A guide to hiring for your startup

A guide to HIRING FOR YOUR STARTUP Yevgeniy Brikman What is the most important part of a startup? a) The idea b) The technology c) The sales and marketing a) The idea b) The technology c) The sales and marketing People are the most important part of a startup Differences between people are massive Therefore, hiring is the most important thing you Best piece of startup hiring advice: Don’t it Don’t it (yet) Employee Equity Hire #1 2-3% Hire #2 - 1-2% Hire #6 - 15 0.5-1% Use a table hello-startup.net/resources/equity/ Part 4: the benefits Listen to the candidate $1 in benefits can be worth a lot more than $1 in salary Time off, classes, outings, commute, hackathons, remote work, etc Recap People are the most important part of a startup Founders spend >25% of their time on hiring Use your network Build a strong brand Be thoughtful about how you interview Make an offer they can’t refuse Check out Hello, Startup for more info hello-startup.net Questions? Photo credits Slide 1, Road: Bec Brown Slide 2, Business plan: Heisenberg Media Slide 5, People: Heisenberg Media Slide 8, Four buildings: Davide Ragus Slide 11, Ant: US Dept of Argriculture Slide 13, Helping Hand: Tomas Sobek Slide 21, Handshake: Flazingo Photos Slide 22, Road: Joshua Tree National Park Slide 25, Jobs & Wozniak: Revol Web Slide 29, Schmidt, Brin, Page: Joi Ito Slide 32, Classmates, Travis Rigel Lukas Hornung Slide 34, Scale: Bob Miller Slide 39, DNA: EnzymLogic Slide 42, Brian Chesky: Official Le Web Photos Slide 44, Swiss Army Knife: Wikimedia Slide 48, Tools: Lachland Donald Slide 49, T-shaped person: Valve Slide 53, Brain: Allan Ajifo Slide 56, Tin Cans: Sebastien Wierz Slide 60, Scrabble value: Got Credit Slide 69, InMap: Ali Imam Slide 74, Honey: Thien Gretchen Slide 78, Flyers: Joel Kramer Slide 82, Passive candidates: LinkedIn Slide 83, Billboard: Google Blog Slide 87, Trash can: Sebastien Wiertz Slide 97, Office interview: Weltbild Verlag GmbH Slide 103, Keyboard typing: iloque Slide 105, Phone call: NEC Corporation of America Slide 108, Office: Robert Couse-Baker Slide 111, Chair: Paul Kehrer Slide 115, Puzzle question mark: Horia Varlan Slide 116, Whiteboard: Doc Searls Slide 117, Light bulb: R Nial Bradshaw Slide 124, Reference call: Martin Cathrae Slide 129, Letter: Bearstache Slide 132, Money: Ervins Strauhmanis Slide 136, Stock certificate: Wystan Slide 140, Ear: Travis Isaacs Slide 152, Questions: Derek Bridges ...What is the most important part of a startup? a) The idea b) The technology c) The sales and marketing a) The idea b) The technology c) The sales and marketing People are the most important part... b Early hires c Later hires d What to look for Where to look Who to hire a Co-founders b Early hires c Later hires d What to look for Where to look You need a co-founder to fill in your weaknesses... wrote a book about startups hello -startup. net based on my experiences at LinkedIn & TripAdvisor hello -startup. net as well as interviews with developers from many startups: hello -startup. net Google,