VC Cafe
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
So in terms of hiring, get people that can help you build the product faster… anything that minimizes the time between observing a need or a problem, and the execution or the fix for it.” Use agility to your advantage and make speed a team priority. Early hires are super important: check for skills, motivation and cultural fit.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 5, 2010
This is a topic that comes up often in Los Angeles because many CEOs are tempted to hire their tech teams in the Bay Area. I prefer the first sales hires to be in the home office. As your company develops you’ll obviously need to hire sales talent in multiple locations. I understand the need to have geographic coverage.
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ReadWriteStart
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
A flexible model is especially helpful for startups that can’t always predict what talent they will need when, and have low budgets that force them to hire for project work instead of filling in-house positions. A globally distributed business model allows you to hire the best talent wherever in the world it is. Create a cohesive team.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
Any chance seeing you in Kiev, Ukraine? Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? I think there are more enterpreneurs per capita here than anywhere else!
www.readwriteweb.com
OCTOBER 7, 2007
Posted by: Neil | October 4, 2007 2:24 AM I am not sure if I am misreading this - but are you suggesting that a top down, water fall process works better then an agile /iterative development approach? Its often too complicated to expect much of an agile dev model with people thousands of miles away.
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