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The Biggest Challenges Of Hiring A Remote Team

The Startup Magazine

A growing number of companies are hiring remote employees. These challenges can put off some employers, but can generally be easily solved using tech and a bit of creativity. When hiring independent contractors , it is acceptable to ask them to supply all tools and equipment themselves. CCO Licensed. am (New York), 3.00

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6 Hiring Principles To Grow The Best New Venture Team

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, it’s no surprise that most entrepreneurs don’t have a background in hiring teams, and don’t have a budget for training or human resource consultants. He comments that in spite of the digital revolution, the hiring process hasn’t changed from its low priority, last minute, subjective roots.

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Selecting a Software Development Company in 2024

TechEmpower

Are specific technologies or platforms involved in your project? Do they have experience with the technologies involved in your project? While the appearance matters, remember you are hiring the development firm primarily for its development skills, not its graphic design skills. Or is your project a clean slate?

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How to Make Better Reference Calls

Both Sides of the Table

Reference calls. Whether you’re considering hiring a new employee or as an investor whether you’re looking to do a background check on the founders of a company. Ask for at least 5 references. As your candidate for at least 5 references. Ask for at least 5 references. We all have to make them.

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The Audacious Plan to Make Electricity as Easy as WiFi

Both Sides of the Table

The practical uses for uBeam technology is limitless. Did anybody hold patents that would prevent us from using this technology? I seldom hire patent attorneys during due diligence but this was too important. We hired OSHA regulatory lawyers. We hired IP specialists to review prior art.

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Hiring a CTO for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

Several people have recently come to me to help them source and/or hire full-time CTOs for their startup having found me through my post that looks at: Startup CTO Salary and Equity Data. The first thing I do is suggest they explore if they really need to hire a full-time CTO for their startup and if so, what kind of CTO they need.

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Hiring in Non-English-Speaking Countries

The Startup Magazine

Industrial and technological revolutions have been changing the global job markets worldwide, and hiring the right talent is becoming difficult by the day. All these factors are common across the most developed and developing countries but some countries and cultures prove to be more challenging when it comes to hiring the best talent.

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