Questions regarding practices of recruiting new employees for the business.
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Hiring Key Resources with market experience and knowledge for a fresh business startup
We are in process to start a new consulting business on B2C model and would like to hire new resources with ample domain expertise and ability to add value to our organisation at director/head levels.
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about launching concurrent projects
yes, I have a couple of them that I do not want to give up any. Supposing they all got very positive feedback from very initial surveys, I would like to request your views on the possibility of their ...
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Should I bring in a co-founder, or hire? [closed]
I'm a developer, who has been working solo on a startup for close to 12 months.
The tech side is coming along well, but I'm acutely lacking in my business accumen, and sales skills.
Here's some key ...
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Is it fine to post a job ad before finalizing the company name?
This might actually be a trivial issue but, I'm still confused. I am starting a mobile apps and games company, which doesn't yet have any name(s). I say names because someone suggested considering the ...
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Are employee options now a joke?
Having been involved in startups that failed, startups that turned into profitable but un-traded companies and startups that straight-out conned employees out of their share - I tend to regard them as ...
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Where can I find iOS developers willing to join an early-stage startup?
I'm co-founding a startup in London and we're looking to find an iOS developer interested in working with us to create an early prototype.
I'm the technical co-founder, while the other founders are ...
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What is considered “generous-stock-options” for a start-up company in its early days?
We are a young startup, founded by 3 members about a year and a half ago, and recently closed a seed-stage investment round.
We are about to hire our first 3 employees, 2 tech, 1 ...
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Company in US wants to hire a UK worker
We are a extremely small start up, just starting out and we need to hire our first marketer. The wages are low, but the work is fun. We put out an ad and many people have come back to us, but we are ...
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Who do I need to hire?
I've started a company approximately 2 years ago that provides monitoring services for a niche cloud-based industry. My target customer base are IT and Development shops of various companies ranging ...
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Hiring remote employees and getting work done
I want to hire a few developers and support executive for my website. Being an start up, I want to hire them to work remotely to save office expenses but I don't know anything about hiring full time ...
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What to consider when approaching a developer about a SaaS partnership opportunity?
First question and this is on behalf of a friend of mine. I'm a student developer, so I was hoping someone around here could provide some tangible insight.
My friend is not new to starting a ...
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Selling my share of a 50/50 business
Final question - you may recognize my other two.
My partner invested about $10K into this business and I've got 4000K hours, and I charge $100.00 per hour, invested in this business.
I think nothing ...
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Need a service but I don't know much about it
As a decision maker in my startup I want to be better informed when contracting someone for a service, especially.
Years ago I was led to believe anyone with a computer and good eye could easily make ...
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Dealing with Co-founder without the same commitment
Imagine the following scenario:
1 founder and self proclaimed CEO , created an idea for a new website internet services, and started developing it. The core of the system is done, he decides that one ...
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equity explained for a developer
I've seen job listings for developers that offer salary + equity. Can someone please explain equity with an example or two? What is the typically amount of equity for a developer? Is there any ...
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Find an engineering position at a startup
What is the best way to find an engineering position at a startup? Typical job listing sites don't often have postings for these opportunities. While I realize networking is key, how does one get the ...
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Expanding development team for a startup
I'm a software developer and co-founder of a start up that's in a sprint to launch a web app the next 2 months. We have about 3 months of burn time we have before we need to get some funding. By ...
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Am I too old to join a startup?
I just got approached to join a startup.
20 years ago, I had my first startup experience working as employee #5 of a outfit that is now owned by a German multinational corporation. It was the best ...
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Adding my own developer to freelance team
Hear is my issue: I hired a freelance development firm to create a web app for my business. The developer is very talented and they produce great work. However, development has been very slow and ...
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What it takes for Junior Developer to join a startup?
What skills are needed for a Junior Developer to join Start up firm (US,Europe)? I took part in Code Sprint-Interview Street,did Solve Engineering Challenges that is posted in few tech companies ...
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Does the concept of “Unlimited Vacation” increase productivity and attract talented employees?
Does the concept of "Unlimited Vacation" increase productivity and attract talented employees ?
I've read about it here, specifically:
Unlimited vacation fosters productivity and loyalty because ...
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Startup, Friend, Salary, and New Employee
My startup is pulling $20,000 a month and in the position to add a new technical full-time employee in order to gain technical competitiveness. However, I'm troubled by my current situation.
Few ...
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How to hire someone who is more technical than you?
I'm an amateur because I have no formal technical education. I built my current startup through technical trial and error. I'm looking to bring in someone who is a professional and can secure my ...
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Hire a sales guy for a part-time start-up?
Background:
I'm a tech guy with alot of product building experience
I've built and recently launched a SaaS/cloud application for a niche market, targeting small-size companies
The product provides ...
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College Interns v/s Professional Developers?
We are currently facing a dilemma as to whether should we hire interns from colleges (as their summer vacations are about to start) or should we approach some professional guys to build our website?
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How to value a Project Manager versus actual Technical/Engineering talent?
