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Startup Hiring

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For Startups

Dan Arkind | [email protected] | 415-904-9900

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HiringIQ

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What you do now• Post and pray• Email referrals• Expensive headhunters

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WhatWorks

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Hire your friends

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Hire your friendsSuccessful startups hire amazing people who are not their friends.

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Sell First50+% of early sales

activity is interviewing

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Every job has a storyMake yours viral

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RepeatabilityCandidates should come to you

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Make Meaning

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Solve aProblem

(for someone)

(easy to understand)

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Why is it FUN?

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Interviewingtakes time

Write it all down, ask people to read it

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Chemistrytakes time

Try before you buy

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Ask for referrals

Ask for advice(and you get advice)

(and you get referrals)

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GET

HELPprofessional

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Turn interviewees into advocates

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How to pitch a job:

• Mission• Status• Team• Pain/Opportunity

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Hiring requires focus.

10 at once, not 10 in 3 months

Great hires require choice.

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Write your storyTest itTune it

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Great storiesgenerate pipeline

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For Startups

Dan Arkind | [email protected] | 415-904-9900

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What makes a great startup hire?

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Do you need expertise or throughput?

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Buildvs.Buy

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CashCustomers

DesignCode

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Bo knows Code

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Upside

The job will change

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Smart, and Gets Things Done.

That's it. That's all we're looking for. Memorize that. Recite it to yourself before you go to bed every night. Our goal is to hire people with aptitude, not a particular skill set.

- Joel Splosky

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Throughput

Experience matters

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School Street

Triumph

Overcome Adversity

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Charismatic TechnicalUncompromising Affable

Balance

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Dan Arkind | [email protected] | 415-904-9900