Hearpreneur
DECEMBER 6, 2018
In 1997, McKay co-founded junior mineral resource company, Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc. How did that prepare you for the rest of the career? In that case, it’s important to hire people who compliment and enhance your skill sets but most importantly also bring additional skill sets to the business.
Up and Running
FEBRUARY 2, 2012
The so-called “Internet” had existed for years, but seemed to the rest of us (anybody outside of a few spook havens and ivory towers) like a nerdy background utility for emails. In 1997 we hired an NYU undergrad to create a better bplans.com site, focusing on business planning and especially publishing sample plans.
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ReadWriteStart
JANUARY 18, 2011
Guest author Chris Heilmann has been a professional Web developer since 1997 and has worked in various agencies and corporations on large, international products. The first obstacle I found that weeds out many prospective hires (and by weeding out I mean they look at it, go "pffft" and move on) are HR practices and the companies' job sites.
Hearpreneur
OCTOBER 9, 2019
That means getting 8 hours of sleep every night and resting (not working!) When I became pregnant, I realized that I had to start resting more. After my child was born, I decided that I had to make the rest one of my top priorities. When my motivation lags, I think about sitting across the desk from my last boss ever in 1997.
Reid Hoffman
JANUARY 19, 2021
With his usual awesome first principles focus, my friend Reed Hastings has articulated that the fundamental responsibility of the board is to hire, fire, and compensate the CEO. Generally speaking, healthy boards have exposure to the rest of the management team as well, but interact in ways that do not undermine the CEO. No, no, no.
Growthink Blog
OCTOBER 10, 2011
Like so many, when I heard that Steve Jobs had died, I was both greatly saddened and worried for how the heck were the rest of us going to get by without him. How involved he was in Apple's recruiting processes - personally conducting thousands of hiring interviews. And isn't that the ultimate compliment? It is a good for its own sake.
Reid Hoffman
MARCH 19, 2019
And from a financial perspective, any investor would be better off buying stock in Amazon than buying and share of a corner bookshop; if you invested $100 in Amazon’s 1997 initial public offering (IPO), those shares would have been worth about $120,000 in 2018. Publishers and authors (like O’Reilly and us) also benefit from Amazon’s success.
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