Berkonomics

JULY 15, 2021

The first professional senior manager that an entrepreneur hires to share the growing workload does not last more than a year. Entrepreneurs start businesses with a strong vision of what and how , involved in every process from buying supplies to hiring and directly supervising early employees. What is the common problem?

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JULY 2, 2019

The Boring Company , the Los Angeles company working on advanced transportation systems, which is led by technology mogul Elon Musk, says it is ramping up efforts in Las Vegas, and is actively hiring for a significiant number of positions in Las Vegas, as well as Hawthorne. That deal is worth approximately $48.7M.

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OCTOBER 18, 2021

San Bernardino-based Amazon says it is in the midst of a big hiring push in California, where it hopes to hire 23,000 for its warehouses. According to Amazon, those short term position pay an average of $18 per hour, with sign-up bonuses of up to $3,000 and an additional $3 per hour depending on shift.

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Berkonomics

JULY 22, 2021

First a reminder about why we hire: New hires can shore up the weak areas of a business in ways existing employees cannot – if hiring is done to fill true needs. And of course sometimes, a person leaves the company, creating a need to fill a hole. Slow down and take more care in the hiring process.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Los Angeles-based online electronics retailer Newegg announced this morning that it is planning a larger than expected "hiring surge" for the upcoming holiday shopping season. Newegg did not say how many people it intends to hire for its seasonal positions, and how many permanent staff it is hoping to add.

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MARCH 27, 2020

Chandler, Arizona-based Zovio , a provider of education technology services, says it plans to boost hiring in San Diego, as well as in Chandler, Arizona and Denver, Colorado, as a result of soaring unemployment due to the coronavirus pandemic. The company said it provides personalized learning products for higher education institutions.

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Elon Musk’s upstart tunnel-building business Boring Co. is poised to expand into Austin, Texas.

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AUGUST 6, 2020

Irvine-based outsource customer support and experience services provider Alorica claims it plans to hire more than 33,000 people, saying it has added more than 20 new clients in the first half of the year. The company already has operations in 14 countries, employing 100,000 providing customer experience services to brands.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2022

Of course, it’s no surprise that most entrepreneurs don’t have a background in hiring teams, and don’t have a budget for training or human resource consultants. He comments that in spite of the digital revolution, the hiring process hasn’t changed from its low priority, last minute, subjective roots.

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Berkonomics

MAY 3, 2018

Many executives and managers have made the mistake of using the financial and sales forecast to plan and execute hiring of new employees – so that they could be trained and up to speed when the demand arrives. Although hiring early does add to overhead by bringing employees aboard before they.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Many of us go through the motions of hiring to fill a position, trying to use our intuition and skills to find the best candidate for the job. And over the years, we students of business success have learned that there is a science to the hiring process that continues through the life of an employee’s tenure with the company.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Amazon is in a major expansion in Santa Barbara, with plans to hire as many as 300 people in a new, three story downtown location, all working as part of the Amazon Alexa team. Amazon's Alexa technology powers the many, voice-powered devices that connect into Amazon.

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APRIL 17, 2013

A report Wednesday afternoon says that Los Angeles-based streaming media site Hulu has hired investment banking firm Guggenheim Partners, to advise the firm on a sale. Guggenheim is the same firm which recently hired Ross Levinsohn to head up its Guggenheim Digital Media unit, and which is potentially a bidder on Hulu.

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

CrowdStrike , the cybersecurity software developer which has major operations in Irvine, has hired an IPO banker and is eyeing an IPO before the end of the year, according to a report from Reuters. According to the report, CrowdStrike has hired Goldman Sachs to run its IPO process. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 26, 2017

The post With Expansion Plans, Ed-tech Companies Hire Top Talent at High Packages appeared first on Imarticus. Nikhil Barshikar – MD Imarticus Learning, interacted with The Economic Times, for the job market for ed-tech professionals.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

We carefully vet the potential hire for experience required. Ninety days or longer later, if that person is terminated by management, it often is for actions resulting from the person’s relationship with others in the organization more often than failure to perform the specific task for which the person was hired.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Los Angeles-based Boring Company , the tunneling-and-Hyperloop-transportation company founded by Elon Musk, is setting up shop in Austin, Texas, saying on Monday that it is hiring in the city. The company listed jobs in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Accounting, Business Development, and other areas.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2020

Business success is all about having the best team, yet the average entrepreneur has little prior experience with hiring people and building top-notch teams. Hiring requirements must be anticipated and implemented with the same precision and tracking as manufacturing volumes, sales leads, and customer service.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 16, 2020

The problem is that a visible hire that “cuts” the competitor makes the competitor’s management bleed. To protect yourself, first it is important that the target new hire either have already quit the job from the competitor, or has approached his or her senior manager with a request to exit and work for your company.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The funding, which was led by Two Sigma Ventures and included existing investors like Plexo Capital, Amplify, and BoldStart values the company at over $100 million. Last year, the company unveiled its tools for managing Kubernetes deployments and immediately saw sales increase. “Once we started building on that success.

