Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 22, 2010

I never hire job hoppers. What is the definition of a job hopper? You have tough choices to make about whom you hire on your team. Now is the time that you need “all hands on deck.&# That awesome gal you hired in engineering has job options and she knows it. And it’s important because it’s true.

Startup 392

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Berkonomics

MARCH 2, 2023

Guided by the enthusiasm of the moment, management orders (fill in the blank from your own experience here) an early release, increased spend for marketing, hiring more people to handle expected demand or early manufacture, or maybe just feeling so optimistic – that the conservative approval of spending is suspended in anticipation.

Guide 156

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 19, 2018

GOAT, the secondary marketplace for sneakers that recently merged with Flight Club , is announcing a new hire. People come to Flight Club because they’re cultural institutions and so we definitely see a need and an opportunity to create more kind of brick and mortar, long term lease store and keep market.”.

Marketing 203

Marketing Sales Platform Los Angeles 203

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

During the discussions with the CEO about hiring North American managers, he made it clear that he wanted us to find a first-class office facility from which to start the search process, and proceeded to name cities that attracted him. Rent your first office with caution. .

Startup 256

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Berkonomics

MARCH 26, 2020

The definition of a bottleneck in your business is one that constricts the flow of work from. Of course, you could fit that definition. What is the bottleneck? one area to another in the flow of product or service through your organization. The three common factors making a bottleneck. You can be the bottleneck.

Organization 156

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Tech.Co

JULY 27, 2016

Particularly because their graduates enjoy a 97 percent hiring rate and an average salary of approximately $103,000 per year. “When your interviewer is using your tool, you are definitely not a typical bootcamp grad, rather you are a seasoned engineer. Now, pick your jaw up off the floor and start learning why. “We

Software Engineering 70

Software Engineering Study Startup Tool 70

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2021

Myers, a noted career coach, and author of the classic book, “ Get The Job You Want, Even When No One’s Hiring ,” many job seekers and career changers make the mistake of halting all their efforts as summer approaches, believing that nobody will be hiring until early fall. Perform an internal career audit. Invest in career coaching.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 14, 2018

According to Airspace, it is providing "time definite" delivery and supply chain services to the healthcare, technology, and aerospace sectors. The company said that--as a result of the funding--it is looking to hire more than 40 new employees, on top of an existing staff of over 50 people.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 19, 2022

Twenty years ago, if you started a brand, your first hire, outside of a designer, would have been a salesperson,” Murthy told TechCrunch. Today, when you start a brand, your first hire is probably someone to build out your Shopify site. The equity will go toward hiring more talent to join Ghost’s 25-person team.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2013

Hiring Bounty, based in South Africa is a startup that allows one to reccommend a friend for a job and earn bounty if the friend is hired. I left BrandsEye late last year to set up Hiring Bounty. What inspired you to start Hiring Bounty? Companies are only liable for the payment if they hire someone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2023

With the advent of social media, and instant communication via the Internet, that definition has been expanded to include all aspects of the customer experience , from finding you and what they need, to the ease of completing the transaction, as well as all follow-on support. Inflexible processes.

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Steve Reich

JUNE 20, 2015

For the teams they hire, it’s professional, not personal. By definition, they are not “all in” like a founder, even if they get seduced by the dream once they join. Accept that you will need to hire professionals as your company grows, and know that they see the world differently. They might even be right.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 16, 2014

This is when your job function truly starts to match the definition of “leader” because that’s exactly what your role is. You hire great people. You motivate, cajole, reassign tasks, hire, fire and push the organization forward. The best leaders are great at hiring in large part because they are inspirational.

Entrepreneur 385

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Guided by the enthusiasm of the moment, management orders (fill in the blank from your own experience here) an early release, increased spend for marketing, hiring more people to handle expected demand or early manufacture, or maybe just feeling so optimistic – that the conservative approval of spending is suspended in anticipation.

Guide 243

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2022

By definition, most entrepreneurs are thought leaders. They don’t hire people until it’s too late, because no one else can do the job up to their standards, or with their commitment. At best, they hire “helpers” rather than help, and are too busy to train the helpers. It all comes from within themselves.

Startup 147

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socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2013

Things definitely look to be heating up in the software recruiting world, at least, if you judge the latest offer from a local startup to find local recruits for software developers.

Software 204

Software Software Development Los Angeles Mobile 204

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2012

One of the most important jobs of every entrepreneur, and definitely one of the toughest, is to find and nurture people who are smarter in their roles than you. If you are hiring, make sure you have multiple interviews, and input from multiple people on the team to balance your view.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Of course, every lifestyle entrepreneur wants their business to be “successful,” but I find that the definition of success and the expectations along the way differs from that usually associated with what I call “growth startups.” If your passion is customers, you definitely will be happier as a lifestyle entrepreneur.

