Practical Tips on Hiring “Crazy Geeks” for Your Startup
I see lot of entrepreneurs at conferences trying to attract VCs or Customers. But if you look attentively, these conferences are attended mostly by geeks, developers, people who dream about becoming...
View ArticleThings to Know Before You Hire A “Rock Star” Employee [Will Always Have A...
Adding ‘rock star’ in job description makes one feel good about their own company and that’s where you make the first mistake. Replace that with ‘Principal Engineer’ and you will get more marriage...
View ArticleSpotting the Unicorn and Taming it! [‘Hiring’ a Cofounder]
From my experience, the class of people who fit the co-founder bill are like unicorns. They have special healing powers, add tons of energy into the start up and are extremely difficult to spot.
View Article5 Tips On Filtering Sales Resumes For A Startup
Most entrepreneurs & founders will admit that hiring for startups tends to be among the top 3 most challenging tasks. The problem of hiring sales people is more acute in India given that “startup...
View ArticleWant Smart Geeks to Join Your Startup? Take Some Risk
Hiring is a huge challenge in startups and one of a common complaint that I regularly hear is low level of respect for ESOPs among Indian geeks. While one can argue to that point and gain nothing...
View ArticleFiring an Employee : Legal considerations startups should know
The key to smoothly letting go of an employee is to start right in the beginning when you are hiring someone. Make sure that a proper offer letter is drafted & terms are clearly defined while hiring.
View ArticleHiring – The Geeky Way [Friday Fun]
While there is enough of literature on hiring strategy one should follow, nothing beats this one: Keeps away the uninterested ones! What’s your opinion? Somewhat interesting reads: Points to ponder...
View ArticleDiversity in Hiring – Mirrortocracy or Meritocracy?
One of the things that intrigued me when I visited a startup recently was the amazing conformity and homogeneity on display. Most of the team members were from a particular community, from a particular...
View ArticleHow to establish culture in startups [A Working Template]
Published values can automatically attract aligning candidates as well as become a self-imposed check on the company. e.g.: the “don’t be evil” value of Google makes it accountable and make a lot of...
View Article3 Do’s And Don’ts For Early Stage Entrepreneurs [Do not hire a team that...
Everyone has an idea, 1 in 10 get started, 1 in 100 get funded and 1 in 1000 reach some kind of scale. What decides which become successful?
View ArticleStrategic Hiring for Startups – Planning vs. Execution Conundrum
Arrey bhai, what’s there to plan about when we know our customers and market and know exactly how much we can do.Instead of “doing”, he was wasting time and money in planning!
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