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OCTOBER 2, 2014

Silicon Valley technology hiring site Hired said this morning that it is rolling out its services in Los Angeles, looking to capitalize on the area''s growing startup community. hired angeles recruiting technology engineering posting' The startup is based in San Francisco READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 3, 2014

Agoura Hills-based TouchCommerce , which helps provide brands with online software and services for helping better connect with their customers and potential customers, said today that it is planning growth and hiring at a new headquarters in Agoura Hills. The company did not say how many people it hopes to hire at the new location.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Consultants are good in that you can sample their work with short projects, change to other consultants quickly, and stop using them when a project is completed. I have a partner in a consulting practice that specializes in the travel industry.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Silicon Valley-based payment technology provider Yapstone has big hiring plans in Los Angeles, with plans to double the size of the company''s office from 35 to 70 people in the next year. According to the company, it is hiring across marketing, sales, engineering, and product. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 19, 2017

Los Angeles-based infrastructure developer AECOM says it is in a big hiring push, and is hoping to fill 3,000 jobs across North America over the next six months. The company said those employees are needed for projects focused on transportation, buildings, environment, water, defense and energy.

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JULY 11, 2019

Santa Monica-based on-demand scooter company Bird is in an expansion in Europe, and has opened up an office in Paris, with plans to hire up to 1,000 people in the city, according to the company. Bird said it hopes to hire those thousand employees in the next two years. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 27, 2017

Members hire Associations, Members fire Associations is what the new mantra will be for Association Executives in 2018. Members Hire Associations, Members Fire Associations. Will not be hired by your prospective members. In 2018 the new mantra will be: Members hire Associations, Members fire Associations.

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OCTOBER 8, 2013

The United Talent Agency is ramping up its outreach to early stage, digital media companies, with a new hire from the Los Angeles technology industry. Ward is a startup veteran, having been involved in such local companies as DocStoc, Betterworks, and GLossi. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 6, 2019

Apple is planning to hire 1200 employees in San Diego, in a major expansion of the company's presence in the area. Apple had announced a plan to expand hiring in both San Diego, as well as Culver City, in November of 2018.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Residential solar installer Sunrun said this morning that it is planning a major hiring and expansion drive, with the hiring of 800 additional employees and the opening of ten new offices--many of them in Southern California. The company said the expansion comes due to increased consumer demand for home solar installation.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 15, 2015

New hires can shore up the weak areas of a business in ways existing employees cannot, if hiring is done to fill true needs. Some employees lose their drive, or remain behind as the company grows, failing to gain the experience or knowledge needed to manage expanded processes or numbers of subordinates.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2017

in a Series C funding round, which it said partially go to expanding hiring at its San Diego offices, the company announced on Wednesday. The company has now raised $81M in total. Health IQ , a startup which offers up insurance only to "health conscious" individuals, has raised $34.6M

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FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Los Angeles-based shipping and logistics marketplace developer NEXT , fresh off a big, $97M funding round announced last week, said that it has hired Peter Janda as the company's first ever Chief Financial Officer. NEXT, which is led by Lydia Yan, raised its latest round of funding from Brookfield Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and GLP.

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OCTOBER 7, 2016

Los Angeles-based mobile gaming developer Jam City is announcing this morning that it has hired two executives to the firm, including the former CEO of Linden Lab, the creator of the Second Life virtual world. The company appears to be in the midst of a major hiring surge, saying it has hired more than 130 employees since June.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 23, 2019

On Tuesday, Haptik announced it has acqui-hired Convrg, a Los Angeles-based startup that develops chatbots, to serve customers in North America. Convrg recently hired Timothy Carey, an industry veteran, who now serves as Haptik’s General Manager for the region.

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AUGUST 23, 2017

in a Series J Convertible Preferred Stock financing, and has engaged an investment banking firm to "explore strategic alternatives" for the company. The publicly held company, which trades on the Nasdaq at MBVX, said the new funding will go toward working capital and general corporate purposes.

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Berkonomics

JULY 18, 2019

By carefully recognizing and focusing upon the very core of the business, these CEO’s are allocating their scarce cash resources to hire the best talent they can find to support that core business, and then reaching out to partners, independent contractors, and other small businesses to provide all other functions.

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