Statistics 124

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2011

One of the most important jobs of every entrepreneur, and definitely one of the toughest, is to find and nurture people who are smarter in their roles than you. If you are hiring, make sure you have multiple interviews, and input from multiple people on the team to balance your view.

Help 95

Help Startup Entrepreneur Ideas 95

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Early Employees To help with this discussion, let me start with a definition of "early employee." " Steve Blank divides the individuals associated with startups as: Founders Early Employees (Employees # 1-25) Later Employees (Employees # 26-125) The reality is that the definition of founder and employee is not clear.

Equity 391

Equity CTO Hire Startup Examples 391

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

By definition, second-stage ventures generally have 10 to 99 employees and/or $750,000 to $50 million in revenue, and see that as just the beginning. Hire more help than helpers. That’s where I see too much entrepreneur burnout, growth plateaus, and founders being replaced, to their chagrin. Keep delivering something new and fresh.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 3, 2020

Specifically, making talent management, training and hiring easier for employers in certain industries. For Talespin, the areas that were the most promising were ones that aren’t obvious to a casual observer.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Most of the insiders and hiring executives in Los Angeles know how hard it is to find technical talent in Los Angeles�but not all realize it's not because of lack of talent, but because of very high demand. Definitely, basic software engineering is the most popular role. based on research that Indeed Prime has done.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2014

It’s why I wrote this post that the controversial first hire after an A round out to be an office manager / assistant / HR person who handles everything from stocking supplies to booking travel to scheduling group meetings. What they do with the money is add more engineers and maybe hiring a marketing person.

Startup 381

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Berkonomics

MAY 2, 2019

We worried over the fact that we may have hired people in the past that fit our image of the proper addition to our core staffs, people with similar experiences and training, constrained by the same experiential thinking as ourselves.

Email 120

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

This grand opening had all of that, right down to the fortune-teller-for-hire in the corner. and Nextspace have definitely made a mark with this event which was, as told to me by Amplify's Managing Director, Paul Bricault, essentially to celebrate the end of work on their new building. Amplify.LA

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 6, 2014

Whether you’re considering hiring a new employee or as an investor whether you’re looking to do a background check on the founders of a company. Most people delay reference calls until that point both due to expediency of time (why make phone calls unless you think you might hire the person?) Reference calls.

Startup 302

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2016

Greg Cohn: It's not a new lesson this year, but once again this year I had many opportunities to be reminded that people come before all else, in terms of the impact talented and motivated individuals can have on an organization, as well as the importance of hiring, engaging, and creating the right kind of culture for great people.

Southern California 145

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Berkonomics

MAY 2, 2013

The definition of a bottleneck in your business is one that constricts the flow of work from one area to another in the flow of product or service through your organization.

Organization 222

Organization Demand Satisfaction Training 222

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

By definition?—?I’m The market definition has changed but what we do mostly hasn’t. In fact, we just announced that we hired a new head of our Growth Platform, (follow him on Twitter here ? Are we in a bubble?” I often answer the same way … * “First, yes, nearly every corner of our market is over-valued. Seksom Suriyapa ?—?he

Venture Capital 471

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

The rest of the country may be in a recession, but hiring within the tech community remains highly competitive. One person's definition of cool might be great on-campus perks like awesome munchies, Massage Mondays and being able to bring your pet to work. What American tech company is the coolest? A subjective, yet important question.

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socalTECH

JULY 26, 2010

Woodland Hills-based CrowdGather , which operates an online network of discussions groups and forums, said today that it is in a definitive agreement to buy the technical assets of Lefora , a firm which operates online user forums. Crowdgather said the all-stock transaction also includes the hiring of key employees of Lefora.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 8, 2010

If you ever have to interview, hire, judge the performance of, decide whether to promote, assign clients/regions to them or have to decide whether to fire sales people, I think having a framework for thinking about them is helpful. Almost by definition. Mavericks are by definition bad at following rules and bad at process.

Startup 350

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

What we saw with CareerArc, was there was already a tremendous amount of investment in the middle of the market, with all of these different services and products that went into taking care of an employee when they were hired until they were let go. By definition, they liked you and thought they were a good fit for you before their applied.

Content 193

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

I’ve definitely been wrong on market value. They sold 2 years later for $16 million In the financial crisis of 2008 we had a company that had jointly hired lawyers to consider a bankruptcy and also pursued (and achieved!) Being too late and you back an “also ran” You also need to be right about the team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2022

This requires hiring people with the right skills, not the least expensive or friends and family. Set a definite task completion date and a follow-up system. Learn the traits, values, and characteristics of those who will perform well when you delegate to them. Trust those to whom you delegate. It always starts with trust.

Startup 121

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Generating a written plan will force you to think through all the key elements for success, including market definition, solution features, financials, real competition, and marketing. For example, you must secure adequate funding for operations, hire good people for operations, and manage your reputation and service.

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