Derek Sivers about me blog books email list contact How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen 2010-06-19 Do you have an idea for a website, online business, or application, but need a programmer to turn that idea into reality? Say, “We are hiring a developer to create only the beginning of an application. Hire one from each. MORE >>

never hire job hoppers. You have tough choices to make about whom you hire on your team. Your revenues are “just around the corner.&#  Your angel investors are nervous because the VCs aren’t moving that fast to fund your next round. If you want to hire them as contractors fine. I’m sure of that. Never. MORE >>

saw this on a mailing list I occasionally read, in a post where a company was looking to hire their first design employee/contractor. reduction in revenue/user. “We are not UI experts but do know when we see a good design.&#. The challenge, of course, partially lies in the definition of “good design&#. It’s simple. MORE >>

This will be the team who hires the most talented people, channels them in the most productive configuration and gets the most output from their unique capabilities. Only hire A players. players tend to have slightly more self-confidence issues so they tend to hire people slightly worse than themselves – thus C teams. Startups. MORE >>

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Validated learning about customers Would you rather have $30,000 or $1 million in revenues for your startup? All things being equal, of course, you’d rather have more revenue rather than less. And yet revenue alone is not a sufficient goal. More on that in a moment. MORE >>