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10 Rosh Hashanah Resolutions for Startup Founders

VC Cafe

A combination of competition for top talent and an effort to bring employees back to the office drove startups in Israel to throw extravagant parties and all-inclusive retreats abroad. The press took notice, especially since just a few months later startups were laying off employees en-masse to cut costs. Team, product, market.

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Can you hire an all-remote team using freelance platforms only?

Transformify

The ‘’Gig Economy’’ series sheds light on the future of work and the pros and cons of hiring freelancers and gig workers. My COO is a doctorate from Ukraine, where the economy has not treated him well, but he is one of the most hardworking and intelligent people I’ve ever met. I live in Los Angeles.

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Freelancing is the new normal: oDesk and the future of the workforce marketplace

The Next Web

For us, the opportunity is not about taking market share from other players, it’s really about expanding the awareness of online work and hiring these virtual global teams as an alternative to traditional way of recruiting or building a company,” he said. The competition was intended for software developers from Russia and Ukraine.

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Will Global Tech Giants Destroy Israel’s Startup Scene?

The Startup Magazine

The supply of tech employees doesn’t seem to be increasing to meet the demand either. This external hiring equates to an outpouring of money from the country since the companies need to pay their overseas staff and their family activities. Those companies have at least a quarter of their tech employees outside of Israel.

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Supercharge Growth Without Raising Money

YoungUpstarts

Myself and the other founders managed to develop our company and generate more than 200,000,000 visits, hire 22 people, get 3,000+ customers, and promote products for the likes of Creative Labs, Polaroid, and Sony. I hired our first editor as well as a couple blog authors to help us generate content faster. The Beginning.

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The Power of “In Person” – Why Distributed Teams are Less Effective

Both Sides of the Table

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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Twitter Link Roundup #213 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

Empower Your Small Business: the science of marketing, body language, motivating employees – crowdspring.co/1jApJZ7. Lazlo Bock talks about hiring at Google, and why the GPA is irrelevant | by Stowe Boyd – crowdspring.co/NpqF71. Hire a Winning Employee: 5 Tips | Inc – crowdspring.co/1fobkdl. 1f4FthA.