I have relatively little experience with recruiting, determining compensation and hiring for startups since this is my first go at it. My approach is that there isn't a single right answer on valuing ...
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How to expand our workforce from 1 technical 'guru' to a productive team of 6
Like many fellow startups that we know, we've started like with one technical wizard who know a lot of stuff and who knows now where everything is and how it works. The system has undergone a lot of ...
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hiring people only when we need
we are a start up and we have to make a decision on how to deal when we have to write any documents/presentation(technical/marketing/pps/etc).
Let's say by instance that I have been contacted by a ...
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Product equity rather than company equity - any examples?
We're all familiar with the traditional shared equity arrangements in a startup; Some contribution = Some % of shares (thus equity) in the company, which may or may not payoff down the road at either ...
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Overwhelmed by Technical Supports
I have 500 paying customers and 7000 free users grossing about $7k a month and growing fast.
I'm tied down at least for several hours a day to handle daily maintenance and answering technical support ...
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How to evaluate startup co-founders based on testing their leanness and agility skills?
My guess is as in most cases existing relationships and/or validated relevant past experiences are a great start, but wondering on a ad-hoc basis what the best way to evaluate startup co-founders ...
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Hiring first person employee vs contractor
I have bootstrapped a startup in NY and am ready to hire a person. Should I hire this person as a contractor or as an employee. I realize that there are many laws and logistics around hiring an ...
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Advice for early-stage hiring?
I am the CEO of a rapidly growing startup and our growth has begun to outpace our resources as a 3 person organization. So we have begun looking around for people to hire, both as programmers, as ...
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Should I hire relatives in my startup?
My sister and I started a small company. I don't mind working with her. So far, we've been doing well and have managed to keep our professional issues separate from our family life. The problem is my ...
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Ethicality of hiring a former student?
Background: I'm both administrative staff for a university, and I'm the owner of a small business. I've been working with a particular student at the university on some university grant work, and ...
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Hiring developers. Ways to reach out?
My company has finally gotten to a place where we can hire a second developer, and I was wondering if anyone had suggestions for doing recruiting (that are hopefully cheap).
I've posted to ...
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Developing a rules engine
I am interested in developing a rules engine to help automate and create some of my everyday business and product functions.
I'm not a developer by trade, so I have been looking to connect with ...
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Typical salaries for Senior Ruby on Rails developer in Montreal (Quebec)
What is a typical salary for a senior (with 3 years of experience) Ruby on Rails developer in Montreal?
And how much does it cost totally to the employer?
Thanks
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Joining a startup within its first year - salary/equity expectations?
I've recently been headhunted by a startup a year old which I am very interested in leaving my current position in a large established business in the same industry for.
There are a number of people ...
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How to convince a sales rep to take a commission job?
I have contacted a sales rep with good experience and his recommendations are good. But he is interested in salary jobs that pay 80k, with me his 25% is six figures and he only has to sign 8 clients a ...
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If I can find someone who will work for an employee's salary rate as a contractor, should I hire them?
I am 1 year into my own Startup Software business and all is going well. We have enough money to hire someone and after pushing 90-130 hours a week for the last 4 months, I think it's a sensible ...
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What are some startup perks?
I interviewed for a NYC startup who told me their perks are free groceries from an online grocer, an office kitchen with nice appliances, and he has no problem with me bringing a sleeping bag to the ...
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At what stage do startups hire a secretary?
When would you know, as a startupper, that your company needs to hire an in-house secretary to offload some of the non-mission critical work? How do you manage delegating tasks vs. making sure that ...
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We are an LLC from NJ, can we hire this guy from Canada, who is a temporary resident?
We are a small software based start up in NJ, we recently got a couple of projects from Canada and we're loving them.
We came across this guy in Canada, he is very talented and we think he will be ...
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How to find early developers, from a geographically distant location?
We're a new startup, based in a developing country. There are some good developers geographically close to us, but they're in very high demand and mostly taken by the existing big companies, and the ...
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Do you accept Certifications in lieu of Programmer Testing?
To follow up on my post earlier this month on programmer testing when hiring, let me ask a followup question. Do you skip the programming test if an applicant has a certification in the skill?
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Do you test all developers you hire?
There have been references here to programming tests that are used to hire programmers. Even Joel has written about such tests. While that makes a lot of sense for new or intermediate developers, is ...
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Minimum age I can pay (hire) my kids?
How old do my kids have to be before I can hire them as employees in my software company (doing clerical tasks)?
Clarification: I'm asking what age can I legally (in the US) employee them and pay ...
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If a candidate does not follow up after a job interview should I automatically dismiss them as a candidate?
If a candidate does not follow up after a job interview should I automatically dismiss them as a candidate? I have interviewed a number of very qualified candidates for a position that I am hiring for ...
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How to attract talent as startup?
What are the best ways in attracting talent to a startup? Is it salary, a cool brand, a cool office or something else? Equity is pretty much a standard so I'm looking for some other tips.
A while ...
