyball’ Approach To Business Hiring YOUNGUPSTARTS | TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2012
- 7 Ways to Hire Extraordinary Employees FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 2012
- Old People BEN'S BLOG | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2012
- Tips On Hiring For Small Business Owners YOUNGUPSTARTS | THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2011
- Is Now the Time to Hire MBAs? BEN'S BLOG | FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2012
- The cardinal sin of community management STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2009
- Hiring Executives: If You’ve Never Done the Job, How Do You Hire Somebody Good? BEN'S BLOG | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2010
- Hire today or gone tomorrow: How your startup is getting lapped by companies who know how to hire THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. | MONDAY, JULY 16, 2012
- Should Employees be Allowed to Engage With the Public in Social Media? STARTUP DAILY | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
- Management Quality Assurance BEN'S BLOG | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2011
- It’s Your Job To Improve Your Team FELD THOUGHTS | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
- Through the Looking Glass: Hiring Sales People BEN'S BLOG | MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2013
- Non-Technical Entrepreneurs Need the Right Partner STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2011
- 5 Entrepreneurial Lessons I Learned Since My Last Birthday ENTREPRENEURS-JOURNEY.COM BY YARO STARAK | THURSDAY, JULY 5, 2012
- 25 Things that make hiring technical talent much easier THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. | THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2011
- How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen SIVERS.ORG | FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 2010
- Do you really need a full-time hire for that? GABRIEL WEINBERG | SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2012
- Running a Billion Dollar Startup with Twelve People? MARK BIRCH | TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2011
- Automating Product Management THE PRODUCT GUY | TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2011
- Lessons Learned: The engineering manager's lament STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2008
- The new war for talent: Benefits STARTUPCFO | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
- Peter Principle, Applied to Management ONLYONCE | THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 2011
- Startup Compensation FORCE OF GOOD: A BLOG BY LANCE WEATHERBY | MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2011
- Startup Mantra: Hire Fast, Fire Fast BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2011
- Find the Time to Work on Your Business…. or Else! UP AND RUNNING | TUESDAY, JULY 12, 2011
- 9 Secrets of Highly Successful Hiring FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
- Leadership Evolution: How to Manage Managers FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2012
- Should You Hire a Programmer or DIY? VINICIUS VACANTI | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2010
- Making Work Pay: Should You Hire Contractors Or Employees? YOUNGUPSTARTS | MONDAY, JULY 30, 2012
- Hiring A Product Lead: Process Managers vs. UX Savants GET VENTURE | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
- Building a Culture That Works PETER LEVINE | MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
- No Hires Are Better Than Bad Hires BABBLING VC | TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2011
- The Myth of “A Players” MARK BIRCH | THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2012
- Investors Make Horrible Employees MARK BIRCH | TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2011
- Ten Ways To Get Ahead of the Pack at Your Startup STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 2011
- Managing Success YOUNGUPSTARTS | FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 2011
- Biggest Hiring Mistake You Will Ever Make FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2012
- Hire the Best Candidate, the One You Can't Afford FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | MONDAY, JULY 9, 2012
- Managers who make your job easier JASON CRAWFORD | SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 2012
- 10-Step Roadmap for Simple Hiring FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012
- Hiring Secret: Best Way to Check Out a Candidate FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2011
- When Smart People are Bad Employees BEN'S BLOG | TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2011
- 7 Secrets for Hiring Great Employees FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2012
- How To Spot Innovative Hires FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012
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