1998 Founder Hiring 
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
It’s the antithesis of how founders want to build a business. The tech ecosystem got a rude awakening in May 1998 when the U.S. And they are all very different from the business-to-consumer or business-to-business markets most founders and their investors are familiar with. How do you know you’re in a regulated market?
David Teten
JULY 9, 2012
Often, when startup founders first assemble teams, they hire familiar people – either people they know, or people like them. Those are good reasons to be friends, but poor reasons to hire someone. When you want to hire someone, you should strictly focus on hiring the best possible person for the open job.
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David Teten
JULY 9, 2012
Often, when startup founders first assemble teams, they hire familiar people – either people they know, or people like them. Those are good reasons to be friends, but poor reasons to hire someone. When you want to hire someone, you should strictly focus on hiring the best possible person for the open job.
K9 Ventures
SEPTEMBER 24, 2009
In the past few days there has been a lot of discussion on the topic of a Founders Visa. The credit for starting this fire goes to Paul Graham from Y Combinator , who wrote a great essay titled The Founders Visa in April 2009. As an immigrant founder, this is a topic that I can relate to and care about.
Startup Lessons Learned
JANUARY 19, 2009
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, January 19, 2009 Lean hiring tips In preparing for the strategy series panel this week, I have been doing some thinking about costs. And all of that cost was caused by one activity: hiring. Hiring is no different from any other company process. Sounds a little abstract, though, doesnt it?
www.ericsink.com
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
2004-07-08 15:59:32 Hazards of Hiring. Summary : Eric offers guidelines for handling tough hiring decisions in a small ISV. In the many e-mails I received about that column, one of the most common questions was why didnt I list any hiring mistakes. Ill start with four general guidelines for how to proceed with a hiring decision.
YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 10, 2019
You can encourage employees to develop a continuous-improvement mindset, but it’s also possible to find people with that mindset in the hiring process. Target lifelong learners in recruiting efforts. Employees who don’t make an effort to continuously learn and improve will ultimately find themselves at another company.
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