YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 27, 2015
Be sure your new hires have entrepreneurial DNA. Identifying and hiring entrepreneurial candidates is one of the best things you can do for your bottom line, because these individuals will be self-reliant, engaged, empowered, and innovative problem solvers. Ask candidates if they want to get paid on attendance (e.g.,
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 5, 2010
In 2005 he was graduated and took a job in South Carolina working for technology company while he started his own web design company on the side. By 2005 I had moved back to the US and we started hiring US employees (The first two employees we hired had both grown up in India! Felipe grew up in Brazil. Irony, hey?).
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Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 20, 2011
Josh and Howard began co-investing as angels and in 2005 they started a $10 million fund. They did not take salaries during the first two years and invested more money in the firm than they received from management fees. Management should communicate how the board can help - strategy, markets, key hires, introductions.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 6, 2014
Hire for hustle. A great way to separate the entrepreneurial thinkers from those who aren’t is to place a special emphasis on hiring people with a sense of urgency; people who can and will move quickly; people who don’t always have to be told what their next step should be.
Up and Running
DECEMBER 1, 2015
In 2005, David Choe was invited to paint a number of murals at Facebook’s HQ in Palo Alto. More often than not, equity compensation is an attraction and retention tool, rather than a replacement to salary. Think carefully before you hire someone new and offer them stock from the outset. See Also: How to Hire Your First Employee.
Steve Blank
JUNE 29, 2009
You’re Hired, You’re Fired. My first job in Silicon Valley: I was hired as a lab technician at ESL to support the training department. The manager of the training department who hired you wasn’t authorized to do so – and he’s been fired. Could I work here if he wanted to hire me?&#
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 10, 2014
Sure, you originally hired each of your employees to do specific jobs. Simple things like gratitude, respect, and autonomy make people far more happy than, say, big salaries and corner offices. Of course you should try to hire employees who are confident and self-directed. What would you like to do here?”.
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