startup hiring

Growing a Business

9 Tips for Startup Hiring

Nothing will slow your startup down like having the wrong people in place.

Resumes & Interviewing

How to Hire Superstars

An overview of how to implement a data-driven hiring process for early-stage fast-growth companies.

Starting a Business

How to Cultivate Employee Advocates and Brand Ambassadors to Attract Top Talent

When a company has a great reputation, they're talking the talk; when they have a reputable internal culture, they're walking the walk

Entrepreneurs

For Entrepreneurs, Apprenticeship is the Ideal Solution for Addressing the Labor Market Chaos

Deploying apprentices creates a strong pipeline of productive workforce essential for the growth of the enterprise--moving it from being a start-up to a unicorn

Starting a Business

Validate Your Startup Idea by Doing the Things That Don't Scale

Scaling happens when you roll up your sleeves and get hands-on with solving real problems and selling quickly before hiring in response to demand.

Culture

A Founder's Most Important Job Is Staying Connected to the Business

If you think success means you can check out, you've failed already.

Resumes & Interviewing

Stop! You're Setting up Your Hiring Manager to Fail!

Implement these four practices to support your manager in the very important function of finding you the best talent.

Resumes & Interviewing

Hiring Your First Employee Is Scary -- for Good Reason

You quit your job to start your own company. Your first employee left a steady gig to follow you.

Resumes & Interviewing

Poaching Kills Relationships. Instead: Consider Mining a 'Business-Relationship' Graph.

Before becoming president, Donald Trump had one. Why don't you?

Resumes & Interviewing

4 Things to Remember When You're Recruiting Goal-Oriented Talent

Think that work-life balance, remote work opportunities and unlimited PTO are primarily what candidates are looking for? You're wrong.

Thought Leaders

Why Being Clueless Can Be a Great Thing

How hiring our first salesperson led me to recognize that cluelessness is at the heart of entrepreneurship.

Resumes & Interviewing

6 Ways to Justify Hiring a UI Designer

Key stakeholders will perk up when they hear about lowering development costs and increasing revenue.

Leadership

10 Steps to Hiring Your Startup's World-Beating A-Team

Hiring the right team is the one thing you have to get right. Few founders do.

Leadership

3 Prudent Hiring Practices to Acquire the Best Talent

For starters, have you ever considered that there actually is a substitute for experience?

Resumes & Interviewing

The Case for Hiring Employees With Zero Experience

The key to making a successful hire is to know how that individual will approach each new task.