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Lessons Learned: Lean hiring tips

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, January 19, 2009 Lean hiring tips In preparing for the strategy series panel this week, I have been doing some thinking about costs. And all of that cost was caused by one activity: hiring. Hiring is no different from any other company process. Sounds a little abstract, though, doesnt it?

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Hazards of Hiring

www.ericsink.com

2004-07-08 15:59:32 Hazards of Hiring. Summary : Eric offers guidelines for handling tough hiring decisions in a small ISV. In the many e-mails I received about that column, one of the most common questions was why didnt I list any hiring mistakes. Ill start with four general guidelines for how to proceed with a hiring decision.

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Delusions

aweissman.com

We hired a crew with a stage and lights to set up and break down. We bought him a robe with his name stitched on the back. For that march, he drew an opponent - I still recall his name: Julio "El Gato" Cruz. The week was spectacular, they cruised around campus as wannabe celebrities. The house was packed. Pre-Kindle, pre-iPad.

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Uh-oh! Do you have a “sitcom” startup?

Up and Running

in 1998 and eventually became Yahoo!Store. The startup’s name? The UK has a similar scheme called Barclays Cycle Hire (affectionally dubbed Boris Bikes after London Mayor, Boris Johnson) which was started in 2010 with the aim of making journeys from point A to B shorter. Sold to Yahoo! Pied Piper.

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Father of 3D Printing Makes it Possible For Everyone To Paddle a Perception Brand Kayak

Hearpreneur

How did you come up with your business name? Perception Kayaks was named by its definition. I founded Perception Kayaks in 1975 and eventually sold it in 1998. Hire people smarter than you and lean on their expertise. I turned to the dictionary! It’s what kayaking is all about. Focus, focus and focus.

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New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

The signals are loud and clear : seed and late stage valuations are getting frothy and wacky, and hiring talent in Silicon Valley is the toughest it has been since the dot.com bubble. Rules for building a company in 2011 are different than they were in 2008 or 1998. For a specific startup this list is probably a few hundred names.

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The Steps of the Recruiting Process … and How to Identify Failure Points

www.ere.net

It might surprise you to know that the average recruiter cannot name the distinct steps in the recruiting process, nor the goals or common failure points for each step. Even among recruiting leaders, it’s common for them to realize that their hiring process is failing but be unaware of which steps in the process are causing the problem.

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